diff --git a/Source/cmFileCommand.cxx b/Source/cmFileCommand.cxx
index 99c7ad13e..61c6eb34f 100644
--- a/Source/cmFileCommand.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmFileCommand.cxx
@@ -1705,6 +1705,9 @@ struct cmFileInstaller: public cmFileCopier
     cmFileCopier(command, "INSTALL"),
     InstallType(cmInstallType_FILES),
     Optional(false),
+    MessageAlways(false),
+    MessageLazy(false),
+    MessageNever(false),
     DestDirLength(0)
     {
     // Installation does not use source permissions by default.
@@ -1726,6 +1729,9 @@ struct cmFileInstaller: public cmFileCopier
 protected:
   cmInstallType InstallType;
   bool Optional;
+  bool MessageAlways;
+  bool MessageLazy;
+  bool MessageNever;
   int DestDirLength;
   std::string Rename;
 
@@ -1741,9 +1747,12 @@ protected:
 
   virtual void ReportCopy(const char* toFile, Type type, bool copy)
     {
-    std::string message = (copy? "Installing: " : "Up-to-date: ");
-    message += toFile;
-    this->Makefile->DisplayStatus(message.c_str(), -1);
+    if(!this->MessageNever && (copy || !this->MessageLazy))
+      {
+      std::string message = (copy? "Installing: " : "Up-to-date: ");
+      message += toFile;
+      this->Makefile->DisplayStatus(message.c_str(), -1);
+      }
     if(type != TypeDir)
       {
       // Add the file to the manifest.
@@ -1829,6 +1838,16 @@ bool cmFileInstaller::Parse(std::vector<std::string> const& args)
     return false;
     }
 
+  if(((this->MessageAlways?1:0) +
+      (this->MessageLazy?1:0) +
+      (this->MessageNever?1:0)) > 1)
+    {
+    this->FileCommand->SetError("INSTALL options MESSAGE_ALWAYS, "
+                                "MESSAGE_LAZY, and MESSAGE_NEVER "
+                                "are mutually exclusive.");
+    return false;
+    }
+
   return true;
 }
 
@@ -1880,6 +1899,42 @@ bool cmFileInstaller::CheckKeyword(std::string const& arg)
       this->Optional = true;
       }
     }
+  else if(arg == "MESSAGE_ALWAYS")
+    {
+    if(this->CurrentMatchRule)
+      {
+      this->NotAfterMatch(arg);
+      }
+    else
+      {
+      this->Doing = DoingNone;
+      this->MessageAlways = true;
+      }
+    }
+  else if(arg == "MESSAGE_LAZY")
+    {
+    if(this->CurrentMatchRule)
+      {
+      this->NotAfterMatch(arg);
+      }
+    else
+      {
+      this->Doing = DoingNone;
+      this->MessageLazy = true;
+      }
+    }
+  else if(arg == "MESSAGE_NEVER")
+    {
+    if(this->CurrentMatchRule)
+      {
+      this->NotAfterMatch(arg);
+      }
+    else
+      {
+      this->Doing = DoingNone;
+      this->MessageNever = true;
+      }
+    }
   else if(arg == "PERMISSIONS")
     {
     if(this->CurrentMatchRule)
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/file/INSTALL-DIRECTORY-stdout.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/file/INSTALL-DIRECTORY-stdout.txt
index d2e6f4d80..561a6b1a5 100644
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/file/INSTALL-DIRECTORY-stdout.txt
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/file/INSTALL-DIRECTORY-stdout.txt
@@ -3,4 +3,6 @@
 -- Installing: .*/Tests/RunCMake/file/INSTALL-DIRECTORY-build/dir/empty.txt
 -- Up-to-date: .*/Tests/RunCMake/file/INSTALL-DIRECTORY-build/dir
 -- Up-to-date: .*/Tests/RunCMake/file/INSTALL-DIRECTORY-build/dir/empty.txt
+-- Up-to-date: .*/Tests/RunCMake/file/INSTALL-DIRECTORY-build/dir
+-- Up-to-date: .*/Tests/RunCMake/file/INSTALL-DIRECTORY-build/dir/empty.txt
 -- After Installing
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/file/INSTALL-DIRECTORY.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/file/INSTALL-DIRECTORY.cmake
index 8bcb07763..0bc1d18a9 100644
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/file/INSTALL-DIRECTORY.cmake
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/file/INSTALL-DIRECTORY.cmake
@@ -4,4 +4,7 @@ file(REMOVE RECURSE ${dst})
 message(STATUS "Before Installing")
 file(INSTALL FILES ${src}/ DESTINATION ${dst} TYPE DIRECTORY)
 file(INSTALL FILES ${src}/ DESTINATION ${dst} TYPE DIRECTORY)
+file(INSTALL FILES ${src}/ DESTINATION ${dst} TYPE DIRECTORY MESSAGE_NEVER)
+file(INSTALL FILES ${src}/ DESTINATION ${dst} TYPE DIRECTORY MESSAGE_LAZY)
+file(INSTALL FILES ${src}/ DESTINATION ${dst} TYPE DIRECTORY MESSAGE_ALWAYS)
 message(STATUS "After Installing")
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/file/INSTALL-MESSAGE-bad-result.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/file/INSTALL-MESSAGE-bad-result.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d00491fd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/file/INSTALL-MESSAGE-bad-result.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/file/INSTALL-MESSAGE-bad-stderr.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/file/INSTALL-MESSAGE-bad-stderr.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..557b817bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/file/INSTALL-MESSAGE-bad-stderr.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+CMake Error at INSTALL-MESSAGE-bad.cmake:1 \(file\):
+  file INSTALL options MESSAGE_ALWAYS, MESSAGE_LAZY, and MESSAGE_NEVER are
+  mutually exclusive.
+Call Stack \(most recent call first\):
+  CMakeLists.txt:3 \(include\)
++
+CMake Error at INSTALL-MESSAGE-bad.cmake:2 \(file\):
+  file INSTALL options MESSAGE_ALWAYS, MESSAGE_LAZY, and MESSAGE_NEVER are
+  mutually exclusive.
+Call Stack \(most recent call first\):
+  CMakeLists.txt:3 \(include\)
++
+CMake Error at INSTALL-MESSAGE-bad.cmake:3 \(file\):
+  file INSTALL options MESSAGE_ALWAYS, MESSAGE_LAZY, and MESSAGE_NEVER are
+  mutually exclusive.
+Call Stack \(most recent call first\):
+  CMakeLists.txt:3 \(include\)
++
+CMake Error at INSTALL-MESSAGE-bad.cmake:4 \(file\):
+  file option MESSAGE_ALWAYS may not appear after PATTERN or REGEX.
+Call Stack \(most recent call first\):
+  CMakeLists.txt:3 \(include\)
++
+CMake Error at INSTALL-MESSAGE-bad.cmake:5 \(file\):
+  file option MESSAGE_LAZY may not appear after PATTERN or REGEX.
+Call Stack \(most recent call first\):
+  CMakeLists.txt:3 \(include\)
++
+CMake Error at INSTALL-MESSAGE-bad.cmake:6 \(file\):
+  file option MESSAGE_NEVER may not appear after PATTERN or REGEX.
+Call Stack \(most recent call first\):
+  CMakeLists.txt:3 \(include\)
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/file/INSTALL-MESSAGE-bad.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/file/INSTALL-MESSAGE-bad.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f878c6919
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/file/INSTALL-MESSAGE-bad.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+file(INSTALL DESTINATION dir MESSAGE_ALWAYS MESSAGE_LAZY)
+file(INSTALL DESTINATION dir MESSAGE_ALWAYS MESSAGE_NEVER)
+file(INSTALL DESTINATION dir MESSAGE_LAZY MESSAGE_NEVER)
+file(INSTALL DESTINATION dir PATTERN *.txt MESSAGE_ALWAYS)
+file(INSTALL DESTINATION dir PATTERN *.txt MESSAGE_LAZY)
+file(INSTALL DESTINATION dir PATTERN *.txt MESSAGE_NEVER)
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/file/RunCMakeTest.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/file/RunCMakeTest.cmake
index 09e362965..bf14263b4 100644
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/file/RunCMakeTest.cmake
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/file/RunCMakeTest.cmake
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 include(RunCMake)
 
 run_cmake(INSTALL-DIRECTORY)
+run_cmake(INSTALL-MESSAGE-bad)
 run_cmake(FileOpenFailRead)