diff --git a/init.d/halt.sh b/init.d/halt.sh
index 2a735613..ae369796 100755
--- a/init.d/halt.sh
+++ b/init.d/halt.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ if [ "${RC_SYS}" = "VPS" ] ; then
 fi
 
 # If $svcdir is still mounted, preserve it if we can
-if mountinfo "${RC_SVCDIR}" >/dev/null && [ -w "${RC_LIBDIR}" ]  ; then
+if mountinfo -q "${RC_SVCDIR}" && [ -w "${RC_LIBDIR}" ] ; then
 	f_opts="-m -c"
 	[ "${RC_UNAME}" = "Linux" ] && f_opts="-c"
 	if [ -n "$(fuser ${f_opts} "${svcdir}" 2>/dev/null)" ] ; then
diff --git a/init.d/localmount b/init.d/localmount
index 7e20c3df..06a1979f 100755
--- a/init.d/localmount
+++ b/init.d/localmount
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ start() {
 		fi
 
 		# Setup Kernel Support for the NFS daemon status
-		if [ -d /proc/fs/nfsd ] && ! mountinfo /proc/fs/nfsd >/dev/null ; then
+		if [ -d /proc/fs/nfsd ] && ! mountinfo -q /proc/fs/nfsd ; then
 			if grep -qs nfsd /proc/filesystems ; then
 				ebegin "Mounting nfsd filesystem"
 				mount -t nfsd -o nodev,noexec,nosuid \
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ start() {
 		fi
 
 		# Setup Kernel Support for miscellaneous Binary Formats
-		if [ -d /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc ] && ! mountinfo /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc >/dev/null ; then
+		if [ -d /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc ] && ! mountinfo -q /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc ; then
 			if grep -qs binfmt_misc /proc/filesystems ; then
 				ebegin "Mounting misc binary format filesystem"
 				mount -t binfmt_misc -o nodev,noexec,nosuid \
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ start() {
 		fi
 
 		# Setup Kernel Support for securityfs
-		if [ -d /sys/kernel/security ] && ! mountinfo /sys/kernel/security >/dev/null ; then
+		if [ -d /sys/kernel/security ] && ! mountinfo -q /sys/kernel/security ; then
 			if grep -qs securityfs /proc/filesystems ; then
 				ebegin "Mounting security filesystem"
 				mount -t securityfs securityfs /sys/kernel/security \
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ start() {
 		fi
 
 		# Setup Kernel Support for debugfs
-		if [ -d /sys/kernel/debug ] && ! mountinfo /sys/kernel/debug >/dev/null ; then
+		if [ -d /sys/kernel/debug ] && ! mountinfo -q /sys/kernel/debug ; then
 			if grep -qs debugfs /proc/filesystems ; then
 				ebegin "Mounting debug filesystem"
 				mount -t debugfs debugfs /sys/kernel/debug \
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ start() {
 		fi
 
 		# Setup Kernel Support for SELinux
-		if [ -d /selinux ] && ! mountinfo /selinux >/dev/null ; then
+		if [ -d /selinux ] && ! mountinfo -q /selinux ; then
 			if grep -qs selinuxfs /proc/filesystems ; then
 				ebegin "Mounting SELinux filesystem"
 				mount -t selinuxfs selinuxfs /selinux
diff --git a/sh.Linux/init.sh b/sh.Linux/init.sh
index e9fd98ba..bc4fd9d7 100755
--- a/sh.Linux/init.sh
+++ b/sh.Linux/init.sh
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ fi
 
 # Mount the new fancy pants /dev/pts whenever possible
 if grep -Eq "[[:space:]]+devpts$" /proc/filesystems && \
-	! mountinfo /dev/pts > /dev/null ; then
+	! mountinfo -q /dev/pts ; then
 	if [ ! -d /dev/pts ] && \
 	   [ "${devfs}" = "yes" -o "${udev}" = "yes" ] ; then
 		# Make sure we have /dev/pts
diff --git a/src/mountinfo.c b/src/mountinfo.c
index 0461ee13..2c317f33 100644
--- a/src/mountinfo.c
+++ b/src/mountinfo.c
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ static regex_t *get_regex (char *string)
 }
 
 #include "_usage.h"
-#define getoptstring "f:F:n:N:p:P:os" getoptstring_COMMON
+#define getoptstring "f:F:n:N:op:P:qs" getoptstring_COMMON
 static struct option longopts[] = {
 	{ "fstype-regex",        1, NULL, 'f'},
 	{ "skip-fstype-regex",   1, NULL, 'F'},
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ static struct option longopts[] = {
 	{ "skip-point-regex",    1, NULL, 'P'},
 	{ "node",                0, NULL, 'o'},
 	{ "fstype",              0, NULL, 's'},
+	{ "quiet",               0, NULL, 'q'},
 	longopts_COMMON
 	{ NULL,             0, NULL, 0}
 };
@@ -189,6 +190,7 @@ int mountinfo (int argc, char **argv)
 	bool fstype = false;
 	char **mounts = NULL;
 	int opt;
+	bool quiet = false;
 	int result;
 
 #define DO_REG(_var) \
@@ -211,15 +213,18 @@ int mountinfo (int argc, char **argv)
 			case 'N':
 				DO_REG (skip_node_regex);
 				break;
+			case 'o':
+				node = true;
+				fstype = false;
+				break;
 			case 'p':
 				DO_REG (point_regex);
 				break;
 			case 'P':
 				DO_REG (skip_point_regex);
 				break;
-			case 'o':
-				node = true;
-				fstype = false;
+			case 'q':
+				quiet = true;
 				break;
 			case 's':
 				node = false;
@@ -257,7 +262,8 @@ int mountinfo (int argc, char **argv)
 			continue;
 		if (skip_point_regex && regexec (skip_point_regex, n, 0, NULL, 0) == 0)
 			continue;
-		printf ("%s\n", n);
+		if (! quiet)
+			printf ("%s\n", n);
 		result = EXIT_SUCCESS;
 	}
 	rc_strlist_free (nodes);