diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 557f977b..218e1d76 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ POWERLEVEL9K_VCS_CLEAN_FOREGROUND='cyan'
 POWERLEVEL9K_VCS_CLEAN_BACKGROUND='white'
 ```
 
+The foreground color of actionformat is now configurable via:
+```zsh
+POWERLEVEL9K_VCS_ACTIONFORMAT_FOREGROUND='green'
+```
+
 ### `aws_eb_env` added
 
 This segment displays the current Elastic Beanstalk environment.
diff --git a/powerlevel9k.zsh-theme b/powerlevel9k.zsh-theme
index bba5a6f6..1a620a23 100755
--- a/powerlevel9k.zsh-theme
+++ b/powerlevel9k.zsh-theme
@@ -778,6 +778,7 @@ prompt_todo() {
 
 # VCS segment: shows the state of your repository, if you are in a folder under
 # version control
+set_default POWERLEVEL9K_VCS_ACTIONFORMAT_FOREGROUND "red"
 prompt_vcs() {
   autoload -Uz vcs_info
 
@@ -791,7 +792,6 @@ prompt_vcs() {
     'clean'         'green'
     'modified'      'yellow'
     'untracked'     'green'
-    'actionformat'  'red'
   )
 
   VCS_CHANGESET_PREFIX=''
@@ -811,7 +811,7 @@ prompt_vcs() {
   VCS_DEFAULT_FORMAT="$VCS_CHANGESET_PREFIX%b%c%u%m"
   zstyle ':vcs_info:*' formats "$VCS_DEFAULT_FORMAT"
 
-  zstyle ':vcs_info:*' actionformats "%b %F{${vcs_states[actionformat]}}| %a%f"
+  zstyle ':vcs_info:*' actionformats "%b %F{${POWERLEVEL9K_VCS_ACTIONFORMAT_FOREGROUND}}| %a%f"
 
   zstyle ':vcs_info:*' stagedstr " $(print_icon 'VCS_STAGED_ICON')"
   zstyle ':vcs_info:*' unstagedstr " $(print_icon 'VCS_UNSTAGED_ICON')"