diff --git a/testing/Makefile b/testing/Makefile
index c4a2aeddda..d56ee4e0e1 100644
--- a/testing/Makefile
+++ b/testing/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ make-brief:
 	@for repo in $(DIRS); do (cd $$repo && make -s brief ); done
 
 coverage:
-	@for repo in $(DIRS); do (cd $$repo && echo "Coverage for '$$repo' dir:" && make coverage); done
+	@for repo in $(DIRS); do (cd $$repo && echo "Coverage for '$$repo' dir:" && make -s coverage); done
 	@test -f btest/coverage.log && cp btest/coverage.log `mktemp brocov.tmp.XXX` || true
 	@for f in external/*/coverage.log; do test -f $$f && cp $$f `mktemp brocov.tmp.XXX` || true; done
 	@echo "Complete test suite code coverage:"