diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index ef391628b..e8bbe7fe5 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(src/core/display.c)
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS(config.h)
 
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([dist-bzip2 no-dist-gzip])
-m4_ifdef([AM_SILENT_RULES],[AM_SILENT_RULES([no])],)
+m4_ifdef([AM_SILENT_RULES],[AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])],)
 AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
 
 MUTTER_MAJOR_VERSION=mutter_major_version