diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f520d256..5487bd42 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ AC_INIT([procps-ng],
 	m4_esyscmd([misc/git-version-gen .tarball-version]),
 	[procps@freelists.org],,[http://gitorious.org/procps])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign 1.11 -Wall -Wno-portability tar-pax no-dist-gzip dist-xz])
+AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([free.c])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])