diff --git a/common/console.c b/common/console.c
index 270170b3dd..bf73178690 100644
--- a/common/console.c
+++ b/common/console.c
@@ -73,6 +73,29 @@ static int on_console(const char *name, const char *value, enum env_op op,
 }
 U_BOOT_ENV_CALLBACK(console, on_console);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE
+static int on_silent(const char *name, const char *value, enum env_op op,
+	int flags)
+{
+#ifndef CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE_UPDATE_ON_SET
+	if (flags & H_INTERACTIVE)
+		return 0;
+#endif
+#ifndef CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE_UPDATE_ON_RELOC
+	if ((flags & H_INTERACTIVE) == 0)
+		return 0;
+#endif
+
+	if (value != NULL)
+		gd->flags |= GD_FLG_SILENT;
+	else
+		gd->flags &= ~GD_FLG_SILENT;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+U_BOOT_ENV_CALLBACK(silent, on_silent);
+#endif
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV
 /*
  * if overwrite_console returns 1, the stdin, stderr and stdout
diff --git a/doc/README.silent b/doc/README.silent
index a26e3df0da..70202cece9 100644
--- a/doc/README.silent
+++ b/doc/README.silent
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 The config option CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE can be used to quiet messages
 on the console.  If the option has been enabled, the output can be
-silenced by setting the environment variable "silent".  The variable
-is latched into the global data at an early stage in the boot process
-so deleting it with "setenv" will not take effect until the system is
-restarted.
+silenced by setting the environment variable "silent".
+
+- CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE_UPDATE_ON_SET
+	When the "silent" variable is changed with env set, the change
+	will take effect immediately.
+
+- CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE_UPDATE_ON_RELOC
+	Some environments are not available until relocation (e.g. NAND)
+	so this will make the value in the flash env take effect at
+	relocation.
 
 The following actions are taken if "silent" is set at boot time:
 
diff --git a/include/env_callback.h b/include/env_callback.h
index 9d2d2c9bf6..f52e133f1f 100644
--- a/include/env_callback.h
+++ b/include/env_callback.h
@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@
 #define CONFIG_ENV_CALLBACK_LIST_STATIC
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE
+#define SILENT_CALLBACK "silent:silent,"
+#else
+#define SILENT_CALLBACK
+#endif
+
 /*
  * This list of callback bindings is static, but may be overridden by defining
  * a new association in the ".callbacks" environment variable.
@@ -42,6 +48,7 @@
 	"baudrate:baudrate," \
 	"bootfile:bootfile," \
 	"loadaddr:loadaddr," \
+	SILENT_CALLBACK \
 	"stdin:console,stdout:console,stderr:console," \
 	CONFIG_ENV_CALLBACK_LIST_STATIC