diff --git a/tests/ssml.test b/tests/ssml.test
index 37504383..c337f1e9 100755
--- a/tests/ssml.test
+++ b/tests/ssml.test
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ test_ssml() {
 	echo "testing ${INPUT}"
 	cp $(dirname $INPUT)/$(basename ${INPUT%.*}).expected expected.txt
 	ESPEAK_DATA_PATH=`pwd` LD_LIBRARY_PATH=src:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH} \
-		src/espeak-ng -m -v en-US --ipa=2 -f ${INPUT} > actual.txt
+		src/espeak-ng -m -q -v en-US --ipa=2 -f ${INPUT} > actual.txt
 	diff expected.txt actual.txt || exit 1
 }