2 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/firejail/env.c b/src/firejail/env.c
index 2e9f516ba..f15e1362f 100644
--- a/src/firejail/env.c
+++ b/src/firejail/env.c
@@ -160,6 +160,11 @@ void env_defaults(void) {
         // set the window title
         if (!arg_quiet)
                 printf("\033]0;firejail %s\007", cfg.window_title);
+
+        // pass --quiet as an environment variable, in case the command calls further firejailed commands
+        if (arg_quiet)
+                setenv("FIREJAIL_QUIET", "yes", 1);
+
         fflush(0);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/firejail/main.c b/src/firejail/main.c
index ece4c2cb5..f3dc72944 100644
--- a/src/firejail/main.c
+++ b/src/firejail/main.c
@@ -907,7 +907,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
         // get starting timestamp, process --quiet
         start_timestamp = getticks();
-        if (check_arg(argc, argv, "--quiet", 1))
+        char *env_quiet = getenv("FIREJAIL_QUIET");
+        if (check_arg(argc, argv, "--quiet", 1) || (env_quiet && strcmp(env_quiet, "yes") == 0))
                 arg_quiet = 1;
 
         // cleanup at exit