--- Configure
+++ Configure
@@ -779,6 +779,7 @@
 my $default_ranlib;
 my $perl;
 my $fips=0;
+my $quiet=0;
 
 if (exists $ENV{FIPSDIR})
 	{
@@ -1003,6 +1004,10 @@
 				{
 				$libs.=$_." ";
 				}
+			elsif (/^--quiet$/)
+				{
+				$quiet=1
+				}
 			else	# common if (/^[-+]/), just pass down...
 				{
 				$_ =~ s/%([0-9a-f]{1,2})/chr(hex($1))/gei;