diff --git a/Modules/CMakeSystemSpecificInformation.cmake b/Modules/CMakeSystemSpecificInformation.cmake
index cd2249962..94e4979e5 100644
--- a/Modules/CMakeSystemSpecificInformation.cmake
+++ b/Modules/CMakeSystemSpecificInformation.cmake
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ IF(CMAKE_USER_MAKE_RULES_OVERRIDE)
    INCLUDE(${CMAKE_USER_MAKE_RULES_OVERRIDE})
 ENDIF(CMAKE_USER_MAKE_RULES_OVERRIDE)
 
-SET(CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE FALSE CACHE BOOL "If this value is on, makefiles will be generated without the .SILENT directive, and all commands will be echoed to the console during the make.  This is useful for debugging only.")
+SET(CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE FALSE CACHE BOOL "If this value is on, makefiles will be generated without the .SILENT directive, and all commands will be echoed to the console during the make.  This is useful for debugging only. With Visual Studio IDE projects all commands are done without /nologo.")
 
 SET (CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX    /usr/local CACHE PATH 
      "Install path prefix, prepended onto install directories.")
diff --git a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
index 987917e51..4c9c23891 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
@@ -468,6 +468,11 @@ void cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator::WriteConfiguration(std::ostream& fout,
     {
     fout << "\t\t\t\tWarningLevel=\"" << m_Makefile->GetDefinition("CMAKE_CXX_WARNING_LEVEL") << "\"\n";
     }
+  if(m_Makefile->IsOn("CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE"))
+    {
+     fout << "\t\t\t\tSuppressStartupBanner=\"FALSE\"\n";
+    }
+  
   if(programDatabase.size())
     {
     fout << programDatabase << "\n";
@@ -566,7 +571,15 @@ void cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator::OutputBuildTool(std::ostream& fout,
       fout << "\t\t\t\tOutputFile=\"" 
            << this->ConvertToXMLOutputPathSingle(temp.c_str()) << "\"\n";
       fout << "\t\t\t\tLinkIncremental=\"1\"\n";
-      fout << "\t\t\t\tSuppressStartupBanner=\"TRUE\"\n";
+      if(m_Makefile->IsOn("CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE"))
+        {
+        fout << "\t\t\t\tSuppressStartupBanner=\"FALSE\"\n";
+        }
+      else
+        {
+        fout << "\t\t\t\tSuppressStartupBanner=\"TRUE\"\n";
+        }
+      
       fout << "\t\t\t\tAdditionalLibraryDirectories=\"";
       this->OutputLibraryDirectories(fout, configName, libName, target);
       fout << "\"\n";
@@ -614,7 +627,15 @@ void cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator::OutputBuildTool(std::ostream& fout,
       temp += ".exe";
       fout << "\t\t\t\tOutputFile=\"" << this->ConvertToXMLOutputPathSingle(temp.c_str()) << "\"\n";
       fout << "\t\t\t\tLinkIncremental=\"1\"\n";
-      fout << "\t\t\t\tSuppressStartupBanner=\"TRUE\"\n";
+      if(m_Makefile->IsOn("CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE"))
+        {
+        fout << "\t\t\t\tSuppressStartupBanner=\"FALSE\"\n";
+        }
+      else
+        {
+        fout << "\t\t\t\tSuppressStartupBanner=\"TRUE\"\n";
+        }
+        
       fout << "\t\t\t\tAdditionalLibraryDirectories=\"";
       this->OutputLibraryDirectories(fout, configName, libName, target);
       fout << "\"\n";