diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index df60677e4..4d2d0434d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 ## Auto-generated, do not modify!
 ####################################################################################
 ####################################################################################
+
+include quiet.mk
+
 help:
 	@echo ""
 	@echo "Please specify a target."
diff --git a/library/Makefile b/library/Makefile
index 22df69e16..3f07c61dd 100644
--- a/library/Makefile
+++ b/library/Makefile
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 ####################################################################################
 ####################################################################################
 
+include ../quiet.mk
+
 .PHONY: all lib clean clean-all
 all: lib
 
diff --git a/library/interfaces/Makefile b/library/interfaces/Makefile
index a67554d42..5e69904ad 100644
--- a/library/interfaces/Makefile
+++ b/library/interfaces/Makefile
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 ####################################################################################
 ####################################################################################
 
+include ../../quiet.mk
+
 M_DEPS := interfaces_ip.tcl
 M_DEPS += ../scripts/adi_env.tcl
 M_DEPS += ../scripts/adi_ip.tcl
@@ -36,10 +38,15 @@ xilinx: if_xcvr_cm.xml if_xcvr_cm_rtl.xml if_xcvr_ch.xml if_xcvr_ch_rtl.xml if_g
 clean:clean-all
 
 clean-all:
-	rm -rf $(M_FLIST)
+	$(call clean, \
+		$(M_FLIST), \
+		interface definitions)
 
 %.xml: $(M_DEPS)
-	$(M_VIVADO) interfaces_ip.tcl >> interfaces_ip.log 2>&1
+	$(call build, \
+		$(M_VIVADO) interfaces_ip.tcl, \
+		interfaces_ip.log, \
+		interface definitions)
 
 ####################################################################################
 ####################################################################################
diff --git a/library/scripts/library.mk b/library/scripts/library.mk
index 8d56498f9..e0a4b2701 100644
--- a/library/scripts/library.mk
+++ b/library/scripts/library.mk
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 # Assumes this file is in library/scripts/library.mk
 HDL_LIBRARY_PATH := $(subst scripts/library.mk,,$(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST)))
 
+include $(HDL_LIBRARY_PATH)../quiet.mk
+
 VIVADO := vivado -mode batch -source
 
 CLEAN_TARGET := *.cache
@@ -30,7 +32,9 @@ all: altera xilinx
 clean: clean-all
 
 clean-all:
-	rm -rf $(CLEAN_TARGET)
+	$(call clean, \
+		$(CLEAN_TARGET), \
+		$(HL)$(LIBRARY_NAME)$(NC) library)
 
 ifneq ($(ALTERA_DEPS),)
 
@@ -59,7 +63,10 @@ xilinx: xilinx_dep component.xml
 
 component.xml: $(XILINX_DEPS)
 	-rm -rf $(CLEAN_TARGET)
-	$(VIVADO) $(LIBRARY_NAME)_ip.tcl  >> $(LIBRARY_NAME)_ip.log 2>&1
+	$(call build, \
+		$(VIVADO) $(LIBRARY_NAME)_ip.tcl, \
+		$(LIBRARY_NAME)_ip.log, \
+		$(HL)$(LIBRARY_NAME)$(NC) library)
 
 xilinx_dep:
 	@for lib in $(XILINX_LIB_DEPS); do \
diff --git a/projects/scripts/project-altera.mk b/projects/scripts/project-altera.mk
index def2f4052..8418881f7 100644
--- a/projects/scripts/project-altera.mk
+++ b/projects/scripts/project-altera.mk
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 HDL_PROJECT_PATH := $(subst scripts/project-altera.mk,,$(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST)))
 HDL_LIBRARY_PATH := $(HDL_PROJECT_PATH)../library/
 
+include $(HDL_PROJECT_PATH)../quiet.mk
+
 ifeq ($(NIOS2_MMU),)
   NIOS2_MMU := 1
 endif
@@ -62,7 +64,9 @@ all: lib $(PROJECT_NAME).sof
 
 
 clean:
-	rm -rf $(CLEAN_TARGET)
+	$(call clean, \
+		$(CLEAN_TARGET), \
+		$(HL)$(PROJECT_NAME)$(NC) project)
 
 clean-all: clean
 	@for lib in $(LIB_DEPS); do \
@@ -71,7 +75,10 @@ clean-all: clean
 
 $(PROJECT_NAME).sof: $(M_DEPS)
 	-rm -rf $(CLEAN_TARGET)
-	$(ALTERA) system_project.tcl  >> $(PROJECT_NAME)_quartus.log 2>&1
+	$(call build,\
+		$(ALTERA) system_project.tcl, \
+		$(PROJECT_NAME)_quartus.log, \
+		$(HL)$(PROJECT_NAME)$(NC))
 
 lib:
 	@for lib in $(LIB_DEPS); do \
diff --git a/projects/scripts/project-toplevel.mk b/projects/scripts/project-toplevel.mk
index f648940fa..ad8dcd8e6 100644
--- a/projects/scripts/project-toplevel.mk
+++ b/projects/scripts/project-toplevel.mk
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 ## Copyright 2018(c) Analog Devices, Inc.
 ####################################################################################
 
+# Assumes this file is in projects/scripts/project-toplevel.mk
+HDL_PROJECT_PATH := $(subst scripts/project-toplevel.mk,,$(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST)))
+
+include $(HDL_PROJECT_PATH)../quiet.mk
+
 SUBDIRS := $(dir $(wildcard */Makefile))
 
 # Create virtual targets "$project/all", "$project/clean", "$project/clean-all"
diff --git a/projects/scripts/project-xilinx.mk b/projects/scripts/project-xilinx.mk
index 161ce4794..517de9fd5 100644
--- a/projects/scripts/project-xilinx.mk
+++ b/projects/scripts/project-xilinx.mk
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 HDL_PROJECT_PATH := $(subst scripts/project-xilinx.mk,,$(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST)))
 HDL_LIBRARY_PATH := $(HDL_PROJECT_PATH)../library/
 
+include $(HDL_PROJECT_PATH)../quiet.mk
+
 VIVADO := vivado -mode batch -source
 
 CLEAN_TARGET := *.cache
@@ -38,7 +40,9 @@ M_DEPS += $(foreach dep,$(LIB_DEPS),$(HDL_LIBRARY_PATH)$(dep)/component.xml)
 all: lib $(PROJECT_NAME).sdk/system_top.hdf
 
 clean:
-	rm -rf $(CLEAN_TARGET)
+	$(call clean, \
+		$(CLEAN_TARGET), \
+		$(HL)$(PROJECT_NAME)$(NC) project)
 
 clean-all: clean
 	@for lib in $(LIB_DEPS); do \
@@ -47,7 +51,10 @@ clean-all: clean
 
 $(PROJECT_NAME).sdk/system_top.hdf: $(M_DEPS)
 	-rm -rf $(CLEAN_TARGET)
-	$(VIVADO) system_project.tcl >> $(PROJECT_NAME)_vivado.log 2>&1
+	$(call build, \
+		$(VIVADO) system_project.tcl, \
+		$(PROJECT_NAME)_vivado.log, \
+		$(HL)$(PROJECT_NAME)$(NC) project)
 
 lib:
 	@for lib in $(LIB_DEPS); do \
diff --git a/quiet.mk b/quiet.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4f804f6dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/quiet.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+####################################################################################
+## Copyright 2018(c) Analog Devices, Inc.
+####################################################################################
+
+ifdef MAKE_TERMOUT
+  ESC:=$(shell printf '\033')
+  GREEN:=$(ESC)[1;32m
+  RED:=$(ESC)[1;31m
+  HL:=$(ESC)[0;33m
+  NC:=$(ESC)[0m
+else
+  GREEN:=
+  RED:=
+  HL:=
+  NC:=
+endif
+
+ifneq ($(VERBOSE),1)
+  MAKEFLAGS += --quiet
+
+  # build - Run a build command
+  # $(1): Command to execute
+  # $(2): Logfile name
+  # $(3): Textual description of the task
+  define build
+	@echo -n "Building $(strip $(3)) [$(HL)$(CURDIR)/$(strip $(2))$(NC)] ..."
+	$(strip $(1)) >> $(strip $(2)) 2>&1; \
+	(ERR=$$?; if [ $$ERR = 0 ]; then \
+		echo " $(GREEN)OK$(NC)"; \
+	else \
+		echo " $(RED)FAILED$(NC)\nFor details see $(HL)$(CURDIR)/$(strip $(2))$(NC)\n"; \
+	fi; exit $$ERR)
+  endef
+
+  # clean - Run a clean command
+  # $(1): Files to remove
+  # $(2): Textural description of the task
+  define clean
+	@echo "Cleaning $(strip $(2)) ..."
+	-rm -rf $(strip $(1))
+  endef
+else
+  define build
+	$(strip $(1)) >> $(strip $(2)) 2>&1
+  endef
+
+  define clean
+	-rm -rf $(strip $(1))
+  endef
+endif