diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index dccbdd596..42b757940 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -535,6 +535,15 @@ OBJS:=$(i_main_o) \
 		$(i_sound_o)    \
 		$(OBJS)
 
+
+ifndef ECHO
+ifndef NOECHOFILENAMES
+define echoName =
+	@echo -- $< ...
+endef
+endif
+endif
+
 # List of languages to compile.
 # For reference, this is the command I use to build a srb2.pot file from the source code.
 # (The listed source files are the ones containing translated strings).
@@ -638,6 +647,7 @@ $(OBJDIR)/r_opengl.o: hardware/r_opengl/r_opengl.c hardware/r_opengl/r_opengl.h
  hardware/hw_md2load.h hardware/hw_md3load.h hardware/hw_model.h hardware/u_list.h \
  am_map.h d_event.h d_player.h p_pspr.h m_fixed.h tables.h info.h d_think.h \
  p_mobj.h doomdata.h d_ticcmd.h r_defs.h hardware/hw_dll.h
+	$(echoName)
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(WFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
 else
 $(OBJDIR)/r_opengl.o: hardware/r_opengl/r_opengl.c hardware/r_opengl/r_opengl.h \
@@ -647,6 +657,7 @@ $(OBJDIR)/r_opengl.o: hardware/r_opengl/r_opengl.c hardware/r_opengl/r_opengl.h
  hardware/hw_md2load.h hardware/hw_md3load.h hardware/hw_model.h hardware/u_list.h \
  am_map.h d_event.h d_player.h p_pspr.h m_fixed.h tables.h info.h d_think.h \
  p_mobj.h doomdata.h d_ticcmd.h r_defs.h hardware/hw_dll.h
+	$(echoName)
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(WFLAGS) -I/usr/X11R6/include -c $< -o $@
 endif
 endif
@@ -673,43 +684,55 @@ endif
 
 ifdef VALGRIND
 $(OBJDIR)/z_zone.o: z_zone.c
+	$(echoName)
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(WFLAGS) -DHAVE_VALGRIND $(VALGRIND_CFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
 endif
 
 $(OBJDIR)/comptime.o: comptime.c pre-build
+	$(echoName)
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(WFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
 
 $(BIN)/%.mo: locale/%.po
 	-$(MKDIR) $(BIN)
+	$(echoName)
 	$(MSGFMT) -f -o $@ $<
 
 $(OBJDIR)/%.o: %.c
+	$(echoName)
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(WFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
 
 $(OBJDIR)/%.o: $(INTERFACE)/%.c
+	$(echoName)
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(WFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
 
 ifdef MACOSX
 $(OBJDIR)/%.o: sdl/macosx/%.c
+	$(echoName)
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(WFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
 endif
 
 $(OBJDIR)/%.o: hardware/%.c
+	$(echoName)
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(WFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
 
 $(OBJDIR)/%.o: blua/%.c
+	$(echoName)
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LUA_CFLAGS) $(WFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
 
 $(OBJDIR)/%.o: %.nas
+	$(echoName)
 	$(NASM) $(NASMOPTS) -o $@ -f $(NASMFORMAT) $<
 
 $(OBJDIR)/vid_copy.o: vid_copy.s asm_defs.inc
+	$(echoName)
 	$(CC) $(OPTS) $(ASFLAGS) -x assembler-with-cpp -c $< -o $@
 
 $(OBJDIR)/%.o: %.s
+	$(echoName)
 	$(CC) $(OPTS) -x assembler-with-cpp -c $< -o $@
 
 $(OBJDIR)/SRB2.res: win32/Srb2win.rc win32/afxres.h win32/resource.h
+	$(echoName)
 	$(WINDRES) -i $< -O rc $(WINDRESFLAGS) --include-dir=win32 -o $@ -O coff
 
 
@@ -717,31 +740,37 @@ ifdef SDL
 
 ifdef MINGW
 $(OBJDIR)/win_dbg.o: win32/win_dbg.c
+	$(echoName)
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(WFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
 endif
 
 ifdef STATICHS
 $(OBJDIR)/s_openal.o: hardware/s_openal/s_openal.c hardware/hw3dsdrv.h \
  hardware/hw_dll.h
+	$(echoName)
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(WFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
 
 $(OBJDIR)/s_fmod.o: hardware/s_fmod/s_fmod.c hardware/hw3dsdrv.h \
  hardware/hw_dll.h
+	$(echoName)
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(WFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
 
 ifdef MINGW
 $(OBJDIR)/s_ds3d.o: hardware/s_ds3d/s_ds3d.c hardware/hw3dsdrv.h \
  hardware/hw_dll.h
+	$(echoName)
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(WFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
 endif
 else
 
 $(OBJDIR)/s_fmod.o: hardware/s_fmod/s_fmod.c hardware/hw3dsdrv.h \
  hardware/hw_dll.h
+	$(echoName)
 	$(CC) $(ARCHOPTS) -Os -o $(OBJDIR)/s_fmod.o -DHW3SOUND -DUNIXCOMMON -shared -nostartfiles -c hardware/s_fmod/s_fmod.c
 
 $(OBJDIR)/s_openal.o: hardware/s_openal/s_openal.c hardware/hw3dsdrv.h \
  hardware/hw_dll.h
+	$(echoName)
 	$(CC) $(ARCHOPTS) -Os -o $(OBJDIR)/s_openal.o -DHW3SOUND -DUNIXCOMMON -shared -nostartfiles -c hardware/s_openal/s_openal.c
 endif
 endif