diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ec2b7e8..b52a711 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -9,6 +9,16 @@ GENERATED += $(TARBALLS) $(RPMS)
 
 ARCH = $(shell uname -m)
 
+ifeq ("$(V)", "1")
+	Q :=
+	RPMBUILD_FLAGS :=
+	qecho := @true
+else
+	Q := @
+	RPMBUILD_FLAGS := --quiet
+	qecho := @echo
+endif
+
 all: sdist rpm
 
 sdist: $(TARBALLS)
@@ -16,24 +26,25 @@ sdist: $(TARBALLS)
 rpm: $(RPMS)
 
 $(TARBALLS): build/$(PROJECT)-%-$(VERSION).$(TARBALL_FORMAT): %
-	@echo "TAR $@"
-	@mkdir -p $$(dirname $@)
-	@tarball=$$(readlink -f $@); (cd ./$< && git archive --prefix=$(PROJECT)-$<-$(VERSION)/ HEAD | gzip - > $$tarball) || ($(RM) $@; false)
+	$(qecho) "TAR\t$@"
+	$(Q)mkdir -p $$(dirname $@)
+	$(Q)tarball=$$(readlink -f $@); (cd ./$< && git archive --prefix=$(PROJECT)-$<-$(VERSION)/ HEAD | gzip - > $$tarball) || ($(RM) $@; false)
 
 $(RPMS): build/$(PROJECT)-%-$(VERSION)-1.$(ARCH).rpm: build/$(PROJECT)-%-$(VERSION).$(TARBALL_FORMAT)
 
 $(RPMS): build/$(PROJECT)-%-$(VERSION)-1.$(ARCH).rpm: rpm/%.spec
-	@echo "RPM $@"
-	@mkdir -p ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES
-	@component=$$(basename $< .spec) && \
+	$(qecho) "RPM\t$@"
+	$(Q)mkdir -p ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES
+	$(Q)component=$$(basename $< .spec) && \
 		ln -f build/$(PROJECT)-$$component-$(VERSION).$(TARBALL_FORMAT) ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES/ && \
-		rpmbuild --quiet -bb $< && \
+		rpmbuild -bb $(RPMBUILD_FLAGS) $< && \
 		ln -f ~/rpmbuild/RPMS/$(ARCH)/$(PROJECT)-$$component-$(VERSION)-1.$(ARCH).rpm $@
 
 %.spec: %.spec.in
-	@echo SPEC $@
-	@(sed -e 's/@@version@@/$(VERSION)/g' $^ > $@) || ($(RM) $@; false)
+	$(qecho) "SPEC\t$@"
+	$(Q)(sed -e 's/@@version@@/$(VERSION)/g' $^ > $@) || ($(RM) $@; false)
 GENERATED += $(patsubst %.in,%,$(wildcard rpm/*.spec.in))
 
 clean:
-	$(RM) $(GENERATED)
+	$(qecho) Cleaning
+	$(Q)$(RM) $(GENERATED)
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