diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9034037049b34c..a97c85fa7144da 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ LOGLEVEL ?= silent
 OSTYPE := $(shell uname -s | tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]')
 COVTESTS ?= test
 GTEST_FILTER ?= "*"
+GNUMAKEFLAGS += --no-print-directory
 
 ifdef JOBS
   PARALLEL_ARGS = -j $(JOBS)