diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 2823f04..9bc4d64 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
 # This foreign option prevents autoreconf from overriding our COPYING and
 # INSTALL targets:
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(foreign subdir_objects 1.9) dnl NB: Do not [quote] this parameter.
+AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])
 AC_CANONICAL_HOST
 AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS