diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fd5dacc..9449ca9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -37,14 +37,21 @@ RM		= rm -f
 LN		= ln
 INSTALL = install
 
+# Uncomment this to see all build commands instead of 'quiet' output
+#NOISY_BUILD=yes
+
 # XXX missing terms since currently no term modules
 MOD_SUBDIR:=doors modules nets
 SUBDIRS:=$(MOD_SUBDIR)
 SUBDIRS_INSTALL:=$(SUBDIRS:%=%-install)
 SUBDIRS_CLEAN:=$(SUBDIRS:%=%-clean)
 
-# SUBMAKE:=$(MAKE) --quiet --no-print-directory
+ifneq ($(PRINT_DIR)$(NOISY_BUILD),)
 SUBMAKE:=$(MAKE)
+else
+SUBMAKE:=$(MAKE) --quiet --no-print-directory
+endif
+
 MOD_SUBDIR_CFLAGS="-I$(BBSTOPDIR)/include"
 
 # MODULE_PREFIX:=mod
@@ -52,6 +59,8 @@ MAIN_SOURCES := $(wildcard *.c) $(cami/wildcard *.c)
 INCLUDE_FILES := $(wildcard include/*.h)
 MAIN_OBJ = $(MAIN_SOURCES:.c=.o)
 
+SILENT_BUILD_PREFIX := @
+
 # ALL_C_MODS+=$(foreach p,$(MOD_SUBDIR)/$(MODULE_PREFIX),$(patsubst %.c,%.so,$(wildcard $(p)_*.c)))
 
 export CC
@@ -62,23 +71,22 @@ export LIBS
 
 export SUBMAKE
 
+# Run sub targets in parallel, but don't run top-level targets in parallel
+.NOTPARALLEL:
+
 # This is the first target, so it's the default for just "make":
 all : bbs $(MOD_SUBDIR) external
 	@echo " +--------- LBBS has been compiled ---------+"
 	@echo " You may now install it by running make install"
 
 bbs : $(MAIN_OBJ)
-	@echo " +--------- make bbs ---------+"
-	$(SUBMAKE) --no-builtin-rules -C $@ all
+	@+$(SUBMAKE) --no-builtin-rules -C $@ all
 
 $(MOD_SUBDIR):
-	@echo " +--------- make $@ ---------+"
-# $(SUBMAKE) --no-builtin-rules -C $@ SUBDIR=$@ all
-	$(SUBMAKE) --no-builtin-rules -C $@ all
+	@+$(SUBMAKE) --no-builtin-rules -C $@ all
 
 external tests :
-	@echo " +--------- make $@ ---------+"
-	$(SUBMAKE) --no-builtin-rules -C $@ all
+	@+$(SUBMAKE) --no-builtin-rules -C $@ all
 
 modcheck : external
 	@external/modman -t
diff --git a/bbs/Makefile b/bbs/Makefile
index 6d05977..64232e1 100644
--- a/bbs/Makefile
+++ b/bbs/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ INC = -I..
 all: $(EXE)
 
 $(EXE) : $(MAIN_OBJ)
-	@echo "== Linking $@"
+	@echo "  [LD] $^ -> $@"
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -Wl,--export-dynamic -o $(EXE) *.o $(LIBS)
 
 -include $(DEPENDS)
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ $(EXE) : $(MAIN_OBJ)
 $(DEPENDS):
 
 %.o : %.c %.d
-	@echo "== Compiling bbs/$@"
+	@echo "  [CC] $< -> $@"
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -DBBS_IN_CORE -MMD -MP $(INC) -c $<
 
 # Don't automatically remove intermediate .o files, to prevent unnecessary recompilations
diff --git a/doors/Makefile b/doors/Makefile
index b890dcf..d21b2cd 100644
--- a/doors/Makefile
+++ b/doors/Makefile
@@ -7,22 +7,21 @@ DEPENDS := $(patsubst %.c,%.d,$(MOD_SRC))
 INC = -I..
 
 all: $(MOD_SO)
-	@echo "== Compiling doors"
 
 -include $(DEPENDS)
 
 $(DEPENDS):
 
 %.o : %.c %.d
-	@echo "== Compiling $@"
+	@echo "  [CC] $< -> $@"
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -fPIC -DBBS_MODULE=\"$(basename $<)\" -DBBS_MODULE_SELF_SYM=__internal_$(basename $<)_self -MMD -MP $(INC) -c $<
 
 %.so : %.o
-	@echo "== Linking $@"
+	@echo "  [LD] $^ -> $@"
 	$(CC) -shared -fPIC -o $(basename $^).so $^
 
 door_irc.so : door_irc.o
-	@echo "== Linking $@"
+	@echo "  [LD] $^ -> $@"
 	$(CC) -shared -fPIC -o $(basename $^).so $^ -lirc
 
 # Don't automatically remove intermediate .o files, to prevent unnecessary recompilations
diff --git a/external/Makefile b/external/Makefile
index 8ca54f4..b5041c5 100644
--- a/external/Makefile
+++ b/external/Makefile
@@ -14,9 +14,11 @@ all: $(EXES)
 # XXX: This is not quite right, as it recreates all binaries whenever an object file needs to be recreated.
 # What we really want to do is have each EXE depend on its corresponding OBJ file (with .o extension)
 $(EXES): $(OBJS)
+	@echo "  [LD] $@.o -> $@"
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $@.o
 
 %.o : %.c
+	@echo "  [CC] $< -> $@"
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c $^
 
 install : all
diff --git a/modules/Makefile b/modules/Makefile
index 2063bf2..6137d7b 100644
--- a/modules/Makefile
+++ b/modules/Makefile
@@ -13,79 +13,78 @@ MYSQL_LIBS := $(shell mysql_config --libs)
 ETPANCFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include
 
 all: $(MOD_SO)
-	@echo "== Compiling modules"
 
 -include $(DEPENDS)
 
 $(DEPENDS):
 
 %.o : %.c %.d
-	@echo "== Compiling $@"
+	@echo "  [CC] $< -> $@"
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -fPIC -DBBS_MODULE=\"$(basename $<)\" -DBBS_MODULE_SELF_SYM=__internal_$(basename $<)_self -MMD -MP $(INC) -c $<
 	touch $@
 
 mod_mimeparse.o : mod_mimeparse.c mod_mimeparse.d
-	@echo "== Compiling $@"
+	@echo "  [CC] $< -> $@"
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -fPIC -DBBS_MODULE=\"$(basename $<)\" -DBBS_MODULE_SELF_SYM=__internal_$(basename $<)_self $(GMIME_FLAGS) -MMD -MP $(INC) -c $<
 
 %.so : %.o
-	@echo "== Linking $@"
+	@echo "  [LD] $^ -> $@"
 	$(CC) -shared -fPIC -o $(basename $^).so $^
 
 mod_asterisk_ami.so : mod_asterisk_ami.o
-	@echo "== Linking $@"
+	@echo "  [LD] $^ -> $@"
 	$(CC) -shared -fPIC -o $(basename $^).so $^ -lcami
 
 mod_asterisk_queues.so : mod_asterisk_queues.o
-	@echo "== Linking $@"
+	@echo "  [LD] $^ -> $@"
 	$(CC) -shared -fPIC -o $(basename $^).so $^ -lcami
 
 mod_discord.so : mod_discord.o
-	@echo "== Linking $@"
+	@echo "  [LD] $^ -> $@"
 	$(CC) -shared -fPIC -o $(basename $^).so $^ -ldiscord
 
 mod_http.so : mod_http.o
-	@echo "== Linking $@"
+	@echo "  [LD] $^ -> $@"
 	$(CC) -shared -fPIC -o $(basename $^).so $^ -lmagic
 
 mod_irc_client.so : mod_irc_client.o
-	@echo "== Linking $@"
+	@echo "  [LD] $^ -> $@"
 	$(CC) -shared -fPIC -o $(basename $^).so $^ -lirc
 
 mod_lmdb.so : mod_lmdb.o
-	@echo "== Linking $@"
+	@echo "  [LD] $^ -> $@"
 	$(CC) -shared -fPIC -o $(basename $^).so $^ -llmdb
 
 mod_mimeparse.so : mod_mimeparse.o
-	@echo "== Linking $@"
+	@echo "  [LD] $^ -> $@"
 	$(CC) -shared -fPIC -o $(basename $^).so $^ $(GMIME_LIBS)
 
 mod_mysql.so : mod_mysql.o
-	@echo "== Linking $@"
+	@echo "  [LD] $^ -> $@"
 	$(CC) -shared -fPIC -o $(basename $^).so $^ $(MYSQL_LIBS)
 
 mod_ncurses.so : mod_ncurses.o
-	@echo "== Linking $@"
+	@echo "  [LD] $^ -> $@"
 	$(CC) -shared -fPIC -o $(basename $^).so $^ -lmenu -lncurses
 
 mod_oauth.so : mod_oauth.o
-	@echo "== Linking $@"
+	@echo "  [LD] $^ -> $@"
 	$(CC) -shared -fPIC -o $(basename $^).so $^ -ljansson
 
 mod_operator.so : mod_operator.o
-	@echo "== Linking $@"
+	@echo "  [LD] $^ -> $@"
 	$(CC) -shared -fPIC -o $(basename $^).so $^ -ljansson
 
 mod_sieve.so : mod_sieve.o
-	@echo "== Linking $@"
+	@echo "  [LD] $^ -> $@"
 	$(CC) -shared -fPIC -o $(basename $^).so $^ -lsieve
 
 mod_slack.so : mod_slack.o
-	@echo "== Linking $@"
+	@echo "  [LD] $^ -> $@"
 	$(CC) -shared -fPIC -o $(basename $^).so $^ -lslackrtm
 
 mod_smtp_delivery_external.so : mod_smtp_delivery_external.o
-	@echo "== Linking $@"
+	@echo "  [LD] $^ -> $@"
 ifeq ($(UNAME_S),FreeBSD)
 	$(CC) -shared -fPIC -o $(basename $^).so $^
 else
@@ -93,27 +92,27 @@ else
 endif
 
 mod_smtp_filter_arc.so : mod_smtp_filter_arc.o
-	@echo "== Linking $@"
+	@echo "  [LD] $^ -> $@"
 	$(CC) -shared -fPIC -o $(basename $^).so $^ -L/usr/local/lib -Wl,-rpath -Wl,/usr/local/lib -lopenarc
 
 mod_smtp_filter_dkim.so : mod_smtp_filter_dkim.o
-	@echo "== Linking $@"
+	@echo "  [LD] $^ -> $@"
 	$(CC) -shared -fPIC -o $(basename $^).so $^ -lopendkim
 
 mod_smtp_filter_dmarc.so : mod_smtp_filter_dmarc.o
-	@echo "== Linking $@"
+	@echo "  [LD] $^ -> $@"
 	$(CC) -shared -fPIC -o $(basename $^).so $^ -lopendmarc
 
 mod_smtp_filter_spf.so : mod_smtp_filter_spf.o
-	@echo "== Linking $@"
+	@echo "  [LD] $^ -> $@"
 	$(CC) -shared -fPIC -o $(basename $^).so $^ -lspf2
 
 mod_webmail.o : mod_webmail.c mod_webmail.d
-	@echo "== Compiling $@"
+	@echo "  [CC] $< -> $@"
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -funsigned-char -fPIC -DBBS_MODULE=\"$(basename $<)\" -DBBS_MODULE_SELF_SYM=__internal_$(basename $<)_self -MMD -MP $(INC) $(ETPANCFLAGS) -c $<
 
 mod_webmail.so : mod_webmail.o
-	@echo "== Linking $@"
+	@echo "  [LD] $^ -> $@"
 	$(CC) -shared -fPIC -o $(basename $^).so $^ -ljansson -lssl -lcrypto -ldb-5.3 -lz -L/usr/local/lib -Wl,-rpath=/usr/local/lib/ -letpan
 
 # Don't automatically remove intermediate .o files, to prevent unnecessary recompilations
diff --git a/nets/Makefile b/nets/Makefile
index f18942d..0249213 100644
--- a/nets/Makefile
+++ b/nets/Makefile
@@ -14,18 +14,17 @@ ifneq ($(SFTP_SERVER_FREE_EXISTS),0)
 endif
 
 all: $(MOD_SO)
-	@echo "== Compiling nets"
 
 -include $(DEPENDS)
 
 $(DEPENDS):
 
 %.o : %.c %.d
-	@echo "== Compiling $@"
+	@echo "  [CC] $< -> $@"
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -fPIC -DBBS_MODULE=\"$(basename $<)\" -DBBS_MODULE_SELF_SYM=__internal_$(basename $<)_self -MMD -MP $(INC) -c $<
 
 %.so : %.o
-	@echo "== Linking $@"
+	@echo "  [LD] $^ -> $@"
 	$(CC) -shared -fPIC -o $(basename $^).so $^
 
 IMAP_SRC = $(wildcard net_imap/*.c)
@@ -33,20 +32,19 @@ IMAP_OBJ = $(patsubst %.c,%.o,$(IMAP_SRC))
 
 # Subdirectory with components for net_imap
 net_imap:
-	@echo " +--------- make $@ ---------+"
-	$(SUBMAKE) --no-builtin-rules -C $@ all
+	@+$(SUBMAKE) --no-builtin-rules -C $@ all
 
 net_imap.so : net_imap.o net_imap
-	@echo "== Linking $@"
+	@echo "  [LD] $< $(IMAP_OBJ) -> $@"
 	$(CC) -shared -fPIC -o $(basename $<).so $(IMAP_OBJ) $<
 
 # SSHLIB=$(pkg-config --libs libssh)
 net_ssh.so : net_ssh.o
-	@echo "== Linking $@"
+	@echo "  [LD] $^ -> $@"
 	$(CC) -shared -fPIC -o $(basename $^).so $^ -lssh
 
 net_ws.so : net_ws.o
-	@echo "== Linking $@"
+	@echo "  [LD] $^ -> $@"
 	$(CC) -shared -fPIC -o $(basename $^).so $^ -lwss
 
 # Don't automatically remove intermediate .o files, to prevent unnecessary recompilations
diff --git a/nets/net_imap/Makefile b/nets/net_imap/Makefile
index f2ce99a..e3c2d52 100644
--- a/nets/net_imap/Makefile
+++ b/nets/net_imap/Makefile
@@ -7,14 +7,13 @@ DEPENDS := $(patsubst %.c,%.d,$(IMAP_SRC))
 INC = -I../..
 
 all: $(MOD_SO)
-	@echo "== Compiling net_imap components"
 
 -include $(DEPENDS)
 
 $(DEPENDS):
 
 %.o : %.c %.d
-	@echo "== Compiling $@"
+	@echo "  [CC] $< -> $@"
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -fPIC -DBBS_MODULE_SUBFILE -MMD -MP $(INC) -c $<
 
 all: $(IMAP_OBJ)