diff --git a/packages/kbn-bazel-runner/src/bazel_runner.js b/packages/kbn-bazel-runner/src/bazel_runner.js
index cc9f2d7c43686..4088b6d7b0abe 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-bazel-runner/src/bazel_runner.js
+++ b/packages/kbn-bazel-runner/src/bazel_runner.js
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ async function runBazelRunner(runner, args, options = undefined) {
     ]),
   ]);
 
-  if (process.env.CI) {
+  if (process.env.CI && !options?.quiet) {
     // on CI it's useful to reduce the logging output, but we still want to see basic info from Bazel so continue to log the INFO: lines from bazel
     for (const line of buffer) {
       if (line.startsWith('INFO:') && !line.startsWith('INFO: From ')) {