diff --git a/ports/esp32/Makefile b/ports/esp32/Makefile
index a4e5531850..7f31ea6919 100644
--- a/ports/esp32/Makefile
+++ b/ports/esp32/Makefile
@@ -70,12 +70,12 @@ endif
 HELP_BUILD_ERROR ?= "See \033[1;31mhttps://github.com/micropython/micropython/wiki/Build-Troubleshooting\033[0m"
 
 define RUN_IDF_PY
-	idf.py $(IDFPY_FLAGS) -B $(BUILD) $(1)
+	$(Q)idf.py $(IDFPY_FLAGS) -B $(BUILD) $(1)
 endef
 
 all:
-	idf.py $(IDFPY_FLAGS) -B $(BUILD) build || (echo -e $(HELP_BUILD_ERROR); false)
-	@$(PYTHON) makeimg.py \
+	$(Q)idf.py $(IDFPY_FLAGS) -B $(BUILD) build || (echo -e $(HELP_BUILD_ERROR); false)
+	$(Q)$(PYTHON) makeimg.py \
 		$(BUILD)/sdkconfig \
 		$(BUILD)/bootloader/bootloader.bin \
 		$(BUILD)/partition_table/partition-table.bin \
@@ -112,4 +112,4 @@ size-files:
 # This is done in a dedicated build directory as some CMake cache values are not
 # set correctly if not all submodules are loaded yet.
 submodules:
-	IDF_COMPONENT_MANAGER=0 idf.py $(IDFPY_FLAGS) -B $(BUILD)/submodules -D UPDATE_SUBMODULES=1 reconfigure
+	$(Q)IDF_COMPONENT_MANAGER=0 idf.py $(IDFPY_FLAGS) -B $(BUILD)/submodules -D UPDATE_SUBMODULES=1 reconfigure