diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b8a8b7ecc..301e4d7db 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Sun Mar 23 23:04:06 2003  Soeren Sandmann  <sandmann@daimi.au.dk>
+
+	* src/display.c (meta_spew_event): just return if we are not
+	verbose.
+
 2003-03-11  Havoc Pennington  <hp@pobox.com>
 
 	Should fix #108108, #106217, tracked down by Owen Taylor and
diff --git a/src/display.c b/src/display.c
index 6fef5f99d..27fd6f542 100644
--- a/src/display.c
+++ b/src/display.c
@@ -2226,6 +2226,9 @@ meta_spew_event (MetaDisplay *display,
   char *winname;
   MetaScreen *screen;
 
+  if (!meta_is_verbose())
+    return;
+  
   /* filter overnumerous events */
   if (event->type == Expose || event->type == MotionNotify ||
       event->type == NoExpose)