diff --git a/build/make/Makefile b/build/make/Makefile
index 92113ccb8..22d6097bf 100644
--- a/build/make/Makefile
+++ b/build/make/Makefile
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ HOSTCC?=gcc
 TGT_ISA:=$(word 1, $(subst -, ,$(TOOLCHAIN)))
 TGT_OS:=$(word 2, $(subst -, ,$(TOOLCHAIN)))
 TGT_CC:=$(word 3, $(subst -, ,$(TOOLCHAIN)))
-quiet:=$(if $(verbose),,yes)
+quiet:=$(if $(or $(verbose), $(V)),, yes)
 qexec=$(if $(quiet),@)
 
 # Cancel built-in implicit rules