diff --git a/docker/updatedb b/docker/updatedb
index 98acd7b73..6b9281753 100755
--- a/docker/updatedb
+++ b/docker/updatedb
@@ -69,10 +69,11 @@ trap 'echo "$program($LINENO): Command failed with error code $? ([$$] $0 $*)";
 # Option parsing
 
 # Options
-shortopts=DhvV
-longopts=no-download,help,verbose,version
+shortopts=DhqvV
+longopts=no-download,help,quiet,verbose,version
 
 DOWNLOAD=1
+QUIET=""
 
 if   [ "$(uname)" = "Linux" ]; then
     args=$(getopt -o "$shortopts" --long "$longopts" -n '$program' -- $SV "$@")
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ while true ; do
     case "$1" in
 	-D| --no-download) DOWNLOAD="";;	# Don't download, use existing file
 	-h| --help)	usage; exit;;		# Show this help, then exit
+        -q| --quiet)    QUIET="-q";;            # Don't show progress
 	-v| --verbose)	VERBOSE=1;;		# Be more talkative
 	-V| --version)	version; exit;;		# Show program version, then exit
 	--)		shift; break;;
@@ -124,14 +126,19 @@ DATADIR=$parent/data
 
 if [ "$DOWNLOAD" ]; then
     echo "Fetching database dump ..."
-    wget -N -P $DATADIR https://www.ietf.org/lib/dt/sprint/ietf_utf8.sql.gz || die "No new data, quitting."
+    wget $QUIET -N -P $DATADIR https://www.ietf.org/lib/dt/sprint/ietf_utf8.sql.gz || die "No new data, quitting."
 fi
 
 echo "Loading database ..."
-gunzip < $DATADIR/ietf_utf8.sql.gz \
-    | pv --progress --bytes --rate --eta --size $(gzip --list --quiet $DATADIR/ietf_utf8.sql.gz | awk '{ print $2 }') \
-    | sed -e 's/ENGINE=MyISAM/ENGINE=InnoDB/' \
-    | $parent/ietf/manage.py dbshell
-    
+if [ -z "$QUIET" ]; then
+    gunzip < $DATADIR/ietf_utf8.sql.gz \
+        | pv --progress --bytes --rate --eta --size $(gzip --list --quiet $DATADIR/ietf_utf8.sql.gz | awk '{ print $2 }') \
+        | sed -e 's/ENGINE=MyISAM/ENGINE=InnoDB/' \
+        | $parent/ietf/manage.py dbshell
+else
+    gunzip < $DATADIR/ietf_utf8.sql.gz \
+        | sed -e 's/ENGINE=MyISAM/ENGINE=InnoDB/' \
+        | $parent/ietf/manage.py dbshell
+fi