diff --git a/clang/tools/clang-scan-deps/ClangScanDeps.cpp b/clang/tools/clang-scan-deps/ClangScanDeps.cpp
--- a/clang/tools/clang-scan-deps/ClangScanDeps.cpp
+++ b/clang/tools/clang-scan-deps/ClangScanDeps.cpp
@@ -177,6 +177,11 @@
         "until reaching the end directive."),
     llvm::cl::init(true), llvm::cl::cat(DependencyScannerCategory));
 
+llvm::cl::opt<bool> Verbose("v", llvm::cl::Optional,
+                            llvm::cl::desc("Use verbose output."),
+                            llvm::cl::init(false),
+                            llvm::cl::cat(DependencyScannerCategory));
+
 } // end anonymous namespace
 
 /// \returns object-file path derived from source-file path.
@@ -284,8 +289,10 @@
   std::mutex Lock;
   size_t Index = 0;
 
-  llvm::outs() << "Running clang-scan-deps on " << Inputs.size()
-               << " files using " << NumWorkers << " workers\n";
+  if (Verbose) {
+    llvm::outs() << "Running clang-scan-deps on " << Inputs.size()
+                 << " files using " << NumWorkers << " workers\n";
+  }
   for (unsigned I = 0; I < NumWorkers; ++I) {
     auto Worker = [I, &Lock, &Index, &Inputs, &HadErrors, &WorkerTools]() {
       while (true) {