diff --git a/clutter/clutter/meson.build b/clutter/clutter/meson.build
index 5b7e33b67..af5755062 100644
--- a/clutter/clutter/meson.build
+++ b/clutter/clutter/meson.build
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ clutter_marshal = gnome.genmarshal('clutter-marshal',
   prefix: '_clutter_marshal',
   sources: 'clutter-marshal.list',
   valist_marshallers: true,
-  extra_args: ['--prototypes'],
+  extra_args: ['--prototypes', '--quiet'],
   install_dir: clutter_clutter_includedir,
   install_header: true,
 )
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index 3eb7e72d3..ae41194ed 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -726,6 +726,7 @@ subdir('meta')
 mutter_marshal = gnome.genmarshal('meta-marshal',
   sources: ['meta-marshal.list'],
   prefix: 'meta_marshal',
+  extra_args: ['--quiet'],
   internal: true,
 )
 mutter_built_sources += mutter_marshal