diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b2ca76fb..c9a89b09 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -65,10 +65,11 @@
     Closes: SF bug #1062034
     Changed: linkchecker, linkchecker.1
 
-  * ANSI color support for the colored text logger is now detected
-    on Windows systems.
-    Type: feature
-    Changed: linkcheck/ansicolor.py
+  * Make --quiet an alias for -o none.
+    Type: bugfix
+    Closes: SF bug #1063144
+    Changed: linkchecker, linkcheck/configuration.py,
+      linkcheck/checker/consumer.py
 
 1.13.5 "Die Musterknaben" (released 22.9.2004)
   * Use xgettext with Python support for .pot file creation, adjusted
diff --git a/linkcheck/checker/consumer.py b/linkcheck/checker/consumer.py
index 92c1fce7..5cd47abb 100644
--- a/linkcheck/checker/consumer.py
+++ b/linkcheck/checker/consumer.py
@@ -140,8 +140,7 @@ class Consumer (object):
         """start output of all configured loggers"""
         self.lock.acquire()
         try:
-            if not self.config['quiet']:
-                self.logger.start_output()
+             self.logger.start_output()
             for logger in self.fileoutput:
                 logger.start_output()
         finally:
@@ -157,9 +156,8 @@ class Consumer (object):
                 self.errors = True
             if url_data.warning and self.config["warnings"]:
                 self.warnings = True
-            if not self.config['quiet'] and \
-              (self.config["verbose"] or not url_data.valid or
-               (url_data.warning and self.config["warnings"])):
+            if (self.config["verbose"] or not url_data.valid or
+                (url_data.warning and self.config["warnings"])):
                 self.logger.new_url(url_data)
                 for log in self.fileoutput:
                     log.new_url(url_data)
@@ -173,8 +171,7 @@ class Consumer (object):
         """end output of all configured loggers"""
         self.lock.acquire()
         try:
-            if not self.config['quiet']:
-                self.logger.end_output(linknumber=self.linknumber)
+            self.logger.end_output(linknumber=self.linknumber)
             for logger in self.fileoutput:
                 logger.end_output(linknumber=self.linknumber)
         finally:
diff --git a/linkcheck/configuration.py b/linkcheck/configuration.py
index b340fe28..799557b7 100644
--- a/linkcheck/configuration.py
+++ b/linkcheck/configuration.py
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@ class Configuration (dict):
         }
         self['none'] = {}
         self['logger'] = self.logger_new('text')
-        self["quiet"] = False
         self["warningregex"] = None
         self["warnsizebytes"] = None
         self["nntpserver"] = os.environ.get("NNTP_SERVER", None)
@@ -229,7 +228,8 @@ class Configuration (dict):
         except ConfigParser.Error, msg:
             linkcheck.log.debug(linkcheck.LOG_CHECK, msg)
         try:
-            self["quiet"] = cfgparser.getboolean(section, "quiet")
+            if cfgparser.getboolean(section, "quiet"):
+                self['logger'] = self.logger_new('none')
         except ConfigParser.Error, msg:
             linkcheck.log.debug(linkcheck.LOG_CHECK, msg)
         try:
diff --git a/linkchecker b/linkchecker
index d7952b11..28195ef1 100755
--- a/linkchecker
+++ b/linkchecker
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ if options.pause is not None:
 if options.profile is not None:
     do_profile = options.profile
 if options.quiet is not None:
-    config["quiet"] = options.quiet
+    config['logger'] = config.logger_new('none')
 if options.recursionlevel is not None:
     config["recursionlevel"] = options.recursionlevel
 if options.externstrictall is not None: