diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 0252686..ba30ace 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ config_copy()
 
 config_host()
 {
-	make host.tag && return 0
+	make -s host.tag && return 0
 
 	error_msg "configure was able to generate a Makefile for the selected host,"
 	error_msg "however the host-targeting compiler was found to be missing"