diff --git a/po/Makefile b/po/Makefile
index a6ab4825fa..705166e2d3 100644
--- a/po/Makefile
+++ b/po/Makefile
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 SRC_PATH=..
 
 -include ../config-host.mak
+include $(SRC_PATH)/rules.mak
 
 PO_PATH=$(SRC_PATH)/po
 
@@ -33,16 +34,16 @@ install: $(OBJS)
 	done
 
 %.mo: %.po
-	@msgfmt -o $@ $<
+	$(call quiet-command, msgfmt -o $@ $<, "  GEN   $@")
 
 $(PO_PATH)/messages.po: $(SRC_PATH)/ui/gtk.c
-	@cd $(SRC_PATH) && \
+	$(call quiet-command, cd $(SRC_PATH) && \
 	 (xgettext -o - --from-code=UTF-8 --foreign-user \
 	    --package-name=QEMU --package-version=$(VERSION) \
 	    --msgid-bugs-address=qemu-devel@nongnu.org -k_ -C ui/gtk.c | \
-	  sed -e s/CHARSET/UTF-8/) >$@
+	  sed -e s/CHARSET/UTF-8/) >$@, "  GEN   $@")
 
 $(PO_PATH)/%.po: $(PO_PATH)/messages.po
-	@msgmerge $@ $< > $@.bak && mv $@.bak $@
+	$(call quiet-command, msgmerge -q $@ $< > $@.bak && mv $@.bak $@, "  GEN   $@")
 
 .PHONY: clean all