diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 0cb80045..3e4c6b40 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -175,9 +175,9 @@ endif
 BUILT_SOURCES += include/event2/event-config.h
 
 include/event2/event-config.h: config.h make-event-config.sed
-	test -d include/event2 || $(MKDIR_P) include/event2
-	$(SED) -f $(srcdir)/make-event-config.sed < config.h > $@T
-	mv -f $@T $@
+	$(AM_V_GEN)test -d include/event2 || $(MKDIR_P) include/event2
+	$(AM_V_at)$(SED) -f $(srcdir)/make-event-config.sed < config.h > $@T
+	$(AM_V_at)mv -f $@T $@
 
 CORE_SRC =					\
 	buffer.c				\
diff --git a/test/include.am b/test/include.am
index d8015fce..d4b72e87 100644
--- a/test/include.am
+++ b/test/include.am
@@ -120,8 +120,8 @@ test_bench_httpclient_LDADD = $(LIBEVENT_GC_SECTIONS) libevent_core.la
 test/regress.gen.c test/regress.gen.h: test/rpcgen-attempted
 
 test/rpcgen-attempted: test/regress.rpc event_rpcgen.py test/rpcgen_wrapper.sh
-	date -u > $@
-	if $(srcdir)/test/rpcgen_wrapper.sh $(srcdir)/test; then \
+	$(AM_V_GEN)date -u > $@
+	$(AM_V_at)if $(srcdir)/test/rpcgen_wrapper.sh $(srcdir)/test; then \
 	   echo "rpcgen okay"; \
 	else \
 	   echo "No Python installed; stubbing out RPC test." >&2; \