diff --git a/src/lxc/log.c b/src/lxc/log.c
index fa6fe4a68..596ed9900 100644
--- a/src/lxc/log.c
+++ b/src/lxc/log.c
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ static struct lxc_log_appender log_appender_stderr = {
 static struct lxc_log_appender log_appender_logfile = {
 	.name		= "logfile",
 	.append		= log_append_logfile,
-	.next		= &log_appender_stderr,
+	.next		= NULL,
 };
 
 static struct lxc_log_category log_root = {
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ static int log_open(const char *name)
 
 /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 extern int lxc_log_init(const char *file, const char *priority,
-			const char *prefix)
+			const char *prefix, int quiet)
 {
 	int lxc_priority = LXC_LOG_PRIORITY_ERROR;
 
@@ -162,6 +162,9 @@ extern int lxc_log_init(const char *file, const char *priority,
 
 	lxc_log_category_lxc.priority = lxc_priority;
 
+	if (!quiet)
+		lxc_log_category_lxc.appender->next = &log_appender_stderr;
+
 	if (prefix)
 		lxc_log_setprefix(prefix);
 
diff --git a/src/lxc/log.h b/src/lxc/log.h
index 1443eb286..d9c1fb32f 100644
--- a/src/lxc/log.h
+++ b/src/lxc/log.h
@@ -286,5 +286,5 @@ extern struct lxc_log_category lxc_log_category_lxc;
 } while (0)
 
 extern int lxc_log_init(const char *file, const char *priority,
-			const char *prefix);
+			const char *prefix, int quiet);
 #endif
diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_cgroup.c b/src/lxc/lxc_cgroup.c
index 98dfe93cd..a46b2f6ce 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_cgroup.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_cgroup.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ void usage(char *cmd)
 	fprintf(stderr, "\t -n <name>   : name of the container\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "\t[-o <logfile>]    : path of the log file\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "\t[-l <logpriority>]: log level priority\n");
+	fprintf(stderr, "\t[-q ]             : be quiet\n");
 	_exit(1);
 }
 
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	char *name = NULL, *subsystem = NULL, *value = NULL;
 	const char *log_file = NULL, *log_priority = NULL;
 	int nbargs = 0;
+	int quiet = 0;
 
 	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "n:o:l:")) != -1) {
 		switch (opt) {
@@ -57,6 +59,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		case 'l':
 			log_priority = optarg;
 			break;
+		case 'q':
+			quiet = 1;
+			break;
 		}
 
 		nbargs++;
@@ -65,7 +70,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	if (!name || (argc-optind) < 1)
 		usage(argv[0]);
 
-	if (lxc_log_init(log_file, log_priority, basename(argv[0])))
+	if (lxc_log_init(log_file, log_priority, basename(argv[0]), quiet))
 		return 1;
 
 	if ((argc -optind) >= 1)
diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_checkpoint.c b/src/lxc/lxc_checkpoint.c
index 687d7f5cb..e8d7d606d 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_checkpoint.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_checkpoint.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ void usage(char *cmd)
 	fprintf(stderr, "\t -n <name>   : name of the container\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "\t[-o <logfile>]    : path of the log file\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "\t[-l <logpriority>]: log level priority\n");
+	fprintf(stderr, "\t[-q ]             : be quiet\n");
 	_exit(1);
 }
 
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	int stop = 0;
 	int nbargs = 0;
 	int ret = 1;
+	int quiet = 0;
 
 	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "sn:o:l:")) != -1) {
 		switch (opt) {
@@ -59,6 +61,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		case 'l':
 			log_priority = optarg;
 			break;
+		case 'q':
+			quiet = 1;
+			break;
 		}
 
 		nbargs++;
@@ -70,7 +75,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	if (!argv[1])
 		usage(argv[0]);
 
-	if (lxc_log_init(log_file, log_priority, basename(argv[0])))
+	if (lxc_log_init(log_file, log_priority, basename(argv[0]), quiet))
 		return -1;
 
 	if (lxc_freeze(name))
diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_console.c b/src/lxc/lxc_console.c
index dc6e8999e..8d2541b02 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_console.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_console.c
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ void usage(char *cmd)
 	fprintf(stderr, "\t [-t <tty#>] : tty number\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "\t[-o <logfile>]    : path of the log file\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "\t[-l <logpriority>]: log level priority\n");
+	fprintf(stderr, "\t[-q ]             : be quiet\n");
 	_exit(1);
 }
 
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	char *name = NULL;
 	const char *log_file = NULL, *log_priority = NULL;
+	int quiet = 0;
 	int opt;
 	int nbargs = 0;
 	int master = -1;
@@ -80,6 +82,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		case 'l':
 			log_priority = optarg;
 			break;
+		case 'q':
+			quiet = 1;
+			break;
 		}
 
 		nbargs++;
@@ -88,7 +93,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	if (!name)
 		usage(argv[0]);
 
-	if (lxc_log_init(log_file, log_priority, basename(argv[0])))
+	if (lxc_log_init(log_file, log_priority, basename(argv[0]), quiet))
 		return 1;
 
 	/* Get current termios */
diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_create.c b/src/lxc/lxc_create.c
index 42ac24d54..3be3424cc 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_create.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_create.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ void usage(char *cmd)
 	fprintf(stderr, "\t -f <confile> : path of the configuration file\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "\t[-o <logfile>]    : path of the log file\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "\t[-l <logpriority>]: log level priority\n");
+	fprintf(stderr, "\t[-q ]             : be quiet\n");
 	_exit(1);
 }
 
@@ -50,8 +51,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	const char *log_file = NULL, *log_priority = NULL;
 	struct lxc_conf lxc_conf;
 	int err, opt;
+	int quiet = 0;
 
-	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "f:n:o:l:")) != -1) {
+	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "f:n:o:l:q")) != -1) {
 		switch (opt) {
 		case 'n':
 			name = optarg;
@@ -65,13 +67,16 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		case 'l':
 			log_priority = optarg;
 			break;
+		case 'q':
+			quiet = 1;
+			break;
 		}
 	}
 
 	if (!name)
 		usage(argv[0]);
 
-	if (lxc_log_init(log_file, log_priority, basename(argv[0])))
+	if (lxc_log_init(log_file, log_priority, basename(argv[0]), quiet))
 		return 1;
 
 	if (lxc_conf_init(&lxc_conf))
diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_destroy.c b/src/lxc/lxc_destroy.c
index 0383be1d6..2c93ce5f6 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_destroy.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_destroy.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ void usage(char *cmd)
 	fprintf(stderr, "\t -n <name>   : name of the container\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "\t[-o <logfile>]    : path of the log file\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "\t[-l <logpriority>]: log level priority\n");
+	fprintf(stderr, "\t[-q ]             : be quiet\n");
 	_exit(1);
 }
 
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	int opt;
 	int nbargs = 0;
 	int err;
+	int quiet = 0;
 
 	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "n:o:l:")) != -1) {
 		switch (opt) {
@@ -55,6 +57,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		case 'l':
 			log_priority = optarg;
 			break;
+		case 'q':
+			quiet = 1;
+			break;
 		}
 
 		nbargs++;
@@ -63,7 +68,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	if (!name)
 		usage(argv[0]);
 
-	if (lxc_log_init(log_file, log_priority, basename(argv[0])))
+	if (lxc_log_init(log_file, log_priority, basename(argv[0]), quiet))
 		return 1;
 
 	err = lxc_destroy(name);
diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_execute.c b/src/lxc/lxc_execute.c
index 0c0f3a9b2..7ddc534db 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_execute.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_execute.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ void usage(char *cmd)
 	fprintf(stderr, "\t [-f <confile>] : path of the configuration file\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "\t[-o <logfile>]    : path of the log file\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "\t[-l <logpriority>]: log level priority\n");
+	fprintf(stderr, "\t[-q ]             : be quiet\n");
 	_exit(1);
 }
 
@@ -55,9 +56,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	int nbargs = 0;
 	int autodestroy = 0;
 	int ret = 1;
+	int quiet = 0;
 	struct lxc_conf lxc_conf;
 
-	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "f:n:o:l:")) != -1) {
+	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "f:n:o:l:q")) != -1) {
 		switch (opt) {
 		case 'n':
 			name = optarg;
@@ -71,6 +73,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		case 'l':
 			log_priority = optarg;
 			break;
+		case 'q':
+			quiet = 1;
+			break;
 		}
 
 		nbargs++;
@@ -81,7 +86,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	argc -= nbargs;
 	
-	if (lxc_log_init(log_file, log_priority, basename(argv[0])))
+	if (lxc_log_init(log_file, log_priority, basename(argv[0]), quiet))
 		goto out;
 
 	if (lxc_conf_init(&lxc_conf))
diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_freeze.c b/src/lxc/lxc_freeze.c
index bf6b58084..8190cba5a 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_freeze.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_freeze.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ void usage(char *cmd)
 	fprintf(stderr, "\t -n <name>   : name of the container\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "\t[-o <logfile>]    : path of the log file\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "\t[-l <logpriority>]: log level priority\n");
+	fprintf(stderr, "\t[-q ]             : be quiet\n");
 	_exit(1);
 }
 
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	const char *log_file = NULL, *log_priority = NULL;
 	int opt;
 	int nbargs = 0;
+	int quiet = 0;
 
 	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "n:o:l:")) != -1) {
 		switch (opt) {
@@ -55,6 +57,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		case 'l':
 			log_priority = optarg;
 			break;
+		case 'q':
+			quiet = 1;
+			break;
 		}
 
 		nbargs++;
@@ -63,7 +68,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	if (!name)
 		usage(argv[0]);
 
-	if (lxc_log_init(log_file, log_priority, basename(argv[0])))
+	if (lxc_log_init(log_file, log_priority, basename(argv[0]), quiet))
 		return 1;
 
 	if (lxc_freeze(name))
diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_info.c b/src/lxc/lxc_info.c
index a960985d4..5cfb501ed 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_info.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_info.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ void usage(char *cmd)
 	fprintf(stderr, "\t -n <name>   : name of the container\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "\t[-o <logfile>]    : path of the log file\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "\t[-l <logpriority>]: log level priority\n");
+	fprintf(stderr, "\t[-q ]             : be quiet\n");
 	_exit(1);
 }
 
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	char *name = NULL;
 	const char *log_file = NULL, *log_priority = NULL;
 	int opt, state, nbargs = 0;
+	int quiet = 0;
 
 	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "n:o:l:")) != -1) {
 		switch (opt) {
@@ -53,6 +55,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		case 'l':
 			log_priority = optarg;
 			break;
+		case 'q':
+			quiet = 1;
+			break;
 		}
 
 		nbargs++;
@@ -61,7 +66,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	if (!name)
 		usage(argv[0]);
 
-	if (lxc_log_init(log_file, log_priority, basename(argv[0])))
+	if (lxc_log_init(log_file, log_priority, basename(argv[0]), quiet))
 		return 1;
 
 	state = lxc_getstate(name);
diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_monitor.c b/src/lxc/lxc_monitor.c
index 472b31930..937cf875d 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_monitor.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_monitor.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ void usage(char *cmd)
 	fprintf(stderr, "\t -n <name>   : name of the container or regular expression\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "\t[-o <logfile>]    : path of the log file\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "\t[-l <logpriority>]: log level priority\n");
+	fprintf(stderr, "\t[-q ]             : be quiet\n");
 	_exit(1);
 }
 
@@ -48,8 +49,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	struct lxc_msg msg;
 	regex_t preg;
 	int fd, opt;
+	int quiet = 0;
 
-	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "n:o:l:")) != -1) {
+	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "n:o:l:q")) != -1) {
 		switch (opt) {
 		case 'n':
 			name = optarg;
@@ -60,13 +62,16 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		case 'l':
 			log_priority = optarg;
 			break;
+		case 'q':
+			quiet = 1;
+			break;
 		}
 	}
 
 	if (!name)
 		usage(argv[0]);
 
-	if (lxc_log_init(log_file, log_priority, basename(argv[0])))
+	if (lxc_log_init(log_file, log_priority, basename(argv[0]), quiet))
 		return 1;
 
 	regexp = malloc(strlen(name) + 3);
diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_restart.c b/src/lxc/lxc_restart.c
index 58bf40d78..0b7812c73 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_restart.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_restart.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ void usage(char *cmd)
 	fprintf(stderr, "\t -n <name>   : name of the container\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "\t[-o <logfile>]    : path of the log file\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "\t[-l <logpriority>]: log level priority\n");
+	fprintf(stderr, "\t[-q ]             : be quiet\n");
 	_exit(1);
 }
 
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	char *name = NULL;
 	const char *log_file = NULL, *log_priority = NULL;
 	int opt, nbargs = 0;
+	int quiet = 0;
 
 	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "n:o:l:")) != -1) {
 		switch (opt) {
@@ -55,6 +57,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		case 'l':
 			log_priority = optarg;
 			break;
+		case 'q':
+			quiet = 1;
+			break;
 		}
 
 		nbargs++;
@@ -66,7 +71,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	if (!argv[optind])
 		usage(argv[0]);
 
-	if (lxc_log_init(log_file, log_priority, basename(argv[0])))
+	if (lxc_log_init(log_file, log_priority, basename(argv[0]), quiet))
 		return 1;
 
 	if (lxc_restart(name, argv[1], 0)) {
diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_start.c b/src/lxc/lxc_start.c
index 809041e92..0faf446c7 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_start.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_start.c
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ void usage(char *cmd)
 	fprintf(stderr, "\t -n <name>   : name of the container\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "\t[-o <logfile>]    : path of the log file\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "\t[-l <logpriority>]: log level priority\n");
+	fprintf(stderr, "\t[-q ]             : be quiet\n");
 	_exit(1);
 }
 
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	const char *log_file = NULL, *log_priority = NULL;
 	char **args;
 	int opt, err = LXC_ERROR_INTERNAL, nbargs = 0;
+	int quiet = 0;
 	struct termios tios;
 
 	char *default_args[] = {
@@ -72,6 +74,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		case 'l':
 			log_priority = optarg;
 			break;
+		case 'q':
+			quiet = 1;
+			break;
 		}
 
 		nbargs++;
@@ -87,7 +92,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	if (!name)
 		usage(argv[0]);
 
-	if (lxc_log_init(log_file, log_priority, basename(argv[0])))
+	if (lxc_log_init(log_file, log_priority, basename(argv[0]), quiet))
 		return 1;
 
 	if (tcgetattr(0, &tios)) {
diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_stop.c b/src/lxc/lxc_stop.c
index 9406d2ff7..7c3ae3b68 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_stop.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_stop.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ void usage(char *cmd)
 	fprintf(stderr, "\t -n <name>   : name of the container\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "\t[-o <logfile>]    : path of the log file\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "\t[-l <logpriority>]: log level priority\n");
+	fprintf(stderr, "\t[-q ]             : be quiet\n");
 	_exit(1);
 }
 
@@ -41,8 +42,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	char *name = NULL;
 	const char *log_file = NULL, *log_priority = NULL;
 	int opt, err, nbargs = 0;
+	int quiet = 0;
 
-	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "n:o:l:")) != -1) {
+	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "n:o:l:q")) != -1) {
 		switch (opt) {
 		case 'n':
 			name = optarg;
@@ -53,6 +55,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		case 'l':
 			log_priority = optarg;
 			break;
+		case 'q':
+			quiet = 1;
+			break;
 		}
 
 		nbargs++;
@@ -61,7 +66,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	if (!name)
 		usage(argv[0]);
 
-	if (lxc_log_init(log_file, log_priority, basename(argv[0])))
+	if (lxc_log_init(log_file, log_priority, basename(argv[0]), quiet))
 		return 1;
 
 	err = lxc_stop(name);
diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_unfreeze.c b/src/lxc/lxc_unfreeze.c
index 562bd22ed..be8976552 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_unfreeze.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_unfreeze.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ void usage(char *cmd)
 	fprintf(stderr, "\t -n <name>   : name of the container\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "\t[-o <logfile>]    : path of the log file\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "\t[-l <logpriority>]: log level priority\n");
+	fprintf(stderr, "\t[-q ]             : be quiet\n");
 	_exit(1);
 }
 
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	char *name = NULL;
 	const char *log_file = NULL, *log_priority = NULL;
 	int opt, nbargs = 0;
+	int quiet = 0;
 
 	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "n:o:l:")) != -1) {
 		switch (opt) {
@@ -53,6 +55,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		case 'l':
 			log_priority = optarg;
 			break;
+		case 'q':
+			quiet = 1;
+			break;
 		}
 
 		nbargs++;
@@ -61,7 +66,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	if (!name)
 		usage(argv[0]);
 
-	if (lxc_log_init(log_file, log_priority, basename(argv[0])))
+	if (lxc_log_init(log_file, log_priority, basename(argv[0]), quiet))
 		return 1;
 
 	if (lxc_unfreeze(name))
diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_wait.c b/src/lxc/lxc_wait.c
index 711b37738..0b723e885 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_wait.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_wait.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ void usage(char *cmd)
 		"STARTING, RUNNING, STOPPING, ABORTING, FREEZING, FROZEN\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "\t[-o <logfile>]    : path of the log file\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "\t[-l <logpriority>]: log level priority\n");
+	fprintf(stderr, "\t[-q ]             : be quiet\n");
 	_exit(1);
 }
 
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	const char *log_file = NULL, *log_priority = NULL;
 	struct lxc_msg msg;
 	int s[MAX_STATE] = { }, fd, opt;
+	int quiet = 0;
 
 	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "s:n:o:l:")) != -1) {
 		switch (opt) {
@@ -81,13 +83,16 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		case 'l':
 			log_priority = optarg;
 			break;
+		case 'q':
+			quiet = 1;
+			break;
 		}
 	}
 
 	if (!name || !states)
 		usage(argv[0]);
 
-	if (lxc_log_init(log_file, log_priority, basename(argv[0])))
+	if (lxc_log_init(log_file, log_priority, basename(argv[0]), quiet))
 		return -1;
 
 	if (fillwaitedstates(states, s)) {