diff --git a/builder/internals.go b/builder/internals.go
index 999c482a51..c315d2f949 100644
--- a/builder/internals.go
+++ b/builder/internals.go
@@ -556,8 +556,11 @@ func (b *Builder) run(c *daemon.Container) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if err := <-errCh; err != nil {
-		return err
+	if b.Verbose {
+		// Block on reading output from container, stop on err or chan closed
+		if err := <-errCh; err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 	}
 
 	// Wait for it to finish
diff --git a/integration-cli/docker_cli_build_test.go b/integration-cli/docker_cli_build_test.go
index 738df91a21..e25c15d4cf 100644
--- a/integration-cli/docker_cli_build_test.go
+++ b/integration-cli/docker_cli_build_test.go
@@ -4921,3 +4921,38 @@ func TestBuildDotDotFile(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	logDone("build - ..file")
 }
+
+func TestBuildNotVerbose(t *testing.T) {
+	defer deleteAllContainers()
+	defer deleteImages("verbose")
+
+	ctx, err := fakeContext("FROM busybox\nENV abc=hi\nRUN echo $abc there", map[string]string{})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer ctx.Close()
+
+	// First do it w/verbose - baseline
+	buildCmd := exec.Command(dockerBinary, "build", "--no-cache", "-t", "verbose", ".")
+	buildCmd.Dir = ctx.Dir
+	out, _, err := runCommandWithOutput(buildCmd)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to build the image w/o -q: %s, %v", out, err)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(out, "hi there") {
+		t.Fatalf("missing output:%s\n", out)
+	}
+
+	// Now do it w/o verbose
+	buildCmd = exec.Command(dockerBinary, "build", "--no-cache", "-q", "-t", "verbose", ".")
+	buildCmd.Dir = ctx.Dir
+	out, _, err = runCommandWithOutput(buildCmd)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to build the image w/ -q: %s, %v", out, err)
+	}
+	if strings.Contains(out, "hi there") {
+		t.Fatalf("Bad output, should not contain 'hi there':%s", out)
+	}
+
+	logDone("build - not verbose")
+}