diff --git a/Makefile.base.mk b/Makefile.base.mk
index b3644cdc..aae637ec 100644
--- a/Makefile.base.mk
+++ b/Makefile.base.mk
@@ -300,3 +300,12 @@ SHARED = -shared
 endif
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Handle the verbosity switch
+
+ifeq ($(VERBOSE),true)
+SILENT =
+else
+SILENT = @
+endif
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/Makefile.plugins.mk b/Makefile.plugins.mk
index 4afe6b40..f68a2e15 100644
--- a/Makefile.plugins.mk
+++ b/Makefile.plugins.mk
@@ -114,17 +114,17 @@ all:
 $(BUILD_DIR)/%.c.o: %.c
 	-@mkdir -p "$(shell dirname $(BUILD_DIR)/$<)"
 	@echo "Compiling $<"
-	@$(CC) $< $(BUILD_C_FLAGS) -c -o $@
+	$(SILENT)$(CC) $< $(BUILD_C_FLAGS) -c -o $@
 
 $(BUILD_DIR)/%.cc.o: %.cc
 	-@mkdir -p "$(shell dirname $(BUILD_DIR)/$<)"
 	@echo "Compiling $<"
-	@$(CXX) $< $(BUILD_CXX_FLAGS) -c -o $@
+	$(SILENT)$(CXX) $< $(BUILD_CXX_FLAGS) -c -o $@
 
 $(BUILD_DIR)/%.cpp.o: %.cpp
 	-@mkdir -p "$(shell dirname $(BUILD_DIR)/$<)"
 	@echo "Compiling $<"
-	@$(CXX) $< $(BUILD_CXX_FLAGS) -c -o $@
+	$(SILENT)$(CXX) $< $(BUILD_CXX_FLAGS) -c -o $@
 
 clean:
 	rm -rf $(BUILD_DIR)
@@ -135,22 +135,22 @@ clean:
 $(BUILD_DIR)/DistrhoPluginMain_%.cpp.o: $(DPF_PATH)/distrho/DistrhoPluginMain.cpp
 	-@mkdir -p $(BUILD_DIR)
 	@echo "Compiling DistrhoPluginMain.cpp ($*)"
-	@$(CXX) $< $(BUILD_CXX_FLAGS) -DDISTRHO_PLUGIN_TARGET_$* -c -o $@
+	$(SILENT)$(CXX) $< $(BUILD_CXX_FLAGS) -DDISTRHO_PLUGIN_TARGET_$* -c -o $@
 
 $(BUILD_DIR)/DistrhoUIMain_%.cpp.o: $(DPF_PATH)/distrho/DistrhoUIMain.cpp
 	-@mkdir -p $(BUILD_DIR)
 	@echo "Compiling DistrhoUIMain.cpp ($*)"
-	@$(CXX) $< $(BUILD_CXX_FLAGS) -DDISTRHO_PLUGIN_TARGET_$* -c -o $@
+	$(SILENT)$(CXX) $< $(BUILD_CXX_FLAGS) -DDISTRHO_PLUGIN_TARGET_$* -c -o $@
 
 $(BUILD_DIR)/DistrhoPluginMain_JACK.cpp.o: $(DPF_PATH)/distrho/DistrhoPluginMain.cpp
 	-@mkdir -p $(BUILD_DIR)
 	@echo "Compiling DistrhoPluginMain.cpp (JACK)"
-	@$(CXX) $< $(BUILD_CXX_FLAGS) $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --cflags jack) -DDISTRHO_PLUGIN_TARGET_JACK -c -o $@
+	$(SILENT)$(CXX) $< $(BUILD_CXX_FLAGS) $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --cflags jack) -DDISTRHO_PLUGIN_TARGET_JACK -c -o $@
 
 $(BUILD_DIR)/DistrhoUIMain_DSSI.cpp.o: $(DPF_PATH)/distrho/DistrhoUIMain.cpp
 	-@mkdir -p $(BUILD_DIR)
 	@echo "Compiling DistrhoUIMain.cpp (DSSI)"
-	@$(CXX) $< $(BUILD_CXX_FLAGS) $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --cflags liblo) -DDISTRHO_PLUGIN_TARGET_DSSI -c -o $@
+	$(SILENT)$(CXX) $< $(BUILD_CXX_FLAGS) $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --cflags liblo) -DDISTRHO_PLUGIN_TARGET_DSSI -c -o $@
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # JACK
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ $(jack): $(OBJS_DSP) $(BUILD_DIR)/DistrhoPluginMain_JACK.cpp.o
 endif
 	-@mkdir -p $(shell dirname $@)
 	@echo "Creating JACK standalone for $(NAME)"
-	@$(CXX) $^ $(BUILD_CXX_FLAGS) $(LINK_FLAGS) $(DGL_LIBS) $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --libs jack) -o $@
+	$(SILENT)$(CXX) $^ $(BUILD_CXX_FLAGS) $(LINK_FLAGS) $(DGL_LIBS) $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --libs jack) -o $@
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # LADSPA
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ ladspa: $(ladspa_dsp)
 $(ladspa_dsp): $(OBJS_DSP) $(BUILD_DIR)/DistrhoPluginMain_LADSPA.cpp.o
 	-@mkdir -p $(shell dirname $@)
 	@echo "Creating LADSPA plugin for $(NAME)"
-	@$(CXX) $^ $(BUILD_CXX_FLAGS) $(LINK_FLAGS) $(SHARED) -o $@
+	$(SILENT)$(CXX) $^ $(BUILD_CXX_FLAGS) $(LINK_FLAGS) $(SHARED) -o $@
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # DSSI
@@ -186,12 +186,12 @@ dssi_ui:  $(dssi_ui)
 $(dssi_dsp): $(OBJS_DSP) $(BUILD_DIR)/DistrhoPluginMain_DSSI.cpp.o
 	-@mkdir -p $(shell dirname $@)
 	@echo "Creating DSSI plugin library for $(NAME)"
-	@$(CXX) $^ $(BUILD_CXX_FLAGS) $(LINK_FLAGS) $(SHARED) -o $@
+	$(SILENT)$(CXX) $^ $(BUILD_CXX_FLAGS) $(LINK_FLAGS) $(SHARED) -o $@
 
 $(dssi_ui): $(OBJS_UI) $(BUILD_DIR)/DistrhoUIMain_DSSI.cpp.o $(DGL_LIB)
 	-@mkdir -p $(shell dirname $@)
 	@echo "Creating DSSI UI for $(NAME)"
-	@$(CXX) $^ $(BUILD_CXX_FLAGS) $(LINK_FLAGS) $(DGL_LIBS) $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --libs liblo) -o $@
+	$(SILENT)$(CXX) $^ $(BUILD_CXX_FLAGS) $(LINK_FLAGS) $(DGL_LIBS) $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --libs liblo) -o $@
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # LV2
@@ -203,17 +203,17 @@ lv2_sep: $(lv2_dsp) $(lv2_ui)
 $(lv2): $(OBJS_DSP) $(OBJS_UI) $(BUILD_DIR)/DistrhoPluginMain_LV2.cpp.o $(BUILD_DIR)/DistrhoUIMain_LV2.cpp.o $(DGL_LIB)
 	-@mkdir -p $(shell dirname $@)
 	@echo "Creating LV2 plugin for $(NAME)"
-	@$(CXX) $^ $(BUILD_CXX_FLAGS) $(LINK_FLAGS) $(DGL_LIBS) $(SHARED) -o $@
+	$(SILENT)$(CXX) $^ $(BUILD_CXX_FLAGS) $(LINK_FLAGS) $(DGL_LIBS) $(SHARED) -o $@
 
 $(lv2_dsp): $(OBJS_DSP) $(BUILD_DIR)/DistrhoPluginMain_LV2.cpp.o
 	-@mkdir -p $(shell dirname $@)
 	@echo "Creating LV2 plugin library for $(NAME)"
-	@$(CXX) $^ $(BUILD_CXX_FLAGS) $(LINK_FLAGS) $(SHARED) -o $@
+	$(SILENT)$(CXX) $^ $(BUILD_CXX_FLAGS) $(LINK_FLAGS) $(SHARED) -o $@
 
 $(lv2_ui): $(OBJS_UI) $(BUILD_DIR)/DistrhoUIMain_LV2.cpp.o $(DGL_LIB)
 	-@mkdir -p $(shell dirname $@)
 	@echo "Creating LV2 plugin UI for $(NAME)"
-	@$(CXX) $^ $(BUILD_CXX_FLAGS) $(LINK_FLAGS) $(DGL_LIBS) $(SHARED) -o $@
+	$(SILENT)$(CXX) $^ $(BUILD_CXX_FLAGS) $(LINK_FLAGS) $(DGL_LIBS) $(SHARED) -o $@
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # VST
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ $(vst): $(OBJS_DSP) $(BUILD_DIR)/DistrhoPluginMain_VST.cpp.o
 endif
 	-@mkdir -p $(shell dirname $@)
 	@echo "Creating VST plugin for $(NAME)"
-	@$(CXX) $^ $(BUILD_CXX_FLAGS) $(LINK_FLAGS) $(DGL_LIBS) $(SHARED) -o $@
+	$(SILENT)$(CXX) $^ $(BUILD_CXX_FLAGS) $(LINK_FLAGS) $(DGL_LIBS) $(SHARED) -o $@
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/dgl/Makefile b/dgl/Makefile
index 3005e709..20bd79e3 100644
--- a/dgl/Makefile
+++ b/dgl/Makefile
@@ -77,65 +77,65 @@ all: $(TARGETS)
 ../build/libdgl-cairo.a: $(OBJS_cairo)
 	-@mkdir -p ../build
 	@echo "Creating libdgl-cairo.a"
-	@rm -f $@
-	@$(AR) crs $@ $^
+	$(SILENT)rm -f $@
+	$(SILENT)$(AR) crs $@ $^
 
 ../build/libdgl-opengl.a: $(OBJS_opengl)
 	-@mkdir -p ../build
 	@echo "Creating libdgl-opengl.a"
-	@rm -f $@
-	@$(AR) crs $@ $^
+	$(SILENT)rm -f $@
+	$(SILENT)$(AR) crs $@ $^
 
 # Compat name, to be removed soon
 ../build/libdgl.a: ../build/libdgl-opengl.a
 	@echo "Symlinking libdgl.a"
-	@ln -sf $< $@
+	$(SILENT)ln -sf $< $@
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 ../build/dgl/%.c.o: src/%.c
 	-@mkdir -p ../build/dgl
 	@echo "Compiling $<"
-	@$(CC) $< $(BUILD_C_FLAGS) -c -o $@
+	$(SILENT)$(CC) $< $(BUILD_C_FLAGS) -c -o $@
 
 ../build/dgl/%.cpp.o: src/%.cpp
 	-@mkdir -p ../build/dgl
 	@echo "Compiling $<"
-	@$(CXX) $< $(BUILD_CXX_FLAGS) -c -o $@
+	$(SILENT)$(CXX) $< $(BUILD_CXX_FLAGS) -c -o $@
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 ../build/dgl/%.cpp.cairo.o: src/%.cpp
 	-@mkdir -p ../build/dgl
 	@echo "Compiling $< (Cairo variant)"
-	@$(CXX) $< $(BUILD_CXX_FLAGS) $(CAIRO_FLAGS) -DDGL_CAIRO -c -o $@
+	$(SILENT)$(CXX) $< $(BUILD_CXX_FLAGS) $(CAIRO_FLAGS) -DDGL_CAIRO -c -o $@
 
 ../build/dgl/Window.cpp.cairo.o: src/Window.cpp src/sofd/* src/pugl/*
 	-@mkdir -p ../build/dgl
 	@echo "Compiling $< (Cairo variant)"
-	@$(CXX) $< $(BUILD_CXX_FLAGS) $(CAIRO_FLAGS) -DDGL_CAIRO -c -o $@
+	$(SILENT)$(CXX) $< $(BUILD_CXX_FLAGS) $(CAIRO_FLAGS) -DDGL_CAIRO -c -o $@
 
 ../build/dgl/Window.mm.cairo.o: src/Window.cpp src/sofd/* src/pugl/*
 	-@mkdir -p ../build/dgl
 	@echo "Compiling $< (Cairo variant)"
-	@$(CXX) $< $(BUILD_CXX_FLAGS) $(CAIRO_FLAGS) -DDGL_CAIRO -ObjC++ -c -o $@
+	$(SILENT)$(CXX) $< $(BUILD_CXX_FLAGS) $(CAIRO_FLAGS) -DDGL_CAIRO -ObjC++ -c -o $@
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 ../build/dgl/%.cpp.opengl.o: src/%.cpp
 	-@mkdir -p ../build/dgl
 	@echo "Compiling $< (OpenGL variant)"
-	@$(CXX) $< $(BUILD_CXX_FLAGS) $(OPENGL_FLAGS) -DDGL_OPENGL -c -o $@
+	$(SILENT)$(CXX) $< $(BUILD_CXX_FLAGS) $(OPENGL_FLAGS) -DDGL_OPENGL -c -o $@
 
 ../build/dgl/Window.cpp.opengl.o: src/Window.cpp src/sofd/* src/pugl/*
 	-@mkdir -p ../build/dgl
 	@echo "Compiling $< (OpenGL variant)"
-	@$(CXX) $< $(BUILD_CXX_FLAGS) $(OPENGL_FLAGS) -DDGL_OPENGL -c -o $@
+	$(SILENT)$(CXX) $< $(BUILD_CXX_FLAGS) $(OPENGL_FLAGS) -DDGL_OPENGL -c -o $@
 
 ../build/dgl/Window.mm.opengl.o: src/Window.cpp src/sofd/* src/pugl/*
 	-@mkdir -p ../build/dgl
 	@echo "Compiling $< (OpenGL variant)"
-	@$(CXX) $< $(BUILD_CXX_FLAGS) $(OPENGL_FLAGS) -DDGL_OPENGL -ObjC++ -c -o $@
+	$(SILENT)$(CXX) $< $(BUILD_CXX_FLAGS) $(OPENGL_FLAGS) -DDGL_OPENGL -ObjC++ -c -o $@
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------