diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 71232c025..9f9a66936 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ EXTRA_DIST = curl.spec curl-ssl.spec
 SUBDIRS = docs lib src include tests
 
 test:
-	@(cd tests; make test)
+	@(cd tests; make quiet-test)
diff --git a/tests/Makefile.am b/tests/Makefile.am
index ac9e09c61..cba94c1b0 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ install:
 test:
 	./runtests.pl
 
+quiet-test:
+	./runtests.pl -s -c
+
 clean:
 	rm -rf log
 	find . -name "*~" | xargs rm -f
+