diff --git a/pc-bios/vof/Makefile b/pc-bios/vof/Makefile
index 4e59009e67..d1eb6ced7e 100644
--- a/pc-bios/vof/Makefile
+++ b/pc-bios/vof/Makefile
@@ -2,19 +2,26 @@ include config.mak
 VPATH=$(SRC_DIR)
 all: vof.bin
 
+NULL :=
+SPACE := $(NULL) #
+TARGET_PREFIX := $(patsubst %/,%:$(SPACE),$(TARGET_DIR))
+
+quiet-@ = $(if $(V),,@$(if $1,,printf "%s\n" "$(TARGET_PREFIX)$1" && ))
+quiet-command = $(call quiet-@,$2 $@)$1
+
 EXTRA_CFLAGS += -mcpu=power4
 
 %.o: %.S
-	$(CC) $(EXTRA_CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
+	$(call quiet-command, $(CC) $(EXTRA_CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<,Assembling)
 
 %.o: %.c
-	$(CC) $(EXTRA_CFLAGS) -c -fno-stack-protector -o $@ $<
+	$(call quiet-command, $(CC) $(EXTRA_CFLAGS) -c -fno-stack-protector -o $@ $<,Compiling)
 
 vof.elf: entry.o main.o ci.o bootmem.o libc.o
-	$(LD) -nostdlib -e_start -T$(SRC_DIR)/vof.lds -EB -o $@ $^
+	$(call quiet-command, $(LD) -nostdlib -e_start -T$(SRC_DIR)/vof.lds -EB -o $@ $^,Linking)
 
 %.bin: %.elf
-	$(OBJCOPY) -O binary -j .text -j .data -j .toc -j .got2 $^ $@
+	$(call quiet-command, $(OBJCOPY) -O binary -j .text -j .data -j .toc -j .got2 $^ $@,Extracting raw object)
 
 clean:
 	rm -f *.o vof.bin vof.elf *~