diff --git a/builddefs/build_keyboard.mk b/builddefs/build_keyboard.mk
index d5efcb4193a..44acd964cc7 100644
--- a/builddefs/build_keyboard.mk
+++ b/builddefs/build_keyboard.mk
@@ -159,10 +159,14 @@ ifneq ("$(wildcard $(KEYMAP_JSON))", "")
 
 # Add rules to generate the keymap files - indentation here is important
 $(KEYMAP_OUTPUT)/src/keymap.c: $(KEYMAP_JSON)
-	$(QMK_BIN) json2c --quiet --output $(KEYMAP_C) $(KEYMAP_JSON)
+	@$(SILENT) || printf "$(MSG_GENERATING) $@" | $(AWK_CMD)
+	$(eval CMD=$(QMK_BIN) json2c --quiet --output $(KEYMAP_C) $(KEYMAP_JSON))
+	@$(BUILD_CMD)
 
 $(KEYMAP_OUTPUT)/src/config.h: $(KEYMAP_JSON)
-	$(QMK_BIN) generate-config-h --quiet --keyboard $(KEYBOARD) --keymap $(KEYMAP) --output $(KEYMAP_H)
+	@$(SILENT) || printf "$(MSG_GENERATING) $@" | $(AWK_CMD)
+	$(eval CMD=$(QMK_BIN) generate-config-h --quiet --keyboard $(KEYBOARD) --keymap $(KEYMAP) --output $(KEYMAP_H))
+	@$(BUILD_CMD)
 
 generated-files: $(KEYMAP_OUTPUT)/src/config.h $(KEYMAP_OUTPUT)/src/keymap.c
 
@@ -326,13 +330,19 @@ endif
 CONFIG_H += $(KEYBOARD_OUTPUT)/src/info_config.h $(KEYBOARD_OUTPUT)/src/layouts.h
 
 $(KEYBOARD_OUTPUT)/src/info_config.h: $(INFO_JSON_FILES)
-	$(QMK_BIN) generate-config-h --quiet --keyboard $(KEYBOARD) --output $(KEYBOARD_OUTPUT)/src/info_config.h
+	@$(SILENT) || printf "$(MSG_GENERATING) $@" | $(AWK_CMD)
+	$(eval CMD=$(QMK_BIN) generate-config-h --quiet --keyboard $(KEYBOARD) --output $(KEYBOARD_OUTPUT)/src/info_config.h)
+	@$(BUILD_CMD)
 
 $(KEYBOARD_OUTPUT)/src/default_keyboard.h: $(INFO_JSON_FILES)
-	$(QMK_BIN) generate-keyboard-h --quiet --keyboard $(KEYBOARD) --output $(KEYBOARD_OUTPUT)/src/default_keyboard.h
+	@$(SILENT) || printf "$(MSG_GENERATING) $@" | $(AWK_CMD)
+	$(eval CMD=$(QMK_BIN) generate-keyboard-h --quiet --keyboard $(KEYBOARD) --output $(KEYBOARD_OUTPUT)/src/default_keyboard.h)
+	@$(BUILD_CMD)
 
 $(KEYBOARD_OUTPUT)/src/layouts.h: $(INFO_JSON_FILES)
-	$(QMK_BIN) generate-layouts --quiet --keyboard $(KEYBOARD) --output $(KEYBOARD_OUTPUT)/src/layouts.h
+	@$(SILENT) || printf "$(MSG_GENERATING) $@" | $(AWK_CMD)
+	$(eval CMD=$(QMK_BIN) generate-layouts --quiet --keyboard $(KEYBOARD) --output $(KEYBOARD_OUTPUT)/src/layouts.h)
+	@$(BUILD_CMD)
 
 generated-files: $(KEYBOARD_OUTPUT)/src/info_config.h $(KEYBOARD_OUTPUT)/src/default_keyboard.h $(KEYBOARD_OUTPUT)/src/layouts.h
 
diff --git a/builddefs/message.mk b/builddefs/message.mk
index d441f560be7..07d0e07ce80 100644
--- a/builddefs/message.mk
+++ b/builddefs/message.mk
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ MSG_COMPILING_CXX = Compiling:
 MSG_ASSEMBLING = Assembling:
 MSG_CLEANING = Cleaning project:
 MSG_CREATING_LIBRARY = Creating library:
+MSG_GENERATING = Generating:
 MSG_SUBMODULE_DIRTY = $(WARN_COLOR)WARNING:$(NO_COLOR) Some git submodules are out of date or modified.\n\
 Please consider running $(BOLD)make git-submodule$(NO_COLOR).\n\n
 MSG_NO_CMP = $(ERROR_COLOR)Error:$(NO_COLOR)$(BOLD) cmp command not found, please install diffutils\n$(NO_COLOR)