1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index bde1d2d70..6ed7f3fe3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 VERSION = 4
 PATCHLEVEL = 19
-SUBLEVEL = 269
+SUBLEVEL = 282
 EXTRAVERSION =
 NAME = "People's Front"
 
@@ -88,10 +88,17 @@ endif
 
 # If the user is running make -s (silent mode), suppress echoing of
 # commands
+# make-4.0 (and later) keep single letter options in the 1st word of MAKEFLAGS.
 
-ifneq ($(findstring s,$(filter-out --%,$(MAKEFLAGS))),)
-  quiet=silent_
-  tools_silent=s
+ifeq ($(filter 3.%,$(MAKE_VERSION)),)
+silence:=$(findstring s,$(firstword -$(MAKEFLAGS)))
+else
+silence:=$(findstring s,$(filter-out --%,$(MAKEFLAGS)))
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(silence),s)
+quiet=silent_
+tools_silent=s
 endif
 
 export quiet Q KBUILD_VERBOSE