diff --git a/devel/xmlwrapp/Portfile b/devel/xmlwrapp/Portfile
index d6a1c0b9d94bd..afda4e097ad15 100644
--- a/devel/xmlwrapp/Portfile
+++ b/devel/xmlwrapp/Portfile
@@ -24,3 +24,5 @@ depends_lib       port:libxslt
 
 checksums         sha1    b3ef8bff215bbacd988790615b76379672105928 \
                   rmd160  2aa670e2f0154af8c5618cb7cc65ec6c344b0bfa
+
+configure.args    --disable-silent-rules