diff --git a/src/Main.hs b/src/Main.hs
index 0ccd7b5..b6d32e7 100644
--- a/src/Main.hs
+++ b/src/Main.hs
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ data Options = Options {
   keepGoing :: Bool,
   jobs :: Int,
   shuffle :: Bool,
-  noColor :: Bool
+  noColor :: Bool,
+  quiet :: Bool
 }
 
 -- Redo default options:
@@ -51,7 +52,8 @@ defaultOptions = Options {
   keepGoing = False,
   jobs = 1,
   shuffle = False,
-  noColor = False
+  noColor = False,
+  quiet = False
 }
 
 -- Define program options:
@@ -73,6 +75,7 @@ options =
   , Option ['k']      ["keep-going"]  (NoArg setKeepGoing)           "keep building even if some targets fail"
   , Option ['s']      ["shuffle"]     (NoArg setShuffle)             "randomize the build order to find dependency bugs"
   , Option ['n']      ["no-color"]    (NoArg setNoColor)             "print plain text, disable ANSI terminal color output"
+  , Option ['q']      ["quiet"]       (NoArg setQuiet)               "suppress all output except errors"
   ]
 
 -- Helper functions for setting the options:
@@ -106,6 +109,9 @@ setShuffle opt = return opt { shuffle = True }
 setNoColor :: Options -> IO Options
 setNoColor opt = return opt { noColor = True }
 
+setQuiet :: Options -> IO Options
+setQuiet opt = return opt { quiet = True }
+
 -- Print the program version and license information:
 printVersion :: Options -> IO Options
 printVersion _ = do putStrLn versionString
@@ -152,13 +158,15 @@ main = do
                 keepGoing = keepGoing',
                 jobs = jobs',
                 shuffle = shuffle',
-                noColor = noColor'} = opts
+                noColor = noColor',
+                quiet = quiet'} = opts
 
   -- Show help or version information if asked:
   when help' (printHelp progName options [])
   when keepGoing' (setEnv "REDO_KEEP_GOING" "TRUE")
   when shuffle' (setEnv "REDO_SHUFFLE" "TRUE")
   when noColor' (setEnv "REDO_NO_COLOR" "TRUE")
+  when quiet' (setEnv "REDO_QUIET" "TRUE")
   when dashD1' (setEnv "REDO_DEBUG_1" "TRUE")
   when dashD2' (setEnv "REDO_DEBUG_2" "TRUE")
   when dashC' (setEnv "REDO_CHECK" "TRUE")
diff --git a/src/PrettyPrint.hs b/src/PrettyPrint.hs
index f2b3ee2..79cf001 100644
--- a/src/PrettyPrint.hs
+++ b/src/PrettyPrint.hs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 module PrettyPrint(putRedoUnformatted, putRedoInfo, putRedoWarning, putInfoStrLn, putWarningStrLn, putErrorStrLn,
                    putStatusStrLn, putRedoStatus, putRedoError, putUnformattedStrLn, isColorTerminal, putStrBuffered) where
 
+import Control.Monad (unless)
 import System.IO (hPutStrLn, stderr, hFlush, hSetBuffering, BufferMode(..), stdout, hIsTerminalDevice)
 import Data.Maybe (fromJust, isNothing, isJust, fromMaybe)
 import System.Environment (lookupEnv)
@@ -51,13 +52,17 @@ putColorStrLn color string = do
 putUnformattedStrLn :: String -> IO ()
 putUnformattedStrLn = hPutStrLn stderr
 putInfoStrLn :: String -> IO ()
-putInfoStrLn = putColorStrLn green
+putInfoStrLn string = do
+  quiet' <- isQuiet
+  unless quiet' $ putColorStrLn green string
 putWarningStrLn :: String -> IO ()
 putWarningStrLn = putColorStrLn yellow
 putErrorStrLn :: String -> IO ()
 putErrorStrLn = putColorStrLn red
 putStatusStrLn :: String -> IO ()
-putStatusStrLn = putColorStrLn cyan
+putStatusStrLn string = do
+  quiet' <- isQuiet
+  unless quiet' $ putColorStrLn cyan string
 
 -- Print a "redo" style string. This includes the target being built, indented
 -- to the appropriate level, with an optional message ater
@@ -92,22 +97,34 @@ useColor = do
   let noColor = fromMaybe "" noColor'
   return $ noColor /= "TRUE"
 
+-- Is quiet mode enabled? (suppress info and status output; warnings and errors always print)
+isQuiet :: IO Bool
+isQuiet = do
+  quiet' <- lookupEnv "REDO_QUIET"
+  return $ fromMaybe "" quiet' == "TRUE"
+
 -- Put a "redo" style info string:
 putRedoInfo :: Target -> IO ()
-putRedoInfo target = putRedo green target ""
+putRedoInfo target = do
+  quiet' <- isQuiet
+  unless quiet' $ putRedo green target ""
 
 -- Put a "redo" style status string:
 putRedoStatus :: Target -> String -> IO ()
-putRedoStatus target string = putRedo cyan target ("- " ++ string)
+putRedoStatus target string = do
+  quiet' <- isQuiet
+  unless quiet' $ putRedo cyan target ("- " ++ string)
 
--- Put a "redo" style warning string:
+-- Put a "redo" style warning string (always printed, even in quiet mode):
 putRedoWarning :: Target -> String -> IO ()
 putRedoWarning target string = putRedo yellow target ("- " ++ string)
 
--- Put a "redo" style error string:
+-- Put a "redo" style error string (always printed, even in quiet mode):
 putRedoError :: Target -> String -> IO ()
 putRedoError target string = putRedo red target ("- " ++ string)
 
 -- Put a "redo" style unformatted string:
 putRedoUnformatted :: Target -> String -> IO ()
-putRedoUnformatted target string = putRedo "" target ("- " ++ string)
+putRedoUnformatted target string = do
+  quiet' <- isQuiet
+  unless quiet' $ putRedo "" target ("- " ++ string)
diff --git a/test/150-quiet/all.do b/test/150-quiet/all.do
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..638abe7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/150-quiet/all.do
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+exec >&2
+. ../skip-if-minimal-do.sh
+
+# Test 1: With -q, successful build produces no output
+echo "Test 1: quiet mode suppresses output on success"
+rm -f target1
+output=$(redo -q target1 2>&1)
+if [ -n "$output" ]; then
+    echo "FAIL: expected no output with -q, got: $output" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+[ -e target1 ] || exit 2
+echo "  PASS"
+
+# Test 2: Without -q, successful build produces output
+echo "Test 2: normal mode shows output"
+rm -f target1
+output=$(redo target1 2>&1)
+if [ -z "$output" ]; then
+    echo "FAIL: expected output without -q" >&2
+    exit 3
+fi
+echo "  PASS"
+
+# Test 3: With -q, errors are still printed
+echo "Test 3: quiet mode still shows errors"
+rm -f failme
+set +e
+output=$(redo -q failme 2>&1)
+rc=$?
+set -e
+if [ "$rc" -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "FAIL: expected non-zero exit" >&2
+    exit 4
+fi
+if [ -z "$output" ]; then
+    echo "FAIL: expected error output with -q on failure" >&2
+    exit 5
+fi
+case "$output" in
+    *Error*) ;; # good
+    *) echo "FAIL: expected 'Error' in output, got: $output" >&2; exit 6 ;;
+esac
+echo "  PASS"
+
+# Test 4: -q propagates to child redo processes (nested builds)
+echo "Test 4: quiet mode propagates to nested builds"
+rm -f outer inner
+output=$(redo -q outer 2>&1)
+if [ -n "$output" ]; then
+    echo "FAIL: expected no output from nested -q build, got: $output" >&2
+    exit 7
+fi
+[ -e outer ] || exit 8
+[ -e inner ] || exit 9
+echo "  PASS"
+
+# Test 5: --quiet long form works
+echo "Test 5: --quiet long form"
+rm -f target1
+output=$(redo --quiet target1 2>&1)
+if [ -n "$output" ]; then
+    echo "FAIL: expected no output with --quiet, got: $output" >&2
+    exit 10
+fi
+echo "  PASS"
+
+# Test 6: -q combined with other flags
+echo "Test 6: -q combined with -k (keep-going)"
+rm -f target1
+output=$(redo -q -k target1 2>&1)
+if [ -n "$output" ]; then
+    echo "FAIL: expected no output with -q -k, got: $output" >&2
+    exit 11
+fi
+echo "  PASS"
+
+# Test 7: -q with multiple targets
+echo "Test 7: -q with multiple targets"
+rm -f target1 inner
+output=$(redo -q target1 inner 2>&1)
+if [ -n "$output" ]; then
+    echo "FAIL: expected no output with -q and multiple targets, got: $output" >&2
+    exit 12
+fi
+[ -e target1 ] || exit 13
+[ -e inner ] || exit 14
+echo "  PASS"
+
+# Test 8: -q doesn't affect build correctness (target content is right)
+echo "Test 8: -q doesn't affect build output content"
+rm -f target1
+redo -q target1
+content=$(cat target1)
+if [ "$content" != "built" ]; then
+    echo "FAIL: expected 'built' in target1, got: $content" >&2
+    exit 15
+fi
+echo "  PASS"
+
+# Test 9: Nested error in quiet mode still shows error chain
+echo "Test 9: nested error in quiet mode shows error chain"
+rm -f outer_fail inner_fail
+set +e
+output=$(redo -q outer_fail 2>&1)
+rc=$?
+set -e
+if [ "$rc" -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "FAIL: expected non-zero exit from outer_fail" >&2
+    exit 16
+fi
+case "$output" in
+    *Error*) ;; # good
+    *) echo "FAIL: expected error output, got: $output" >&2; exit 17 ;;
+esac
+echo "  PASS"
+
+# Test 10: Warnings are NOT suppressed by -q
+echo "Test 10: quiet mode still shows warnings"
+rm -f warnme
+# First build warnme so redo knows it as a target
+redo warnme
+# Now remove and create as plain source file
+rm -f warnme
+echo "i am a source" > warnme
+# Trying to redo it should produce a warning (source file exists)
+set +e
+output=$(redo -q warnme 2>&1)
+set -e
+if [ -z "$output" ]; then
+    echo "FAIL: expected warning output with -q, got nothing" >&2
+    exit 18
+fi
+case "$output" in
+    *Warning*) ;; # good — warning was printed
+    *) echo "FAIL: expected 'Warning' in output, got: $output" >&2; exit 19 ;;
+esac
+rm -f warnme
+echo "  PASS"
diff --git a/test/150-quiet/failme.do b/test/150-quiet/failme.do
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..379a4c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/150-quiet/failme.do
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+exit 1
diff --git a/test/150-quiet/inner.do b/test/150-quiet/inner.do
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7365022
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/150-quiet/inner.do
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+echo "inner" > "$3"
diff --git a/test/150-quiet/inner_fail.do b/test/150-quiet/inner_fail.do
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..379a4c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/150-quiet/inner_fail.do
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+exit 1
diff --git a/test/150-quiet/outer.do b/test/150-quiet/outer.do
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9b0fdfc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/150-quiet/outer.do
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+redo-ifchange inner
+echo "outer" > "$3"
diff --git a/test/150-quiet/outer_fail.do b/test/150-quiet/outer_fail.do
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e3ecf96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/150-quiet/outer_fail.do
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+redo-ifchange inner_fail
+echo "should not reach here" > "$3"
diff --git a/test/150-quiet/target1.do b/test/150-quiet/target1.do
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d24a9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/150-quiet/target1.do
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+echo "built" > "$3"
diff --git a/test/150-quiet/warnme.do b/test/150-quiet/warnme.do
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..419ea7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/150-quiet/warnme.do
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Build a target, then mark it as source so rebuilding triggers a warning
+echo "built" > "$3"