diff --git a/kernel.spec b/kernel.spec
index 9a9a47c..ac51036 100644
--- a/kernel.spec
+++ b/kernel.spec
@@ -118,11 +118,20 @@ Summary: The Linux kernel
 # build a release kernel on rawhide
 %define with_release   %{?_with_release:      1} %{?!_with_release:      0}
 
+# verbose build, i.e. no silent rules and V=1
+%define with_verbose %{?_with_verbose:        1} %{?!_with_verbose:      0}
+
 # Set debugbuildsenabled to 1 for production (build separate debug kernels)
 #  and 0 for rawhide (all kernels are debug kernels).
 # See also 'make debug' and 'make release'.
 %define debugbuildsenabled 1
 
+%if %{with_verbose}
+%define make_opts V=1
+%else
+%define make_opts -s
+%endif
+
 # Want to build a vanilla kernel build without any non-upstream patches?
 %define with_vanilla %{?_with_vanilla: 1} %{?!_with_vanilla: 0}
 
@@ -1250,7 +1259,7 @@ BuildKernel() {
 
     # and now to start the build process
 
-    make -s mrproper
+    make %{?make_opts} mrproper
     cp configs/$Config .config
 
     %if %{signkernel}%{signmodules}
@@ -1260,9 +1269,9 @@ BuildKernel() {
     Arch=`head -1 .config | cut -b 3-`
     echo USING ARCH=$Arch
 
-    make -s ARCH=$Arch oldnoconfig >/dev/null
-    %{make} -s ARCH=$Arch V=1 %{?_smp_mflags} $MakeTarget %{?sparse_mflags} %{?kernel_mflags}
-    %{make} -s ARCH=$Arch V=1 %{?_smp_mflags} modules %{?sparse_mflags} || exit 1
+    make %{?make_opts} ARCH=$Arch oldnoconfig >/dev/null
+    %{make} %{?make_opts} ARCH=$Arch %{?_smp_mflags} $MakeTarget %{?sparse_mflags} %{?kernel_mflags}
+    %{make} %{?make_opts} ARCH=$Arch %{?_smp_mflags} modules %{?sparse_mflags} || exit 1
 
     mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{image_install_path}
     mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/modules/$KernelVer
@@ -1271,7 +1280,7 @@ BuildKernel() {
 %endif
 
 %ifarch %{arm} aarch64
-    %{make} -s ARCH=$Arch V=1 dtbs dtbs_install INSTALL_DTBS_PATH=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{image_install_path}/dtb-$KernelVer
+    %{make} %{?make_opts} ARCH=$Arch dtbs dtbs_install INSTALL_DTBS_PATH=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{image_install_path}/dtb-$KernelVer
     cp -r $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{image_install_path}/dtb-$KernelVer $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/modules/$KernelVer/dtb
     find arch/$Arch/boot/dts -name '*.dtb' -type f | xargs rm -f
 %endif
@@ -1312,10 +1321,10 @@ BuildKernel() {
 
     # Override $(mod-fw) because we don't want it to install any firmware
     # we'll get it from the linux-firmware package and we don't want conflicts
-    %{make} -s ARCH=$Arch INSTALL_MOD_PATH=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT modules_install KERNELRELEASE=$KernelVer mod-fw=
+    %{make} %{?make_opts} ARCH=$Arch INSTALL_MOD_PATH=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT modules_install KERNELRELEASE=$KernelVer mod-fw=
 
     if [ $DoVDSO -ne 0 ]; then
-        %{make} -s ARCH=$Arch INSTALL_MOD_PATH=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT vdso_install KERNELRELEASE=$KernelVer
+        %{make} %{?make_opts} ARCH=$Arch INSTALL_MOD_PATH=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT vdso_install KERNELRELEASE=$KernelVer
         if [ ! -s ldconfig-kernel.conf ]; then
           echo > ldconfig-kernel.conf "\
     # Placeholder file, no vDSO hwcap entries used in this kernel."