diff --git a/common/xbps-src/shutils/common.sh b/common/xbps-src/shutils/common.sh
index dab9014d943..3969948c2dc 100644
--- a/common/xbps-src/shutils/common.sh
+++ b/common/xbps-src/shutils/common.sh
@@ -75,10 +75,12 @@ msg_warn_nochroot() {
 }
 
 msg_normal() {
-    # normal messages in bold
-    [ -n "$NOCOLORS" ] || printf "\033[1m"
-    printf "=> $@"
-    [ -n "$NOCOLORS" ] || printf "\033[m"
+    if [ -z "$XBPS_QUIET" ]; then
+	    # normal messages in bold
+	    [ -n "$NOCOLORS" ] || printf "\033[1m"
+	    printf "=> $@"
+	    [ -n "$NOCOLORS" ] || printf "\033[m"
+    fi
 }
 
 msg_normal_append() {
diff --git a/xbps-src b/xbps-src
index b581daae141..548ff45de6f 100755
--- a/xbps-src
+++ b/xbps-src
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ readonly XBPS_GCC_VERSION=${XBPS_GCC_VERSION_MAJOR}.${XBPS_GCC_VERSION_MINOR}.${
 # main()
 #
 XBPS_OPTIONS=
-XBPS_OPTSTRING="a:CEfgGhH:iIj:Lm:No:qr:tV"
+XBPS_OPTSTRING="a:CEfgGhH:iIj:Lm:No:qQr:tV"
 
 # Preprocess arguments in order to allow options before and after XBPS_TARGET.
 eval set -- $(getopt "$XBPS_OPTSTRING" "$@");
@@ -437,6 +437,7 @@ while getopts "$XBPS_OPTSTRING" opt; do
         N) readonly XBPS_SKIP_REMOTEREPOS=1; XBPS_OPTIONS+=" -N";;
         o) readonly XBPS_PKG_OPTIONS="$OPTARG"; XBPS_OPTIONS+=" -o $OPTARG";;
         q) export XBPS_CHECK_PKGS=0; XBPS_OPTIONS+=" -q";;
+	 Q) export XBPS_QUIET=1; XBPS_OPTIONS+=" -Q";;
         r) readonly XBPS_ALT_REPOSITORY="$OPTARG"; XBPS_OPTIONS+=" -r $OPTARG";;
         t) export XBPS_TEMP_MASTERDIR=1; XBPS_OPTIONS+=" -t -C";;
         V) echo $XBPS_SRC_VERSION && exit 0;;