diff --git a/winsup/utils/mingw/strace.cc b/winsup/utils/mingw/strace.cc
index d346abc4e7..a6b2e5d548 100644
--- a/winsup/utils/mingw/strace.cc
+++ b/winsup/utils/mingw/strace.cc
@@ -352,7 +352,8 @@ create_child (char **argv)
     flags |= CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE | CREATE_NEW_PROCESS_GROUP;
 
   make_command_line (one_line, argv);
-  printf ("create_child: %s\n", one_line.buf);
+  if (!quiet)
+    printf ("create_child: %s\n", one_line.buf);
 
   SetConsoleCtrlHandler (NULL, 0);
 /* Commit message for this code was: