Index: build-aux/m4/buildsys.m4
==================================================================
--- build-aux/m4/buildsys.m4
+++ build-aux/m4/buildsys.m4
@@ -27,10 +27,14 @@
 	AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_HOST])
 
 	AC_ARG_ENABLE(rpath,
 		AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-rpath], [do not use rpath]))
 
+	AC_ARG_ENABLE(silent-rules,
+		AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-silent-rules],
+			[print executed commands during build]))
+
 	case "$build_os" in
 	darwin*)
 		case "$host_os" in
 		darwin*)
 			AC_SUBST(BUILD_AND_HOST_ARE_DARWIN, yes)
@@ -125,10 +129,15 @@
 					"$($TPUT AF 4 2>/dev/null)")
 				AC_SUBST(TERM_SETAF6,
 					"$($TPUT AF 6 2>/dev/null)")
 			fi
 		])
+
+		AS_IF([test x"$enable_silent_rules" != x"no"], [
+			AC_SUBST(SILENT, '.SILENT:')
+			AC_SUBST(MAKEFLAGS_SILENT, '-s')
+		])
 	])
 ])
 
 AC_DEFUN([BUILDSYS_CHECK_IOS], [
 	case "$host_os" in

Index: buildsys.mk.in
==================================================================
--- buildsys.mk.in
+++ buildsys.mk.in
@@ -71,11 +71,10 @@
 DEP_ASFLAGS = @DEP_ASFLAGS@
 DEP_CFLAGS = @DEP_CFLAGS@
 DEP_CXXFLAGS = @DEP_CXXFLAGS@
 DEP_OBJCFLAGS = @DEP_OBJCFLAGS@
 DEP_OBJCXXFLAGS = @DEP_OBJCXXFLAGS@
-MAKE_S = @MAKE_S@
 LN_S = @LN_S@
 MKDIR_P = mkdir -p
 INSTALL = @INSTALL@
 SHELL = @SHELL@
 MSGFMT = @MSGFMT@
@@ -128,26 +127,26 @@
 .SUFFIXES:
 .SUFFIXES: .amigalib.o .beam .c .cc .class .cxx .d .erl .lib.o .java .mo .m .mm .o .plugin.o .po .py .pyc .rc .S .xpm
 .PHONY: all subdirs subdirs-after pre-depend depend install install-extra uninstall uninstall-extra clean distclean locales copy-headers-into-framework ${SUBDIRS} ${SUBDIRS_AFTER}
 
 all:
-	${MAKE_S} pre-all
-	${MAKE_S} subdirs
-	${MAKE_S} depend
-	${MAKE_S} ${STATIC_LIB} ${STATIC_LIB_NOINST} ${STATIC_PIC_LIB} ${STATIC_PIC_LIB_NOINST} ${STATIC_AMIGA_LIB} ${STATIC_AMIGA_LIB_NOINST} ${SHARED_LIB} ${SHARED_LIB_NOINST} ${FRAMEWORK} ${FRAMEWORK_NOINST} ${AMIGA_LIB} ${AMIGA_LIB_NOINST} ${PLUGIN} ${PLUGIN_NOINST} ${PROG} ${PROG_NOINST} ${JARFILE} locales
-	${MAKE_S} subdirs-after
-	${MAKE_S} post-all
+	${MAKE} @MAKEFLAGS_SILENT@ pre-all
+	${MAKE} @MAKEFLAGS_SILENT@ subdirs
+	${MAKE} @MAKEFLAGS_SILENT@ depend
+	${MAKE} @MAKEFLAGS_SILENT@ ${STATIC_LIB} ${STATIC_LIB_NOINST} ${STATIC_PIC_LIB} ${STATIC_PIC_LIB_NOINST} ${STATIC_AMIGA_LIB} ${STATIC_AMIGA_LIB_NOINST} ${SHARED_LIB} ${SHARED_LIB_NOINST} ${FRAMEWORK} ${FRAMEWORK_NOINST} ${AMIGA_LIB} ${AMIGA_LIB_NOINST} ${PLUGIN} ${PLUGIN_NOINST} ${PROG} ${PROG_NOINST} ${JARFILE} locales
+	${MAKE} @MAKEFLAGS_SILENT@ subdirs-after
+	${MAKE} @MAKEFLAGS_SILENT@ post-all
 
 pre-all post-all:
 
 subdirs: ${SUBDIRS}
 subdirs-after: ${SUBDIRS_AFTER}
 
 ${SUBDIRS} ${SUBDIRS_AFTER}:
 	for i in $@; do \
 		${DIR_ENTER}; \
-		${MAKE_S} || exit $$?; \
+		${MAKE} @MAKEFLAGS_SILENT@ || exit $$?; \
 		${DIR_LEAVE}; \
 	done
 
 depend: pre-depend
 	: >.deps
@@ -193,11 +192,11 @@
 	fi
 
 ${FRAMEWORK} ${FRAMEWORK_NOINST}: ${EXT_DEPS} ${LIB_OBJS} ${LIB_OBJS_EXTRA}
 	${LINK_STATUS}
 	out="$@"; \
-	if rm -fr $$out && ${MKDIR_P} $$out/Versions/${LIB_MAJOR} && ${LN_S} ${LIB_MAJOR} $@/Versions/Current && ${MAKE_S} COPY_HEADERS_IF_SUBDIR=${includesubdir} COPY_HEADERS_DESTINATION=$$PWD/$@/Versions/${LIB_MAJOR}/Headers copy-headers-into-framework && ${LN_S} Versions/Current/Headers $@/Headers && if test -f Info.plist; then ${INSTALL} -m 644 Info.plist $$out/Info.plist; fi && if test -f module.modulemap; then ${MKDIR_P} $$out/Versions/${LIB_MAJOR}/Modules && ${INSTALL} -m 644 module.modulemap $$out/Versions/${LIB_MAJOR}/Modules/module.modulemap && ${LN_S} Versions/Current/Modules $@/Modules; fi && ${LD} -o $$out/Versions/${LIB_MAJOR}/$${out%.framework} ${LIB_OBJS} ${LIB_OBJS_EXTRA} ${FRAMEWORK_LDFLAGS} ${FRAMEWORK_LDFLAGS_INSTALL_NAME} ${LDFLAGS} ${FRAMEWORK_LIBS} && ${CODESIGN} -fs ${CODESIGN_IDENTITY} $$out/Versions/${LIB_MAJOR}/$${out%.framework} && ${LN_S} Versions/Current/$${out%.framework} $@/$${out%.framework}; then \
+	if rm -fr $$out && ${MKDIR_P} $$out/Versions/${LIB_MAJOR} && ${LN_S} ${LIB_MAJOR} $@/Versions/Current && ${MAKE} @MAKEFLAGS_SILENT@ COPY_HEADERS_IF_SUBDIR=${includesubdir} COPY_HEADERS_DESTINATION=$$PWD/$@/Versions/${LIB_MAJOR}/Headers copy-headers-into-framework && ${LN_S} Versions/Current/Headers $@/Headers && if test -f Info.plist; then ${INSTALL} -m 644 Info.plist $$out/Info.plist; fi && if test -f module.modulemap; then ${MKDIR_P} $$out/Versions/${LIB_MAJOR}/Modules && ${INSTALL} -m 644 module.modulemap $$out/Versions/${LIB_MAJOR}/Modules/module.modulemap && ${LN_S} Versions/Current/Modules $@/Modules; fi && ${LD} -o $$out/Versions/${LIB_MAJOR}/$${out%.framework} ${LIB_OBJS} ${LIB_OBJS_EXTRA} ${FRAMEWORK_LDFLAGS} ${FRAMEWORK_LDFLAGS_INSTALL_NAME} ${LDFLAGS} ${FRAMEWORK_LIBS} && ${CODESIGN} -fs ${CODESIGN_IDENTITY} $$out/Versions/${LIB_MAJOR}/$${out%.framework} && ${LN_S} Versions/Current/$${out%.framework} $@/$${out%.framework}; then \
 		${LINK_OK}; \
 	else \
 		rm -fr $$out; false; \
 		${LINK_FAILED}; \
 	fi
@@ -204,11 +203,11 @@
 
 copy-headers-into-framework:
 	for i in "" ${SUBDIRS} ${SUBDIRS_AFTER}; do \
 		test x"$$i" = x"" && continue; \
 		cd $$i || exit 1; \
-		${MAKE_S} copy-headers-into-framework || exit $$?; \
+		${MAKE} @MAKEFLAGS_SILENT@ copy-headers-into-framework || exit $$?; \
 		cd .. || exit 1; \
 	done
 
 	if test x"${includesubdir}" = x"${COPY_HEADERS_IF_SUBDIR}"; then \
 		for i in "" ${INCLUDES}; do \
@@ -653,11 +652,11 @@
 
 install: all install-extra
 	for i in "" ${SUBDIRS} ${SUBDIRS_AFTER}; do \
 		test x"$$i" = x"" && continue; \
 		${DIR_ENTER}; \
-		${MAKE_S} install || exit $$?; \
+		${MAKE} @MAKEFLAGS_SILENT@ install || exit $$?; \
 		${DIR_LEAVE}; \
 	done
 
 	for i in "" ${SHARED_LIB}; do \
 		test x"$$i" = x"" && continue; \
@@ -766,11 +765,11 @@
 
 uninstall:
 	for i in "" ${SUBDIRS} ${SUBDIRS_AFTER}; do \
 		test x"$$i" = x"" && continue; \
 		${DIR_ENTER}; \
-		${MAKE_S} uninstall || exit $$?; \
+		${MAKE} @MAKEFLAGS_SILENT@ uninstall || exit $$?; \
 		${DIR_LEAVE}; \
 	done
 
 	for i in "" ${SHARED_LIB}; do \
 		test x"$$i" = x"" && continue; \
@@ -875,19 +874,19 @@
 				${DELETE_FAILED}; \
 			fi \
 		fi \
 	done
 
-	${MAKE_S} uninstall-extra
+	${MAKE} @MAKEFLAGS_SILENT@ uninstall-extra
 
 uninstall-extra:
 
 clean:
 	for i in "" ${SUBDIRS} ${SUBDIRS_AFTER}; do \
 		test x"$$i" = x"" && continue; \
 		${DIR_ENTER}; \
-		${MAKE_S} clean || exit $$?; \
+		${MAKE} @MAKEFLAGS_SILENT@ clean || exit $$?; \
 		${DIR_LEAVE}; \
 	done
 
 	: >.deps
 
@@ -904,11 +903,11 @@
 
 distclean: clean
 	for i in "" ${SUBDIRS} ${SUBDIRS_AFTER}; do \
 		test x"$$i" = x"" && continue; \
 		${DIR_ENTER}; \
-		${MAKE_S} distclean || exit $$?; \
+		${MAKE} @MAKEFLAGS_SILENT@ distclean || exit $$?; \
 		${DIR_LEAVE}; \
 	done
 
 	for i in "" ${DISTCLEAN} .deps *~; do \
 		test x"$$i" = x"" && continue; \
@@ -924,11 +923,11 @@
 print-hierarchy:
 	for i in "" ${SUBDIRS} ${SUBDIRS_AFTER}; do \
 		test x"$$i" = x"" && continue; \
 		echo ${PRINT_HIERARCHY_PREFIX}$$i; \
 		cd $$i || exit $$?; \
-		${MAKE_S} PRINT_HIERARCHY_PREFIX=$$i/ print-hierarchy || exit $$?; \
+		${MAKE} @MAKEFLAGS_SILENT@ PRINT_HIERARCHY_PREFIX=$$i/ print-hierarchy || exit $$?; \
 		cd .. || exit $$?; \
 	done
 
 print-var:
 	printf '%s\n' '${${VAR}}'