diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0b0bd7b57b54e19fb7688355e9c7f0c3f2cf062f..89b7b3bd9f077655d92ef9dc9ccb3024a40748af 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -8,14 +8,6 @@ KPATH := miosix
 CONFPATH := $(KPATH)
 include $(CONFPATH)/config/Makefile.inc
 
-ifeq ("$(VERBOSE)","1")
-Q := 
-ECHO := @true
-else
-Q := @
-ECHO := @echo
-endif
-
 ##
 ## List here subdirectories which contains makefiles
 ##
@@ -41,6 +33,14 @@ INCLUDE_DIRS :=
 ## You should not need to modify anything below                             ##
 ##############################################################################
 
+ifeq ("$(VERBOSE)","1")
+Q := 
+ECHO := @true
+else
+Q := @
+ECHO := @echo
+endif
+
 ## Replaces both "foo.cpp"-->"foo.o" and "foo.c"-->"foo.o"
 OBJ := $(addsuffix .o, $(basename $(SRC)))
 
diff --git a/miosix/Makefile b/miosix/Makefile
index d5b65fac5459db4a06d1786ea9a0ccc2ff3bf56e..f259ebfc7f9d4a63920950789389fc0996e4082b 100644
--- a/miosix/Makefile
+++ b/miosix/Makefile
@@ -6,14 +6,6 @@ MAKEFILE_VERSION := 1.07
 ## KPATH and CONFPATH are forwarded by the parent Makefile
 include $(CONFPATH)/config/Makefile.inc
 
-ifeq ("$(VERBOSE)","1")
-Q :=
-ECHO := @true
-else
-Q := @
-ECHO := @echo
-endif
-
 ## List of all Miosix OS source files that have no special requirements
 ## and that must be built for each architecture (both .c and .cpp)
 ## These files will end up in libmiosix.a
@@ -56,6 +48,14 @@ util/lcd44780.cpp
 ## architecture/board is selected in config/Makefile.inc
 SRC += $(ARCH_SRC)
 
+ifeq ("$(VERBOSE)","1")
+Q :=
+ECHO := @true
+else
+Q := @
+ECHO := @echo
+endif
+
 ## Replaces both "foo.cpp"-->"foo.o" and "foo.c"-->"foo.o"
 OBJ := $(addsuffix .o, $(basename $(SRC)))