diff --git a/Source/Core/DolphinWX/VideoConfigDiag.cpp b/Source/Core/DolphinWX/VideoConfigDiag.cpp
index b494659ca7..834651be40 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DolphinWX/VideoConfigDiag.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/DolphinWX/VideoConfigDiag.cpp
@@ -275,6 +275,10 @@ static wxString validation_layer_desc =
 static wxString backend_multithreading_desc =
     wxTRANSLATE("Enables multi-threading in the video backend, which may result in performance "
                 "gains in some scenarios.\n\nIf unsure, leave this unchecked.");
+static wxString true_color_desc =
+    wxTRANSLATE("Forces the game to render the RGB color channels in 24-bit, thereby increasing "
+                "quality by reducing color banding.\nIt has no impact on performance and causes "
+                "few graphical issues.\n\n\nIf unsure, leave this unchecked.");
 
 #if !defined(__APPLE__)
 // Search for available resolutions - TODO: Move to Common?
@@ -618,6 +622,8 @@ VideoConfigDiag::VideoConfigDiag(wxWindow* parent, const std::string& title)
                                vconfig.bWidescreenHack));
     cb_szr->Add(CreateCheckBox(page_enh, _("Disable Fog"), wxGetTranslation(disable_fog_desc),
                                vconfig.bDisableFog));
+    cb_szr->Add(CreateCheckBox(page_enh, _("Force True Color"), wxGetTranslation(true_color_desc),
+                               vconfig.bForceTrueColor));
     szr_enh->Add(cb_szr, wxGBPosition(row, 0), wxGBSpan(1, 3));
     row += 1;
 
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/PixelShaderGen.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/PixelShaderGen.cpp
index a6c74f49cd..2996ac46ed 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/PixelShaderGen.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/PixelShaderGen.cpp
@@ -169,7 +169,8 @@ PixelShaderUid GetPixelShaderUid(DSTALPHA_MODE dstAlphaMode)
   uid_data->per_pixel_lighting = g_ActiveConfig.bEnablePixelLighting;
   uid_data->bounding_box = g_ActiveConfig.backend_info.bSupportsBBox &&
                            g_ActiveConfig.bBBoxEnable && BoundingBox::active;
-  uid_data->rgba6_format = bpmem.zcontrol.pixel_format == PEControl::RGBA6_Z24;
+  uid_data->rgba6_format =
+      bpmem.zcontrol.pixel_format == PEControl::RGBA6_Z24 && !g_ActiveConfig.bForceTrueColor;
   uid_data->dither = bpmem.blendmode.dither;
 
   u32 numStages = uid_data->genMode_numtevstages + 1;
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VideoConfig.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VideoConfig.cpp
index 73e6eafa12..6106e3ea81 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VideoConfig.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VideoConfig.cpp
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ void VideoConfig::Load(const std::string& ini_file)
   enhancements->Get("ForceFiltering", &bForceFiltering, 0);
   enhancements->Get("MaxAnisotropy", &iMaxAnisotropy, 0);  // NOTE - this is x in (1 << x)
   enhancements->Get("PostProcessingShader", &sPostProcessingShader, "");
+  enhancements->Get("ForceTrueColor", &bForceTrueColor, false);
 
   IniFile::Section* stereoscopy = iniFile.GetOrCreateSection("Stereoscopy");
   stereoscopy->Get("StereoMode", &iStereoMode, 0);
@@ -167,6 +168,7 @@ void VideoConfig::GameIniLoad()
   CHECK_SETTING("Video_Settings", "FastDepthCalc", bFastDepthCalc);
   CHECK_SETTING("Video_Settings", "MSAA", iMultisamples);
   CHECK_SETTING("Video_Settings", "SSAA", bSSAA);
+  CHECK_SETTING("Video_Settings", "ForceTrueColor", bForceTrueColor);
 
   int tmp = -9000;
   CHECK_SETTING("Video_Settings", "EFBScale", tmp);  // integral
@@ -317,6 +319,7 @@ void VideoConfig::Save(const std::string& ini_file)
   enhancements->Set("ForceFiltering", bForceFiltering);
   enhancements->Set("MaxAnisotropy", iMaxAnisotropy);
   enhancements->Set("PostProcessingShader", sPostProcessingShader);
+  enhancements->Set("ForceTrueColor", bForceTrueColor);
 
   IniFile::Section* stereoscopy = iniFile.GetOrCreateSection("Stereoscopy");
   stereoscopy->Set("StereoMode", iStereoMode);
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VideoConfig.h b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VideoConfig.h
index a08024b849..b866ce6343 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VideoConfig.h
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VideoConfig.h
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ struct VideoConfig final
   bool bForceFiltering;
   int iMaxAnisotropy;
   std::string sPostProcessingShader;
+  bool bForceTrueColor;
 
   // Information
   bool bShowFPS;