diff --git a/builtin/clean.c b/builtin/clean.c
index c1bafda5b6..21a7a32994 100644
--- a/builtin/clean.c
+++ b/builtin/clean.c
@@ -33,15 +33,6 @@ static const char *msg_skip_git_dir = N_("Skipping repository %s\n");
 static const char *msg_would_skip_git_dir = N_("Would skip repository %s\n");
 static const char *msg_warn_remove_failed = N_("failed to remove %s");
 
-static int clean_use_color = -1;
-static char clean_colors[][COLOR_MAXLEN] = {
-	GIT_COLOR_RESET,
-	GIT_COLOR_NORMAL,	/* PLAIN */
-	GIT_COLOR_BOLD_BLUE,	/* PROMPT */
-	GIT_COLOR_BOLD,		/* HEADER */
-	GIT_COLOR_BOLD_RED,	/* HELP */
-	GIT_COLOR_BOLD_RED,	/* ERROR */
-};
 enum color_clean {
 	CLEAN_COLOR_RESET = 0,
 	CLEAN_COLOR_PLAIN = 1,
@@ -51,6 +42,16 @@ enum color_clean {
 	CLEAN_COLOR_ERROR = 5
 };
 
+static int clean_use_color = -1;
+static char clean_colors[][COLOR_MAXLEN] = {
+	[CLEAN_COLOR_ERROR] = GIT_COLOR_BOLD_RED,
+	[CLEAN_COLOR_HEADER] = GIT_COLOR_BOLD,
+	[CLEAN_COLOR_HELP] = GIT_COLOR_BOLD_RED,
+	[CLEAN_COLOR_PLAIN] = GIT_COLOR_NORMAL,
+	[CLEAN_COLOR_PROMPT] = GIT_COLOR_BOLD_BLUE,
+	[CLEAN_COLOR_RESET] = GIT_COLOR_RESET,
+};
+
 #define MENU_OPTS_SINGLETON		01
 #define MENU_OPTS_IMMEDIATE		02
 #define MENU_OPTS_LIST_ONLY		04
diff --git a/strbuf.h b/strbuf.h
index 2075384e0b..e705b94db5 100644
--- a/strbuf.h
+++ b/strbuf.h
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ struct strbuf {
 };
 
 extern char strbuf_slopbuf[];
-#define STRBUF_INIT  { 0, 0, strbuf_slopbuf }
+#define STRBUF_INIT  { .alloc = 0, .len = 0, .buf = strbuf_slopbuf }
 
 /**
  * Life Cycle Functions
diff --git a/t/t7301-clean-interactive.sh b/t/t7301-clean-interactive.sh
index 3ae394e934..556e1850e2 100755
--- a/t/t7301-clean-interactive.sh
+++ b/t/t7301-clean-interactive.sh
@@ -472,4 +472,14 @@ test_expect_success 'git clean -id with prefix and path (ask)' '
 
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'git clean -i paints the header in HEADER color' '
+	>a.out &&
+	echo q |
+	git -c color.ui=always clean -i |
+	test_decode_color |
+	head -n 1 >header &&
+	# not i18ngrep
+	grep "^<BOLD>" header
+'
+
 test_done