diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a5fa98170..3cd1f2329 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1529,10 +1529,15 @@ if(HAVE_DISCORD_RPC)
 endif()
 
 if(HAVE_TRANSLATIONS)
+  option(TRANSLATIONS_VERBOSE "Show verbose output while generating .qm translation files" OFF)
   qt_add_lupdate(strawberry_lib TS_FILES "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/translations/strawberry_en_US.ts" OPTIONS -locations none -no-ui-lines -no-obsolete)
   file(GLOB_RECURSE ts_files ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/translations/*.ts)
   set_source_files_properties(${ts_files} PROPERTIES OUTPUT_LOCATION "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/data")
-  qt_add_lrelease(strawberry TS_FILES ${ts_files} QM_FILES_OUTPUT_VARIABLE INSTALL_TRANSLATIONS_FILES)
+  if(TRANSLATIONS_VERBOSE)
+    qt_add_lrelease(strawberry TS_FILES ${ts_files} QM_FILES_OUTPUT_VARIABLE INSTALL_TRANSLATIONS_FILES)
+  else()
+    qt_add_lrelease(strawberry TS_FILES ${ts_files} QM_FILES_OUTPUT_VARIABLE INSTALL_TRANSLATIONS_FILES OPTIONS -silent)
+  endif()
   if(NOT INSTALL_TRANSLATIONS)
     qt_add_resources(strawberry "translations" PREFIX "/i18n" BASE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/data" FILES "${INSTALL_TRANSLATIONS_FILES}")
   endif()