diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index acc5d117a..1202db50f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,11 +11,15 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0.0)
 
 project(Poco)
 
+option(POCO_VERBOSE_MESSAGES "Enable informational messages during configure" ON)
+
 file(STRINGS "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/libversion" SHARED_LIBRARY_VERSION)
 
 # Read the version information from the VERSION file
 file (STRINGS "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/VERSION" PACKAGE_VERSION )
-message(STATUS "Poco package version: ${PACKAGE_VERSION}")
+if(POCO_VERBOSE_MESSAGES)
+    message(STATUS "Poco package version: ${PACKAGE_VERSION}")
+endif()
 string(REGEX REPLACE "([0-9]+)\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+.*" "\\1" CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR ${PACKAGE_VERSION})
 string(REGEX REPLACE "[0-9]+\\.([0-9])+\\.[0-9]+.*" "\\1" CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR ${PACKAGE_VERSION})
 string(REGEX REPLACE "[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.([0-9]+).*" "\\1" CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH ${PACKAGE_VERSION})
@@ -117,31 +121,41 @@ endif()
 if(POCO_STATIC)
     set( LIB_MODE_DEFINITIONS -DPOCO_STATIC -DPOCO_NO_AUTOMATIC_LIBS)
     set( LIB_MODE STATIC )
-    message(STATUS "Building static libraries")
+    if(POCO_VERBOSE_MESSAGES)
+        message(STATUS "Building static libraries")
+    endif()
 else(POCO_STATIC)
     set( LIB_MODE SHARED )
     set( LIB_MODE_DEFINITIONS -DPOCO_NO_AUTOMATIC_LIBS)
-    message(STATUS "Building dynamic libraries")
+    if(POCO_VERBOSE_MESSAGES)
+        message(STATUS "Building dynamic libraries")
+    endif()
 endif(POCO_STATIC)
 
 if (ENABLE_TESTS)
   include(CTest)
   enable_testing()
-  message(STATUS "Building with tests")
-else ()
+  if(POCO_VERBOSE_MESSAGES)
+    message(STATUS "Building with tests")
+  endif()
+elseif (POCO_VERBOSE_MESSAGES)
   message(STATUS "Building without tests")
 endif ()
 
 if (ENABLE_SAMPLES)
-  message(STATUS "Building with samples")
-else ()
+  if(POCO_VERBOSE_MESSAGES)
+    message(STATUS "Building with samples")
+  endif()
+elseif (POCO_VERBOSE_MESSAGES)
   message(STATUS "Building without samples")
 endif ()
 
 if (POCO_UNBUNDLED)
   add_definitions( -DPOCO_UNBUNDLED)
-  message(STATUS "Build with using external sqlite, libz, pcre, expat ...")
-else ()
+  if(POCO_VERBOSE_MESSAGES)
+    message(STATUS "Build with using external sqlite, libz, pcre, expat ...")
+  endif()
+elseif (POCO_VERBOSE_MESSAGES)
   message(STATUS "Build with using internal copy of sqlite, libz, pcre, expat, ...")
 endif ()
 
@@ -308,28 +322,29 @@ install(
 # in tree build settings
 #configure_file(PocoBuildTreeSettings.cmake.in ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/PocoBuildTreeSettings.cmake @ONLY)
 
+if(POCO_VERBOSE_MESSAGES)
+    message(STATUS "CMake ${CMAKE_VERSION} successfully configured ${PROJECT_NAME} using ${CMAKE_GENERATOR} generator")
+    message(STATUS "Installation target path: ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}")
 
-message(STATUS "CMake ${CMAKE_VERSION} successfully configured ${PROJECT_NAME} using ${CMAKE_GENERATOR} generator")
-message(STATUS "Installation target path: ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}")
+    message(STATUS "")
+    message(STATUS "Generated with config types: ${CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES}")
+    message(STATUS "Setting Poco build type - ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}")
+    message(STATUS "")
 
-message(STATUS "")
-message(STATUS "Generated with config types: ${CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES}")
-message(STATUS "Setting Poco build type - ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}")
-message(STATUS "")
+    message(STATUS "C_FLAGS:  =${CMAKE_C_FLAGS}")
+    message(STATUS "CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG:=${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG}")
+    message(STATUS "CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE:=${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE}")
+    message(STATUS "CMAKE_C_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL:=${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL}")
+    message(STATUS "CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO:=${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO}")
+    message(STATUS "")
+    message(STATUS "")
+    message(STATUS "CXX_FLAGS:=${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}")
+    message(STATUS "CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG:=${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG}")
+    message(STATUS "CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE:=${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE}")
+    message(STATUS "CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL:=${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL}")
+    message(STATUS "CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO:=${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO}")
 
-message(STATUS "C_FLAGS:  =${CMAKE_C_FLAGS}")
-message(STATUS "CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG:=${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG}")
-message(STATUS "CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE:=${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE}")
-message(STATUS "CMAKE_C_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL:=${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL}")
-message(STATUS "CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO:=${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO}")
-message(STATUS "")
-message(STATUS "")
-message(STATUS "CXX_FLAGS:=${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}")
-message(STATUS "CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG:=${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG}")
-message(STATUS "CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE:=${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE}")
-message(STATUS "CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL:=${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL}")
-message(STATUS "CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO:=${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO}")
-
-foreach(component ${Poco_COMPONENTS})
-message(STATUS "Building: ${component}")
-endforeach()
+    foreach(component ${Poco_COMPONENTS})
+        message(STATUS "Building: ${component}")
+    endforeach()
+endif()
diff --git a/Data/CMakeLists.txt b/Data/CMakeLists.txt
index 2c06eca4f..eb3dfdf3d 100644
--- a/Data/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Data/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -48,9 +48,11 @@ if(ENABLE_DATA_MYSQL)
     find_package(MySQL)
     if(MYSQL_FOUND)
         include_directories("${MYSQL_INCLUDE_DIR}")
-        message(STATUS "MySQL Support Enabled")
+        if(POCO_VERBOSE_MESSAGES)
+            message(STATUS "MySQL Support Enabled")
+        endif()
         add_subdirectory( MySQL )
-    else()
+    elseif(POCO_VERBOSE_MESSAGES)
         message(STATUS "MySQL Support Disabled - no MySQL library")
     endif(MYSQL_FOUND)
 endif(ENABLE_DATA_MYSQL)
@@ -59,9 +61,11 @@ if(ENABLE_DATA_POSTGRESQL)
     find_package(PostgreSQL)
     if(POSTGRESQL_FOUND)
         include_directories("${POSTGRESQL_INCLUDE_DIR}")
-        message(STATUS "PostgreSQL Support Enabled")
+        if(POCO_VERBOSE_MESSAGES)
+            message(STATUS "PostgreSQL Support Enabled")
+        endif()
         add_subdirectory( PostgreSQL )
-    else()
+    elseif(POCO_VERBOSE_MESSAGES)
         message(STATUS "PostgreSQL Support Disabled - no PostgreSQL library")
     endif(POSTGRESQL_FOUND)
 endif(ENABLE_DATA_POSTGRESQL)
@@ -70,14 +74,18 @@ if(ENABLE_DATA_ODBC)
     find_package(ODBC)
     if(WIN32 AND NOT WINCE)
         set(ODBC_LIBRARIES "odbc32" "odbccp32")
-        message(STATUS "Windows native ODBC Support Enabled")
+        if(POCO_VERBOSE_MESSAGES)
+            message(STATUS "Windows native ODBC Support Enabled")
+        endif()
         add_subdirectory( ODBC )
     else(WIN32 AND NOT WINCE)
         if(ODBC_FOUND)
             include_directories("${ODBC_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES}")
-            message(STATUS "ODBC Support Enabled")
+            if(POCO_VERBOSE_MESSAGES)
+                message(STATUS "ODBC Support Enabled")
+            endif()
             add_subdirectory( ODBC )
-        else()
+        elseif(POCO_VERBOSE_MESSAGES)
             message(STATUS "ODBC Support Disabled - no ODBC runtime")
         endif()
     endif(WIN32 AND NOT WINCE)
diff --git a/Foundation/CMakeLists.txt b/Foundation/CMakeLists.txt
index 7d572f319..750fd5edd 100644
--- a/Foundation/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Foundation/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -120,7 +120,9 @@ if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
 	INCLUDE (CheckLibraryExists)
 	CHECK_LIBRARY_EXISTS(pthread pthread_setaffinity_np "pthread.h" HAVE_PTHREAD_SETAFFINITY_NP)
 	if(NOT HAVE_PTHREAD_SETAFFINITY_NP)
-		message(STATUS "Platform has not PTHREAD_SETAFFINITY_NP")
+        if(POCO_VERBOSE_MESSAGES)
+            message(STATUS "Platform has not PTHREAD_SETAFFINITY_NP")
+        endif()
 	else(HAVE_PTHREAD_SETAFFINITY_NP)
 		add_definitions(-DHAVE_PTHREAD_SETAFFINITY_NP)
 		CHECK_CXX_SOURCE_COMPILES("
@@ -132,7 +134,9 @@ if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
 		}" HAVE_THREE_PARAM_SCHED_SETAFFINITY)
 
 		if(HAVE_THREE_PARAM_SCHED_SETAFFINITY)
-			message(STATUS "Platform has THREE PARAM at PTHREAD_SETAFFINITY_NP")
+            if(POCO_VERBOSE_MESSAGES)
+                message(STATUS "Platform has THREE PARAM at PTHREAD_SETAFFINITY_NP")
+            endif()
 			add_definitions(-DHAVE_THREE_PARAM_SCHED_SETAFFINITY)
 		else(HAVE_THREE_PARAM_SCHED_SETAFFINITY)
 			CHECK_CXX_SOURCE_COMPILES("
@@ -144,7 +148,9 @@ if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
 			}" HAVE_TWO_PARAM_SCHED_SETAFFINITY)
 
 			if(HAVE_TWO_PARAM_SCHED_SETAFFINITY)
-				message(STATUS "Platform has TWO PARAM at PTHREAD_SETAFFINITY_NP")
+                if(POCO_VERBOSE_MESSAGES)
+                    message(STATUS "Platform has TWO PARAM at PTHREAD_SETAFFINITY_NP")
+                endif()
 				add_definitions(-DHAVE_TWO_PARAM_SCHED_SETAFFINITY)
 			endif(HAVE_TWO_PARAM_SCHED_SETAFFINITY)
 
diff --git a/biicode/cmake/Data.cmake b/biicode/cmake/Data.cmake
index 0327d11bf..54c6ca4fd 100644
--- a/biicode/cmake/Data.cmake
+++ b/biicode/cmake/Data.cmake
@@ -16,9 +16,11 @@ if(ENABLE_DATA_MYSQL)
 find_package(MySQL)
 if(MYSQL_FOUND)
     target_include_directories(${BII_BLOCK_TARGET} INTERFACE "${MYSQL_INCLUDE_DIR}")
-    message(STATUS "MySQL Support Enabled")
+    if(POCO_VERBOSE_MESSAGES)
+        message(STATUS "MySQL Support Enabled")
+    endif()
     include( MySQL )
-else()
+elseif(POCO_VERBOSE_MESSAGES)
     message(STATUS "MySQL Support Disabled - no MySQL library")
 endif(MYSQL_FOUND)
 endif(ENABLE_DATA_MYSQL)
@@ -27,14 +29,18 @@ if(ENABLE_DATA_ODBC)
 find_package(ODBC)
 if(WIN32 AND NOT WINCE)
     set(ODBC_LIBRARIES "odbc32" "odbccp32")
-    message(STATUS "Windows native ODBC Support Enabled")
+    if(POCO_VERBOSE_MESSAGES)
+        message(STATUS "Windows native ODBC Support Enabled")
+    endif()
     include( ODBC )
 else(WIN32 AND NOT WINCE)
     if(ODBC_FOUND)
         target_include_directories(${BII_BLOCK_TARGET} INTERFACE "${ODBC_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES}")
-        message(STATUS "ODBC Support Enabled")
+        if(POCO_VERBOSE_MESSAGES)
+            message(STATUS "ODBC Support Enabled")
+        endif()
         include( ODBC )
-    else()
+    elseif(POCO_VERBOSE_MESSAGES)
         message(STATUS "ODBC Support Disabled - no ODBC runtime")
     endif()
 endif(WIN32 AND NOT WINCE)
diff --git a/biicode/cmake/biicode.cmake b/biicode/cmake/biicode.cmake
index 28a122dd9..c5e434717 100644
--- a/biicode/cmake/biicode.cmake
+++ b/biicode/cmake/biicode.cmake
@@ -16,10 +16,14 @@ option(POCO_STATIC
 if(POCO_STATIC)
     target_compile_definitions(${BII_BLOCK_TARGET} INTERFACE  -DPOCO_STATIC -DPOCO_NO_AUTOMATIC_LIBS)
     set( LIB_MODE STATIC )
-    message(STATUS "Building static libraries")
+    if(POCO_VERBOSE_MESSAGES)
+        message(STATUS "Building static libraries")
+    endif()
 else(POCO_STATIC)
     set( LIB_MODE SHARED )
-    message(STATUS "Building dynamic libraries")
+    if(POCO_VERBOSE_MESSAGES)
+        message(STATUS "Building dynamic libraries")
+    endif()
 endif(POCO_STATIC)
 
 # OS Detection