diff --git a/freeze/makemakefile.py b/freeze/makemakefile.py
index ff8b15a..8528f6c 100644
--- a/freeze/makemakefile.py
+++ b/freeze/makemakefile.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import os
 
 def makemakefile(outfp, makevars, files, target):
     outfp.write("# Makefile generated by freeze.py script\n\n")
+    outfp.write("\nifeq ($(VERBOSE),1)\n\tQ :=\nelse\n\tQ := @\nendif\n\n")
 
     keys = makevars.keys()
     keys.sort()
@@ -18,12 +19,12 @@ def makemakefile(outfp, makevars, files, target):
             base = os.path.basename(file)
             dest = base[:-2] + '.o'
             outfp.write("%s: %s\n" % (dest, file))
-            outfp.write("\t$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) -c %s\n" % file)
+            outfp.write("\t$(Q)$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) -c %s\n" % file)
             files[i] = dest
             deps.append(dest)
 
     outfp.write("\n%s: %s\n" % (target, ' '.join(deps)))
-    outfp.write("\t$(LINKCC) $(LDFLAGS) $(LINKFORSHARED) %s -o %s $(LDLAST)\n" %
+    outfp.write("\t$(Q)$(LINKCC) $(LDFLAGS) $(LINKFORSHARED) %s -o %s $(LDLAST)\n" %
                 (' '.join(files), target))
 
-    outfp.write("\nclean:\n\t-rm -f *.o %s\n" % target)
+    outfp.write("\nclean:\n\t-$(Q)rm -f *.o %s\n" % target)