diff --git a/scripts/generate-mo b/scripts/generate-mo
index 323ee7471..e26575b41 100755
--- a/scripts/generate-mo
+++ b/scripts/generate-mo
@@ -1,7 +1,15 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+if [ x$1 = x--quiet ] ; then
+    stats=""
+else
+    stats="--statistics"
+fi
+
 for x in po/*.po  ; do 
     lang=`echo $x | sed 's@po/\(.*\)\.po@\1@'`
-    echo -n "$lang: "
+    if [ ! -z "$stas" ] ; then
+        echo -n "$lang: "
+    fi
     mkdir -p locale/$lang/LC_MESSAGES
-    msgfmt --statistics --check -o locale/$lang/LC_MESSAGES/phpmyadmin.mo $x
+    msgfmt $stats --check -o locale/$lang/LC_MESSAGES/phpmyadmin.mo $x
 done