diff --git a/roles/mirror-workspace-git-repos/README.rst b/roles/mirror-workspace-git-repos/README.rst
index b6e4ed940..e2a1fdac7 100644
--- a/roles/mirror-workspace-git-repos/README.rst
+++ b/roles/mirror-workspace-git-repos/README.rst
@@ -4,3 +4,11 @@ This role uses git operations (unlike :zuul:role:`prepare-workspace`
 which uses rsync) to mirror the local prepared git repos to the remote
 nodes.  This may be useful if the remote node already has a copy of
 some or all of the git repos.
+
+**Role Variables**
+
+.. zuul:rolevar:: mirror_workspace_quiet
+   :default: false
+
+   If `true` git operations will be silenced and won't print every
+   changed reference.
diff --git a/roles/mirror-workspace-git-repos/defaults/main.yaml b/roles/mirror-workspace-git-repos/defaults/main.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b59b6d6b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/mirror-workspace-git-repos/defaults/main.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+mirror_workspace_quiet: false
diff --git a/roles/mirror-workspace-git-repos/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/mirror-workspace-git-repos/tasks/main.yaml
index 3cd81bf6f..82212d952 100644
--- a/roles/mirror-workspace-git-repos/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/mirror-workspace-git-repos/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   with_dict: "{{ zuul.projects }}"
 
 - name: Synchronize src repos to workspace directory
-  command: "git push --mirror git+ssh://{{ ansible_user }}@{{ ansible_host | ipwrap }}:{{ ansible_port }}/{{ ansible_user_dir }}/{{ item.value.src_dir}}"
+  command: "git push {% if mirror_workspace_quiet %}--quiet{% endif %} --mirror git+ssh://{{ ansible_user }}@{{ ansible_host | ipwrap }}:{{ ansible_port }}/{{ ansible_user_dir }}/{{ item.value.src_dir}}"
   args:
     chdir: "{{ zuul.executor.work_root }}/{{ item.value.src_dir }}"
   with_dict: "{{ zuul.projects }}"
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     # Undo the config setting we did above
     git config --local --unset receive.denyCurrentBranch
     # checkout the branch matching the branch set up by the executor
-    git checkout {{ item.value.checkout }}
+    git checkout {% if mirror_workspace_quiet %}--quiet{% endif %} {{ item.value.checkout }}
     # put out a status line with the current HEAD
     echo "{{ item.value.canonical_name }} checked out to:"
     git log --pretty=oneline  -1