diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3e765aec1..6902c37c0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1031,13 +1031,13 @@ dev/hpack/%: dev/hpack/%.o
 	$(cmd_LD) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $^ $(LDOPTS)
 
 dev/poll/poll:
-	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C dev/poll poll CC='$(cmd_CC)' OPTIMIZE='$(COPTS)'
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C dev/poll poll CC='$(CC)' OPTIMIZE='$(COPTS)' V='$(V)'
 
 dev/qpack/decode: dev/qpack/decode.o
 	$(cmd_LD) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $^ $(LDOPTS)
 
 dev/tcploop/tcploop:
-	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C dev/tcploop tcploop CC='$(cmd_CC)' OPTIMIZE='$(COPTS)'
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C dev/tcploop tcploop CC='$(CC)' OPTIMIZE='$(COPTS)' V='$(V)'
 
 dev/udp/udp-perturb: dev/udp/udp-perturb.o
 	$(cmd_LD) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $^ $(LDOPTS)
diff --git a/dev/poll/Makefile b/dev/poll/Makefile
index fdee514c6..9a493bb71 100644
--- a/dev/poll/Makefile
+++ b/dev/poll/Makefile
@@ -4,8 +4,26 @@ DEFINE   =
 INCLUDE  =
 OBJS     = poll
 
+V = 0
+Q = @
+ifeq ($V,1)
+Q=
+endif
+
+ifeq ($V,1)
+cmd_CC = $(CC)
+else
+ifeq (3.81,$(firstword $(sort $(MAKE_VERSION) 3.81)))
+# 3.81 or above
+cmd_CC = $(info $   CC      $@) $(Q)$(CC)
+else
+# 3.80 or older
+cmd_CC = $(Q)echo "  CC      $@";$(CC)
+endif
+endif
+
 poll: poll.c
-	$(CC) $(OPTIMIZE) $(DEFINE) $(INCLUDE) -o $@ $^
+	$(cmd_CC) $(OPTIMIZE) $(DEFINE) $(INCLUDE) -o $@ $^
 
 clean:
 	rm -f $(OBJS) *.[oas] *~
diff --git a/dev/tcploop/Makefile b/dev/tcploop/Makefile
index 42a6259c2..fd80af9b9 100644
--- a/dev/tcploop/Makefile
+++ b/dev/tcploop/Makefile
@@ -4,8 +4,26 @@ DEFINE   =
 INCLUDE  =
 OBJS     = tcploop
 
+V = 0
+Q = @
+ifeq ($V,1)
+Q=
+endif
+
+ifeq ($V,1)
+cmd_CC = $(CC)
+else
+ifeq (3.81,$(firstword $(sort $(MAKE_VERSION) 3.81)))
+# 3.81 or above
+cmd_CC = $(info $   CC      $@) $(Q)$(CC)
+else
+# 3.80 or older
+cmd_CC = $(Q)echo "  CC      $@";$(CC)
+endif
+endif
+
 tcploop: tcploop.c
-	$(CC) $(OPTIMIZE) $(DEFINE) $(INCLUDE) -o $@ $^
+	$(cmd_CC) $(OPTIMIZE) $(DEFINE) $(INCLUDE) -o $@ $^
 
 clean:
 	rm -f $(OBJS) *.[oas] *~