diff --git a/osc/commandline.py b/osc/commandline.py
index 321bd4e0..68374ea0 100644
--- a/osc/commandline.py
+++ b/osc/commandline.py
@@ -344,13 +344,13 @@ class OscMainCommand(MainCommand):
             "-v",
             "--verbose",
             action="store_true",
-            help="increase verbosity",
+            help="increase verbosity (conflicts with --quiet)",
         )
         self.add_argument(
             "-q",
             "--quiet",
             action="store_true",
-            help="be quiet, not verbose",
+            help="be quiet, not verbose (conflicts with --verbose)",
         )
         self.add_argument(
             "--debug",
@@ -434,6 +434,7 @@ class OscMainCommand(MainCommand):
                 override_http_full_debug=args.http_full_debug,
                 override_no_keyring=args.no_keyring,
                 override_post_mortem=args.post_mortem,
+                override_quiet=args.quiet,
                 override_traceback=args.traceback,
                 override_verbose=args.verbose,
                 overrides=overrides,
diff --git a/osc/conf.py b/osc/conf.py
index 4cbfd9ea..0d914da7 100644
--- a/osc/conf.py
+++ b/osc/conf.py
@@ -559,6 +559,16 @@ class Options(OscOptions):
         section=True,
     )  # type: ignore[assignment]
 
+    quiet: bool = Field(
+        default=False,
+        description=textwrap.dedent(
+            """
+            Reduce amount of printed information to bare minimum.
+            Takes priority over ``verbose``.
+            """
+        ),
+    )  # type: ignore[assignment]
+
     verbose: bool = Field(
         default=False,
         description=textwrap.dedent(
@@ -1782,6 +1792,7 @@ def get_config(override_conffile=None,
                override_http_full_debug=None,
                override_traceback=None,
                override_post_mortem=None,
+               override_quiet=None,
                override_no_keyring=None,
                override_verbose=None,
                overrides=None
@@ -1822,6 +1833,9 @@ def get_config(override_conffile=None,
     if override_no_keyring is not None:
         overrides["use_keyring"] = not override_no_keyring
 
+    if override_quiet is not None:
+        overrides["quiet"] = override_quiet
+
     if override_verbose is not None:
         overrides["verbose"] = override_verbose
 
diff --git a/tests/test_conf.py b/tests/test_conf.py
index 3569632f..bfe1c327 100644
--- a/tests/test_conf.py
+++ b/tests/test_conf.py
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ debug = 0
 http_debug = 0
 http_full_debug = 0
 http_retries = 3
+quiet = 0
 verbose = 0
 no_preinstallimage = 0
 traceback = 0
@@ -218,6 +219,9 @@ class TestExampleConfig(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_http_retries(self):
         self.assertEqual(self.config["http_retries"], 3)
 
+    def test_quiet(self):
+        self.assertEqual(self.config["quiet"], False)
+
     def test_verbose(self):
         self.assertEqual(self.config["verbose"], False)