diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a2cc5b0ea6..4eb8e699d6 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ AM_MAINTAINER_MODE([enable])
 # Support silent build rules, requires at least automake-1.11. Enable
 # by either passing --enable-silent-rules to configure or passing V=0
 # to make
-m4_ifdef([AM_SILENT_RULES], [AM_SILENT_RULES([no])])
+m4_ifdef([AM_SILENT_RULES], [AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])])
 
 #
 # For each of the libraries we build, we define the following