diff --git a/common.sh b/common.sh
index 6d01cbed0..c852ac7dc 100644
--- a/common.sh
+++ b/common.sh
@@ -233,8 +233,11 @@ fi
 
 # make $CTHREADS ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabihf- 
 # produce deb packages: image, headers, firmware, libc
-make -j1 $KERNEL_PACKING KDEB_PKGVERSION=$REVISION LOCALVERSION="-"$LINUXFAMILY KBUILD_DEBARCH=armhf ARCH=arm DEBFULLNAME="$MAINTAINER" \
-DEBEMAIL="$MAINTAINERMAIL" CROSS_COMPILE="$CCACHE arm-linux-gnueabihf-" 2>&1 | dialog --backtitle "$backtitle" --progressbox "Packing kernel $CCACHE ..." 20 80
+eval 'make -j1 $KERNEL_PACKING KDEB_PKGVERSION=$REVISION LOCALVERSION="-"$LINUXFAMILY KBUILD_DEBARCH=armhf ARCH=arm DEBFULLNAME="$MAINTAINER" \
+	DEBEMAIL="$MAINTAINERMAIL" CROSS_COMPILE="$CCACHE arm-linux-gnueabihf-" 2>&1 ' \
+	${PROGRESS_LOG_TO_FILE:+' | tee -a $DEST/debug/compilation.log'} \
+	${OUTPUT_DIALOG:+' | dialog --backtitle "$backtitle" --progressbox "Creating kernel packages..." 20 80'} \
+	${OUTPUT_VERYSILENT:+' >/dev/null 2>/dev/null'}
 
 
 # we need a name