diff -uNr coreutils-8.32/src/ls.c coreutils-8.32.mod/src/ls.c
--- coreutils-8.32/src/ls.c	2020-03-01 14:30:46.000000000 +0200
+++ coreutils-8.32.mod/src/ls.c	2020-03-08 19:48:36.132565243 +0200
@@ -1958,6 +1958,9 @@
       }
   }
 
+  /* Termux patch: Default to colors if terminal. The --color option may override this. */
+  print_with_color = isatty(STDOUT_FILENO);
+
   while (true)
     {
       int oi = -1;