--- configure
+++ configure
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@
     -a*=* | --archs=*) ARCHS=`echo $1 | sed 's/.*=//'`; shift ;;
     --sysconfdir=*) echo "ignored option: --sysconfdir" | tee -a configure.log; shift ;;
     --localstatedir=*) echo "ignored option: --localstatedir" | tee -a configure.log; shift ;;
+    --quiet) shift ;;
     *) echo "unknown option: $1"; echo "$0 --help for help" | tee -a configure.log; exit 1 ;;
     esac
 done