diff --git a/base/sysfiles/sysfiles.conf b/base/sysfiles/sysfiles.conf
index be5cf27a2..972189593 100644
--- a/base/sysfiles/sysfiles.conf
+++ b/base/sysfiles/sysfiles.conf
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ main_sf() {
 	cd $root/
 
 	echo "Creating various etc/* files ..."
-	overlay_apply -n "$confdir/overlay.d"
+	overlay_apply -n -q "$confdir/overlay.d"
 
 	[ -f etc/HOSTNAME ] || echo localhost > etc/HOSTNAME
 	chmod +x etc/initscript etc/rc.d/rc