diff --git a/reactos/Makefile b/reactos/Makefile
index 13931a2b9b6..c4a08fb720e 100644
--- a/reactos/Makefile
+++ b/reactos/Makefile
@@ -1,16 +1,53 @@
 # Default to half-verbose mode
 ifeq ($(VERBOSE),no)
   Q = @
-  HALFVERBOSEECHO = @:
+  HALFVERBOSEECHO = no
 else
 ifeq ($(VERBOSE),yes)
   Q =
-  HALFVERBOSEECHO = @:
+  HALFVERBOSEECHO = no
 else
   Q = @
-  HALFVERBOSEECHO = @echo
+  HALFVERBOSEECHO = yes
 endif
 endif
+ifeq ($(HALFVERBOSEECHO),yes)
+  ECHO_INVOKE =@echo [INVOKE]  $<
+  ECHO_PCH    =@echo [PCH]     $@
+  ECHO_CC     =@echo [CC]      $<
+  ECHO_GAS    =@echo [GAS]     $<
+  ECHO_NASM   =@echo [NASM]    $<
+  ECHO_AR     =@echo [AR]      $@
+  ECHO_WINEBLD=@echo [WINEBLD] $@
+  ECHO_WRC    =@echo [WRC]     $@
+  ECHO_BIN2RES=@echo [BIN2RES] $<
+  ECHO_DLLTOOL=@echo [DLLTOOL] $@
+  ECHO_LD     =@echo [LD]      $@
+  ECHO_RBUILD =@echo [RBUILD]  $@
+  ECHO_RSYM   =@echo [RSYM]    $@
+  ECHO_NCI    =@echo [NCI]     $@
+  ECHO_CABMAN =@echo [CABMAN]  $<
+  ECHO_CDMAKE =@echo [CDMAKE]  $@
+  ECHO_TEST   =@echo [TEST]    $@
+else
+  ECHO_INVOKE =@true
+  ECHO_PCH    =@true
+  ECHO_CC     =@true
+  ECHO_GAS    =@true
+  ECHO_NASM   =@true
+  ECHO_AR     =@true
+  ECHO_WINEBLD=@true
+  ECHO_WRC    =@true
+  ECHO_BIN2RES=@true
+  ECHO_DLLTOOL=@true
+  ECHO_LD     =@true
+  ECHO_RBUILD =@true
+  ECHO_RSYM   =@true
+  ECHO_NCI    =@true
+  ECHO_CABMAN =@true
+  ECHO_CDMAKE =@true
+  ECHO_TEST   =@true
+endif
 
 
 host_gcc = $(Q)gcc
@@ -77,7 +114,7 @@ PREAUTO := \
 
 makefile.auto: $(RMKDIR_TARGET) $(BUILDNO_TARGET) $(NCI_SERVICE_FILES) $(WMC_TARGET) $(WRC_TARGET) \
                $(RSYM_TARGET) $(CDMAKE_TARGET) $(RBUILD_TARGET) $(PREAUTO) $(XMLBUILDFILES)
-	$(HALFVERBOSEECHO) [RBUILD]  makefile.auto
+	$(ECHO_RBUILD)
 	$(Q)tools$(SEP)rbuild$(SEP)rbuild$(EXEPOSTFIX) mingw
 
 
diff --git a/reactos/tools/Makefile b/reactos/tools/Makefile
index db169853b03..44d1dd0302c 100644
--- a/reactos/tools/Makefile
+++ b/reactos/tools/Makefile
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ RMKDIR_HOST_CFLAGS = -g -Werror -Wall
 RMKDIR_HOST_LFLAGS = -g
 
 $(RMKDIR_TARGET): $(RMKDIR_OBJECTS)
-	$(HALFVERBOSEECHO) [LD]      $@
+	$(ECHO_LD)
 	${host_gcc} $(RMKDIR_OBJECTS) $(RMKDIR_HOST_LFLAGS) -o $(RMKDIR_TARGET)
 
 $(RMKDIR_OBJECTS): %.o : %.c
-	$(HALFVERBOSEECHO) [CC]      $<
+	$(ECHO_CC)
 	${host_gcc} $(RMKDIR_HOST_CFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
 
 .PHONY: rmkdir_clean
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ RSYM_HOST_CFLAGS = -g -Werror -Wall
 RSYM_HOST_LFLAGS = -g
 
 $(RSYM_TARGET): $(RSYM_OBJECTS)
-	$(HALFVERBOSEECHO) [LD]      $@
+	$(ECHO_LD)
 	${host_gcc} $(RSYM_OBJECTS) $(RSYM_HOST_LFLAGS) -o $(RSYM_TARGET)
 
 $(RSYM_OBJECTS): %.o : %.c
-	$(HALFVERBOSEECHO) [CC]      $<
+	$(ECHO_CC)
 	${host_gcc} $(RSYM_HOST_CFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
 
 .PHONY: rsym_clean
diff --git a/reactos/tools/buildno/makefile b/reactos/tools/buildno/makefile
index 33aebff4316..520b649d2e6 100644
--- a/reactos/tools/buildno/makefile
+++ b/reactos/tools/buildno/makefile
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ BUILDNO_HOST_CFLAGS = -Iinclude/reactos -g -Werror -Wall
 BUILDNO_HOST_LFLAGS = -g
 
 $(BUILDNO_TARGET): $(BUILDNO_OBJECTS)
-	$(HALFVERBOSEECHO) [LD]      $@
+	$(ECHO_LD)
 	${host_gpp} $(BUILDNO_OBJECTS) $(BUILDNO_HOST_CFLAGS) -o $(BUILDNO_TARGET)
 
 $(BUILDNO_OBJECTS): %.o : %.cpp include$(SEP)reactos$(SEP)version.h
-	$(HALFVERBOSEECHO) [CC]      $<
+	$(ECHO_CC)
 	${host_gpp} $(BUILDNO_HOST_CFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
 
 .PHONY: buildno_clean
diff --git a/reactos/tools/cdmake/makefile b/reactos/tools/cdmake/makefile
index 36a0151ef35..1a38ba8a01d 100644
--- a/reactos/tools/cdmake/makefile
+++ b/reactos/tools/cdmake/makefile
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ CDMAKE_HOST_CFLAGS = -Iinclude -g -Werror -Wall
 CDMAKE_HOST_LFLAGS = -g
 
 $(CDMAKE_TARGET): $(CDMAKE_OBJECTS)
-	$(HALFVERBOSEECHO) [LD]      $@
+	$(ECHO_LD)
 	${host_gcc} $(CDMAKE_OBJECTS) $(CDMAKE_HOST_CFLAGS) -o $(CDMAKE_TARGET)
 
 $(CDMAKE_OBJECTS): %.o : %.c
-	$(HALFVERBOSEECHO) [CC]      $<
+	$(ECHO_CC)
 	${host_gcc} $(CDMAKE_CFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
 
 .PHONY: cdmake_clean
diff --git a/reactos/tools/nci/makefile b/reactos/tools/nci/makefile
index 3eaa91ad2e2..9b4d21f9308 100644
--- a/reactos/tools/nci/makefile
+++ b/reactos/tools/nci/makefile
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ NCI_HOST_CFLAGS = -Iinclude -g -Werror -Wall
 NCI_HOST_LFLAGS = -g
 
 $(NCI_TARGET): $(NCI_OBJECTS)
-	$(HALFVERBOSEECHO) [LD]      $@
+	$(ECHO_LD)
 	${host_gcc} $(NCI_OBJECTS) $(NCI_HOST_CFLAGS) -o $(NCI_TARGET)
 
 $(NCI_OBJECTS): %.o : %.c
-	$(HALFVERBOSEECHO) [CC]      $<
+	$(ECHO_CC)
 	${host_gcc} $(NCI_HOST_CFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
 
 .PHONY: nci_clean
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ NCI_SERVICE_FILES = \
 	$(WIN32K_USER_STUBS)
 
 $(NCI_SERVICE_FILES): $(NCI_TARGET)
-	$(HALFVERBOSEECHO) [NCI]     $@
+	$(ECHO_NCI)
 	$(Q)$(EXEPREFIX)$(NCI_TARGET) \
 		$(KERNEL_SVC_DB) \
 		$(WIN32K_SVC_DB) \
diff --git a/reactos/tools/rbuild/backend/mingw/modulehandler.cpp b/reactos/tools/rbuild/backend/mingw/modulehandler.cpp
index 25e2de9e5a4..76560345ca2 100644
--- a/reactos/tools/rbuild/backend/mingw/modulehandler.cpp
+++ b/reactos/tools/rbuild/backend/mingw/modulehandler.cpp
@@ -726,7 +726,7 @@ MingwModuleHandler::GenerateGccCommand ( const Module& module,
 	          "%s: %s\n",
 	          objectFilename.c_str (),
 	          deps.c_str () );
-	fprintf ( fMakefile, "\t$(HALFVERBOSEECHO) [CC]      $<\n" );
+	fprintf ( fMakefile, "\t$(ECHO_CC)\n" );
 	fprintf ( fMakefile,
 	         "\t%s -c %s -o %s %s\n",
 	         cc.c_str (),
@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@ MingwModuleHandler::GenerateGccAssemblerCommand ( const Module& module,
 	          "%s: %s\n",
 	          objectFilename.c_str (),
 	          sourceFilename.c_str () );
-	fprintf ( fMakefile, "\t$(HALFVERBOSEECHO) [GAS]     $<\n" );
+	fprintf ( fMakefile, "\t$(ECHO_GAS)\n" );
 	fprintf ( fMakefile,
 	          "\t%s -x assembler-with-cpp -c %s -o %s -D__ASM__ %s\n",
 	          cc.c_str (),
@@ -765,7 +765,7 @@ MingwModuleHandler::GenerateNasmCommand ( const Module& module,
 	          "%s: %s\n",
 	          objectFilename.c_str (),
 	          sourceFilename.c_str () );
-	fprintf ( fMakefile, "\t$(HALFVERBOSEECHO) [NASM]    $<\n" );
+	fprintf ( fMakefile, "\t$(ECHO_NASM)\n" );
 	fprintf ( fMakefile,
 	          "\t%s -f win32 %s -o %s %s\n",
 	          "$(Q)nasm",
@@ -788,7 +788,7 @@ MingwModuleHandler::GenerateWindresCommand ( const Module& module,
 	          "%s: %s\n",
 	          objectFilename.c_str (),
 	          sourceFilename.c_str () );
-	fprintf ( fMakefile, "\t$(HALFVERBOSEECHO) [WRC]     $@\n" );
+	fprintf ( fMakefile, "\t$(ECHO_WRC)\n" );
 	fprintf ( fMakefile,
 	         "\t${gcc} -xc -E -DRC_INVOKED ${%s} %s > %s\n",
 	         windresflagsMacro.c_str (),
@@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ MingwModuleHandler::GenerateWinebuildCommands (
 	          "%s: %s\n",
 	          def_file.c_str (),
 	          sourceFilename.c_str () );
-	fprintf ( fMakefile, "\t$(HALFVERBOSEECHO) [WINEBLD] $@\n" );
+	fprintf ( fMakefile, "\t$(ECHO_WINEBLD)\n" );
 	fprintf ( fMakefile,
 	          "\t%s --def=%s -o %s\n",
 	          "${winebuild}",
@@ -840,7 +840,7 @@ MingwModuleHandler::GenerateWinebuildCommands (
 	          "%s: %s\n",
 	          stub_file.c_str (),
 	          sourceFilename.c_str () );
-	fprintf ( fMakefile, "\t$(HALFVERBOSEECHO) [WINEBLD] $@\n" );
+	fprintf ( fMakefile, "\t$(ECHO_WINEBLD)\n" );
 	fprintf ( fMakefile,
 	          "\t%s --pedll=%s -o %s\n",
 	          "${winebuild}",
@@ -929,7 +929,7 @@ MingwModuleHandler::GenerateLinkerCommand (
 	const string& libsMacro,
 	string_list& clean_files ) const
 {
-	fprintf ( fMakefile, "\t$(HALFVERBOSEECHO) [LD]      $@\n" );
+	fprintf ( fMakefile, "\t$(ECHO_LD)\n" );
 	string targetName ( module.GetTargetName () );
 	string target ( FixupTargetFilename ( module.GetPath () ) );
 	if ( module.importLibrary != NULL )
@@ -996,7 +996,7 @@ MingwModuleHandler::GenerateLinkerCommand (
 		          GetLinkerMacro ( module ).c_str () );
 	}
 
-	fprintf ( fMakefile, "\t$(HALFVERBOSEECHO) [RSYM]    $@\n" );
+	fprintf ( fMakefile, "\t$(ECHO_RSYM)\n" );
 	fprintf ( fMakefile,
 	          "\t${rsym} %s %s\n\n",
 	          target.c_str (),
@@ -1066,7 +1066,7 @@ MingwModuleHandler::GenerateObjectFileTargets (
 			"%s: %s\n",
 			gch_file.c_str(),
 			pch_file.c_str() );
-		fprintf ( fMakefile, "\t$(HALFVERBOSEECHO) [PCH]     $@\n" );
+		fprintf ( fMakefile, "\t$(ECHO_PCH)\n" );
 		fprintf (
 			fMakefile,
 			"\t%s -c %s -o %s %s\n\n",
@@ -1115,7 +1115,7 @@ MingwModuleHandler::GenerateArchiveTarget ( const Module& module,
 	          archiveFilename.c_str (),
 	          objs_macro.c_str ());
 
-	fprintf ( fMakefile, "\t$(HALFVERBOSEECHO) [AR]      $@\n" );
+	fprintf ( fMakefile, "\t$(ECHO_AR)\n" );
 
 	fprintf ( fMakefile,
 	          "\t%s -rc %s %s\n\n",
@@ -1320,7 +1320,7 @@ MingwModuleHandler::GenerateInvocations ( const Module& module ) const
 		          "%s: %s\n",
 		          invoke.GetTargets ().c_str (),
 		          FixupTargetFilename ( invoke.invokeModule->GetPath () ).c_str () );
-		fprintf ( fMakefile, "\t$(HALFVERBOSEECHO) [INVOKE]  $<\n" );
+		fprintf ( fMakefile, "\t$(ECHO_INVOKE)\n" );
 		fprintf ( fMakefile,
 		          "\t%s %s\n\n",
 		          FixupTargetFilename ( invoke.invokeModule->GetPath () ).c_str (),
@@ -1415,7 +1415,7 @@ MingwModuleHandler::GenerateImportLibraryTargetIfNeeded (
 		          library_target.c_str (),
 		          definitionDependencies.c_str () );
 
-		fprintf ( fMakefile, "\t$(HALFVERBOSEECHO) [DLLTOOL] $@\n" );
+		fprintf ( fMakefile, "\t$(ECHO_DLLTOOL)\n" );
 
 		string killAt = module.mangledSymbols ? "" : "--kill-at";
 		fprintf ( fMakefile,
@@ -1506,7 +1506,7 @@ MingwBuildToolModuleHandler::GenerateBuildToolModuleTarget ( const Module& modul
 	          target.c_str (),
 	          objectsMacro.c_str (),
 	          linkDepsMacro.c_str () );
-	fprintf ( fMakefile, "\t$(HALFVERBOSEECHO) [LD]      $@\n" );
+	fprintf ( fMakefile, "\t$(ECHO_LD)\n" );
 	fprintf ( fMakefile,
 	          "\t%s %s -o %s %s %s\n\n",
 	          linker.c_str (),
@@ -1561,7 +1561,7 @@ MingwKernelModuleHandler::GenerateKernelModuleTarget ( const Module& module, str
 	          target.c_str (),
 	          objectsMacro.c_str (),
 	          linkDepsMacro.c_str () );
-	fprintf ( fMakefile, "\t$(HALFVERBOSEECHO) [LD]      $@\n" );
+	fprintf ( fMakefile, "\t$(ECHO_LD)\n" );
 	fprintf ( fMakefile,
 	          "\t${gcc} %s %s -Wl,--base-file,%s -o %s %s %s\n",
 	          GetLinkerMacro ( module ).c_str (),
@@ -1594,7 +1594,7 @@ MingwKernelModuleHandler::GenerateKernelModuleTarget ( const Module& module, str
 	fprintf ( fMakefile,
 	          "\t-@${rm} %s\n",
 	          temp_exp.c_str () );
-	fprintf ( fMakefile, "\t$(HALFVERBOSEECHO) [RSYM]    $@\n" );
+	fprintf ( fMakefile, "\t$(ECHO_RSYM)\n" );
 	fprintf ( fMakefile,
 		      "\t${rsym} %s %s\n\n",
 		      target.c_str (),
@@ -1914,7 +1914,7 @@ MingwWin32DLLModuleHandler::GenerateExtractWineDLLResourcesTarget ( const Module
 		if ( extension == ".rc" || extension == ".RC" )
 		{
 			string resource = FixupTargetFilename ( file.name );
-			fprintf ( fMakefile, "\t$(HALFVERBOSEECHO) [BIN2RES] $<\n" );
+			fprintf ( fMakefile, "\t$(ECHO_BIN2RES)\n" );
 			fprintf ( fMakefile, "\t@:echo ${bin2res} -f -x %s\n",
 			          resource.c_str () );
 		}
@@ -2130,7 +2130,7 @@ MingwBootLoaderModuleHandler::GenerateBootLoaderModuleTarget (
 	          objectsMacro.c_str (),
 	          linkDepsMacro.c_str () );
 
-	fprintf ( fMakefile, "\t$(HALFVERBOSEECHO) [LD]      $@\n" );
+	fprintf ( fMakefile, "\t$(ECHO_LD)\n" );
 
 	fprintf ( fMakefile,
 	          "\t${ld} %s -N -Ttext=0x8000 -o %s %s %s\n",
@@ -2346,7 +2346,7 @@ MingwIsoModuleHandler::GenerateIsoModuleTarget ( const Module& module, string_li
 	          isoboot.c_str (),
 	          cdDirectories.c_str (),
 	          cdFiles.c_str () );
-	fprintf ( fMakefile, "\t$(HALFVERBOSEECHO) [CABMAN]  $<\n" );
+	fprintf ( fMakefile, "\t$(ECHO_CABMAN)\n" );
 	fprintf ( fMakefile,
 	          "\t${cabman} -C %s -L %s -I\n",
 	          reactosDff.c_str (),
@@ -2363,7 +2363,7 @@ MingwIsoModuleHandler::GenerateIsoModuleTarget ( const Module& module, string_li
 	                                  module );
 	OutputCdfileCopyCommands ( bootcdDirectory,
 	                           module );
-	fprintf ( fMakefile, "\t$(HALFVERBOSEECHO) [CDMAKE]  $@\n" );
+	fprintf ( fMakefile, "\t$(ECHO_CDMAKE)\n" );
 	fprintf ( fMakefile,
 	          "\t${cdmake} -v -m -b %s %s REACTOS ReactOS.iso\n",
 	          isoboot.c_str (),
diff --git a/reactos/tools/rbuild/makefile b/reactos/tools/rbuild/makefile
index 0dad9ca3216..59d04251a65 100644
--- a/reactos/tools/rbuild/makefile
+++ b/reactos/tools/rbuild/makefile
@@ -85,29 +85,29 @@ RBUILD_HOST_CXXFLAGS = -g -I$(RBUILD_BASE) -Werror -Wall
 RBUILD_HOST_LFLAGS = -g
 
 $(RBUILD_TARGET): $(RBUILD_OBJECTS)
-	$(HALFVERBOSEECHO) [LD]      $@
+	$(ECHO_LD)
 	${host_gpp} $(RBUILD_OBJECTS) $(RBUILD_HOST_LFLAGS) -o $(RBUILD_TARGET)
 
 $(RBUILD_COMMON_OBJECTS): %.o: %.cpp
-	$(HALFVERBOSEECHO) [CC]      $<
+	$(ECHO_CC)
 	${host_gpp} $(RBUILD_HOST_CXXFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
 
 $(RBUILD_SPECIAL_OBJECTS): %.o: %.cpp
-	$(HALFVERBOSEECHO) [CC]      $<
+	$(ECHO_CC)
 	${host_gpp} $(RBUILD_HOST_CXXFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
 
 $(RBUILD_TEST_TARGET): $(RBUILD_TEST_OBJECTS)
-	$(HALFVERBOSEECHO) [LD]      $@
+	$(ECHO_LD)
 	${host_gpp} $(RBUILD_TEST_OBJECTS) $(RBUILD_HOST_LFLAGS) -o $(RBUILD_TEST_TARGET)
 
 $(RBUILD_TEST_SPECIAL_OBJECTS): %.o: %.cpp
-	$(HALFVERBOSEECHO) [CC]      $<
+	$(ECHO_CC)
 	${host_gpp} $(RBUILD_HOST_CXXFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
 
 .PHONY: rbuild_test
 
 rbuild_test: $(RBUILD_TEST_TARGET)
-	$(HALFVERBOSEECHO) [TEST]    $@
+	$(ECHO_TEST)
 	$(Q)$(RBUILD_TEST_TARGET)
 
 .PHONY: rbuild_clean
diff --git a/reactos/tools/unicode/makefile b/reactos/tools/unicode/makefile
index 0d40bd7a5c9..401d973a41b 100644
--- a/reactos/tools/unicode/makefile
+++ b/reactos/tools/unicode/makefile
@@ -83,12 +83,15 @@ UNICODE_HOST_CFLAGS = \
 	-Dwchar_t="unsigned short" -D_WCHAR_T_DEFINED \
 	-I$(UNICODE_BASE) -Iinclude/wine -Iw32api/include
 
+.PHONY: unicode
+unicode: $(UNICODE_TARGET)
+
 $(UNICODE_TARGET): $(UNICODE_OBJECTS)
-	$(HALFVERBOSEECHO) [AR]      $@
+	$(ECHO_AR)
 	${host_ar} -rc $(UNICODE_TARGET) $(UNICODE_OBJECTS)
 
 $(UNICODE_OBJECTS): %.o : %.c
-	$(HALFVERBOSEECHO) [CC]      $<
+	$(ECHO_CC)
 	${host_gcc} $(UNICODE_HOST_CFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
 
 .PHONY: unicode_clean
diff --git a/reactos/tools/wmc/makefile b/reactos/tools/wmc/makefile
index e51f945c608..7e39f9aed2d 100644
--- a/reactos/tools/wmc/makefile
+++ b/reactos/tools/wmc/makefile
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ WMC_HOST_CXXFLAGS = -I$(WMC_BASE) -g -Werror -Wall
 WMC_HOST_LFLAGS = -g
 
 $(WMC_TARGET): $(WMC_OBJECTS)
-	$(HALFVERBOSEECHO) [LD]      $@
+	$(ECHO_LD)
 	${host_gcc} $(WMC_OBJECTS) $(WMC_HOST_LFLAGS) -o $(WMC_TARGET)
 
 $(WMC_OBJECTS): %.o : %.c
-	$(HALFVERBOSEECHO) [CC]      $<
+	$(ECHO_CC)
 	${host_gcc} $(WMC_HOST_CXXFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
 
 .PHONY: wmc_clean
diff --git a/reactos/tools/wpp/Makefile b/reactos/tools/wpp/Makefile
index dce245f4cbc..965d6f12f0b 100644
--- a/reactos/tools/wpp/Makefile
+++ b/reactos/tools/wpp/Makefile
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ WPP_OBJECTS = \
 WPP_HOST_CFLAGS = -D__USE_W32API -I$(WPP_BASE) -Iinclude -Iinclude/wine -g
 
 $(WPP_TARGET): $(WPP_OBJECTS)
-	$(HALFVERBOSEECHO) [AR]      $@
+	$(ECHO_AR)
 	${host_ar} -rc $(WPP_TARGET) $(WPP_OBJECTS)
 
 $(WPP_OBJECTS): %.o : %.c
-	$(HALFVERBOSEECHO) [CC]      $<
+	$(ECHO_CC)
 	${host_gcc} $(WPP_HOST_CFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
 
 .PHONY: wpp_clean
diff --git a/reactos/tools/wrc/makefile b/reactos/tools/wrc/makefile
index 204a9402d21..a5a4d3548b4 100644
--- a/reactos/tools/wrc/makefile
+++ b/reactos/tools/wrc/makefile
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ WRC_HOST_CFLAGS = -I$(WRC_BASE) -g -Werror -Wall \
 WRC_HOST_LFLAGS = -g
 
 $(WRC_TARGET): $(WRC_OBJECTS) $(UNICODE_TARGET) $(WPP_TARGET)
-	$(HALFVERBOSEECHO) [LD]      $@
+	$(ECHO_LD)
 	${host_gcc} $(WRC_OBJECTS) $(UNICODE_TARGET) $(WPP_TARGET) $(WRC_HOST_LFLAGS) -o $(WRC_TARGET)
 
 $(WRC_OBJECTS): %.o : %.c
-	$(HALFVERBOSEECHO) [CC]      $<
+	$(ECHO_CC)
 	${host_gcc} $(WRC_HOST_CFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
 
 .PHONY: wrc_clean