diff --git a/lib/compiler/Maker.zig b/lib/compiler/Maker.zig
index 47a0211a069f440d2e8953346f5998dd7f62ee38..c9e739d53e136496c0c8e6aa33d1cb3eeaf4a5fc 100644
--- a/lib/compiler/Maker.zig
+++ b/lib/compiler/Maker.zig
@@ -1237,6 +1237,7 @@ fn configure(graph: *Graph, options: ConfigureOptions) !ScannedConfig {
                 .cache_manifest = &config_man,
                 .arch_os_abi = target_arch_os_abi,
                 .progress_node = compile_prog_node,
+                .skip_log_cmdline_on_compile_errors = !graph.verbose,
             })) |r| r.path else |err| return err;
             defer gpa.free(configure_exe_path.sub_path);
 
diff --git a/lib/std/zig.zig b/lib/std/zig.zig
index 4ab3364d6e2e6421ba7ccc66a23d6c5895583341..52e5f6c2608fce8fc49ccff006d786da91a6775e 100644
--- a/lib/std/zig.zig
+++ b/lib/std/zig.zig
@@ -1637,6 +1637,7 @@ pub const BuildExeSubprocessOptions = struct {
     arch_os_abi: ?[]const u8 = null,
     cpu_features: ?[]const u8 = null,
     progress_node: std.Progress.Node = .none,
+    skip_log_cmdline_on_compile_errors: bool = false,
 };
 
 pub const BuildExeSubprocessError = error{
@@ -1820,7 +1821,9 @@ pub fn buildExeSubprocess(
                 return error.AlreadyReported;
             },
         };
-        log.err("command reported {d} compilation errors: {f}", .{ result_error_bundle.errorMessageCount(), cmd });
+        if (!options.skip_log_cmdline_on_compile_errors) log.err("command reported {d} compilation errors: {f}", .{
+            result_error_bundle.errorMessageCount(), cmd,
+        });
         if (received_fs_inputs) return error.FailedButCacheIntact;
         return error.AlreadyReported;
     }