diff --git a/configure b/configure
index b5f90e2..fc22842 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ 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"