diff --git a/global.c b/global.c
index ca9f84bb76c5611c84773f3dd9cb0b8ce2671cfd..7739fe8be85f373471b314f6b881614a1d0fb8a2 100644
--- a/global.c
+++ b/global.c
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ regmatch_t regmatches[10];	/* Match positions for parenthetical
 				   subexpressions, max of 10 */
 #ifdef ENABLE_COLOR
 regex_t color_regexp;		/* Global to store compiled search regexp */
-regmatch_t colormatches;	/* Match positions for parenthetical */
+regmatch_t colormatches[1];	/* Match positions for parenthetical */
 #endif /* ENABLE_COLOR */
 
 #endif