diff --git a/scripts/mkcompile_h b/scripts/mkcompile_h
index a8740df..6a12dd9 100755
--- a/scripts/mkcompile_h
+++ b/scripts/mkcompile_h
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 PREEMPT=$4
 CC=$5
 
+vecho() { [ "${quiet}" = "silent_" ] || echo "$@" ; }
+
 # If compile.h exists already and we don't own autoconf.h
 # (i.e. we're not the same user who did make *config), don't
 # modify compile.h
@@ -11,7 +13,7 @@
 # do "compiled by root"
 
 if [ -r $TARGET -a ! -O include/linux/autoconf.h ]; then
-  echo "  SKIPPED $TARGET"
+  vecho "  SKIPPED $TARGET"
   exit 0
 fi
 
@@ -89,7 +91,7 @@
       cmp -s .tmpver.1 .tmpver.2; then
    rm -f .tmpcompile
 else
-   echo "  UPD     $TARGET"
+   vecho "  UPD     $TARGET"
    mv -f .tmpcompile $TARGET
 fi
 rm -f .tmpver.1 .tmpver.2