diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index bbb2f4c38f..3a5cc361b1 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ gir_init_section = [ '--add-init-section=extern void gst_init(gint*,gchar**);' +
     'g_setenv("GST_REGISTRY_1.0", "@0@", TRUE);'.format(meson.current_build_dir() + '/gir_empty_registry.reg') + \
     'g_setenv("GST_PLUGIN_PATH_1_0", "", TRUE);' + \
     'g_setenv("GST_PLUGIN_SYSTEM_PATH_1_0", "", TRUE);' + \
-    'gst_init(NULL,NULL);' ]
+    'gst_init(NULL,NULL);', '--quiet']
 
 pkgconfig = import('pkgconfig')
 plugins_pkgconfig_install_dir = join_paths(plugins_install_dir, 'pkgconfig')