diff --git a/utils/NightlyTest.pl b/utils/NightlyTest.pl
index 6582969db3f..acf32165b9d 100755
--- a/utils/NightlyTest.pl
+++ b/utils/NightlyTest.pl
@@ -198,11 +198,10 @@ my $BuildWallTime = GetRegexNum "^real", 1, "([0-9.]+)","$Prefix-Build-Log.txt";
 
 my $BuildError = "";
 if (`grep '^gmake[^:]*: .*Error' $Prefix-Build-Log.txt | wc -l` + 0) {
-  $BuildError = "<h3>Build error: compilation <a href=\"$DATE-Build-Log.txt\">"
-              . "aborted</a></h3>";
+  $BuildError = "<h3><font color='red'>Build error: compilation " .
+                "<a href=\"$DATE-Build-Log.txt\">aborted</a></font></h3>";
 }
 
-
 #
 # Get warnings from the build
 #