diff --git a/packages/babel-cli/bin/babel/dir.js b/packages/babel-cli/bin/babel/dir.js
index 4858679b6a..5a0a8511b2 100644
--- a/packages/babel-cli/bin/babel/dir.js
+++ b/packages/babel-cli/bin/babel/dir.js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ module.exports = function (commander, filenames) {
 
     outputFileSync(dest, data.code);
 
-    console.log(src + " -> " + dest);
+    util.log(src + " -> " + dest);
   };
 
   var handleFile = function (src, filename) {
diff --git a/packages/babel-cli/bin/babel/file.js b/packages/babel-cli/bin/babel/file.js
index dedf1ee0aa..9b2f9db4a5 100644
--- a/packages/babel-cli/bin/babel/file.js
+++ b/packages/babel-cli/bin/babel/file.js
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ module.exports = function (commander, filenames, opts) {
         ignoreInitial: true
       }).on("all", function (type, filename) {
         if (type === "add" || type === "change") {
-          console.log(type, filename);
+          util.log(type + " " + filename);
           try {
             walk();
           } catch (err) {
diff --git a/packages/babel-cli/bin/babel/index.js b/packages/babel-cli/bin/babel/index.js
index 3be8127d1d..fd1f027357 100755
--- a/packages/babel-cli/bin/babel/index.js
+++ b/packages/babel-cli/bin/babel/index.js
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ commander.option("-w, --watch", "Recompile files on changes");
 commander.option("-o, --out-file [out]", "Compile all input files into a single file");
 commander.option("-d, --out-dir [out]", "Compile an input directory of modules into an output directory");
 commander.option("-D, --copy-files", "When compiling a directory copy over non-compilable files");
+commander.option("-q, --quiet", "Don't log anything");
 
 commander.on("--help", function () {
   var outKeys = function (title, obj) {
diff --git a/packages/babel-cli/bin/babel/util.js b/packages/babel-cli/bin/babel/util.js
index 1a53d68772..8ade28d1d6 100644
--- a/packages/babel-cli/bin/babel/util.js
+++ b/packages/babel-cli/bin/babel/util.js
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ exports.addSourceMappingUrl = function (code, loc) {
   return code + "\n//# sourceMappingURL=" + path.basename(loc);
 };
 
+exports.log = function (msg) {
+  if (!commander.quiet) console.log(msg);
+};
+
 exports.transform = function (filename, code, opts) {
   opts = _.defaults(opts || {}, index.opts);
   opts.filename = filename;