diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e18bd045f2..812232cf58 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ else
    LIBS += $(libsnes)
 endif
 
+ifneq ($(V),1)
+   Q := @
+endif
+
 CFLAGS = -Wall -O3 -g -std=gnu99 -I.
 
 all: $(TARGET) config.mk
@@ -85,13 +89,16 @@ config.mk: configure qb/*
 	@exit 1
 
 ssnes: $(OBJ)
-	$(CXX) -o $@ $(OBJ) $(LIBS) $(LDFLAGS)
+	$(Q)$(CXX) -o $@ $(OBJ) $(LIBS) $(LDFLAGS)
+	@$(if $(Q), $(shell echo echo LD $@),)
 
 tools/ssnes-joyconfig: $(JOYCONFIG_OBJ)
-	$(CC) -o $@ $(JOYCONFIG_OBJ) $(SDL_LIBS) $(LDFLAGS)
+	$(Q)$(CC) -o $@ $(JOYCONFIG_OBJ) $(SDL_LIBS) $(LDFLAGS)
+	@$(if $(Q), $(shell echo echo LD $@),)
 
 %.o: %.c config.h config.mk $(HEADERS)
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(DEFINES) -c -o $@ $<
+	$(Q)$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(DEFINES) -c -o $@ $<
+	@$(if $(Q), $(shell echo echo CC $<),)
 
 install: $(TARGET)
 	install -m755 $(TARGET) $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin 
diff --git a/Makefile.win32 b/Makefile.win32
index b631ebf4d0..bf0132ed9b 100644
--- a/Makefile.win32
+++ b/Makefile.win32
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ ifeq ($(HAVE_XML), 1)
    LIBS += -lxml2
 endif
 
+ifneq $($(V),1)
+   Q := @
+endif
+
 LIBS += $(libsnes)
 
 CFLAGS = -Wall -O3 -std=gnu99 -I.
@@ -42,16 +46,16 @@ CFLAGS = -Wall -O3 -std=gnu99 -I.
 all: $(TARGET) ssnes-joyconfig.exe
 
 $(TARGET): $(OBJ)
-	$(CXX) -o $@ $(OBJ) $(LIBS) $(LDFLAGS)
-
+	$(Q)$(CXX) -o $@ $(OBJ) $(LIBS) $(LDFLAGS)
+	@$(if $(Q), $(shell echo echo LD $@),)
 
 %.o: %.c
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(DEFINES) -c -o $@ $<
-
-
+	$(Q)$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(DEFINES) -c -o $@ $<
+	@$(if $(Q), $(shell echo echo CC $<),)
 
 ssnes-joyconfig.exe: $(JOBJ)
-	$(CC) -o ssnes-joyconfig.exe $(JOBJ) $(SDL_LIBS) $(LDFLAGS)
+	$(Q)$(CC) -o ssnes-joyconfig.exe $(JOBJ) $(SDL_LIBS) $(LDFLAGS)
+	@$(if $(Q), $(shell echo echo LD $@),)
 
 clean:
 	rm -f *.o