diff --git a/lib/vagrant-mutate/converter/converter.rb b/lib/vagrant-mutate/converter/converter.rb
index f137491..62d900f 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant-mutate/converter/converter.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant-mutate/converter/converter.rb
@@ -4,27 +4,28 @@
 module VagrantMutate
   module Converter
     class Converter
-      def self.create(env, input_box, output_box, force_virtio='false')
+      def self.create(env, input_box, output_box, force_virtio='false', quiet='false')
       case output_box.provider_name
         when 'bhyve'
           require_relative 'bhyve'
-          Bhyve.new(env, input_box, output_box)
+          Bhyve.new(env, input_box, output_box, force_virtio, quiet)
         when 'kvm'
           require_relative 'kvm'
-          Kvm.new(env, input_box, output_box)
+          Kvm.new(env, input_box, output_box, force_virtio, quiet)
         when 'libvirt'
           require_relative 'libvirt'
-          Libvirt.new(env, input_box, output_box, force_virtio)
+          Libvirt.new(env, input_box, output_box, force_virtio, quiet)
         else
           fail Errors::ProviderNotSupported, provider: output_box.provider_name, direction: 'output'
         end
       end
 
-      def initialize(env, input_box, output_box, force_virtio='false')
+      def initialize(env, input_box, output_box, force_virtio, quiet)
         @env = env
         @input_box  = input_box
         @output_box = output_box
         @force_virtio = force_virtio
+        @quiet = quiet
         @logger = Log4r::Logger.new('vagrant::mutate')
       end
 
@@ -33,8 +34,10 @@ def convert
           fail Errors::ProvidersMatch
         end
 
-        @env.ui.info "Converting #{@input_box.name} from #{@input_box.provider_name} "\
-          "to #{@output_box.provider_name}."
+        if @quiet == false
+          @env.ui.info "Converting #{@input_box.name} from #{@input_box.provider_name} "\
+            "to #{@output_box.provider_name}."
+        end
 
         @input_box.verify_format
         write_disk
@@ -97,7 +100,11 @@ def convert_disk
 
         # p for progress bar
         # S for sparse file
-        qemu_options = '-p -S 16k'
+        if @quiet == true
+          qemu_options = '-S 16k'
+        else
+          qemu_options = '-p -S 16k'
+        end
         qemu_version = Qemu.qemu_version()
         if qemu_version >= Gem::Version.new('1.1.0')
           if output_format == 'qcow2'
diff --git a/lib/vagrant-mutate/mutate.rb b/lib/vagrant-mutate/mutate.rb
index 7fa8667..e5895d8 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant-mutate/mutate.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant-mutate/mutate.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ def execute
       options[:input_provider] = nil
       options[:version] = nil
       options[:force_virtio] = false
+      options[:quiet] = false
 
       opts = OptionParser.new do |o|
         o.banner = 'Usage: vagrant mutate <box-name-or-file-or-url> <provider>'
@@ -24,8 +25,10 @@ def execute
              'Force virtio disk driver') do |p|
           options[:force_virtio] = true
         end
+        o.on("--quiet", "Convert silently") do |v|
+          options[:quiet] = true
+        end
       end
-
       argv = parse_options(opts)
       return unless argv
 
@@ -46,12 +49,14 @@ def execute
       output_loader = BoxLoader.new(@env)
       output_box = output_loader.prepare_for_output(input_box.name, options[:output_provider], input_box.version)
 
-      converter  = Converter::Converter.create(@env, input_box, output_box, options[:force_virtio])
+      converter  = Converter::Converter.create(@env, input_box, output_box, options[:force_virtio], options[:quiet])
       converter.convert
 
       input_loader.cleanup
 
-      @env.ui.info "The box #{output_box.name} (#{output_box.provider_name}) is now ready to use."
+      if options[:quiet] == false
+        @env.ui.info "The box #{output_box.name} (#{output_box.provider_name}) is now ready to use."
+      end
     end
   end
 end