diff --git a/builder/qemu/step_convert_disk.go b/builder/qemu/step_convert_disk.go
index dcf5e97de..6044388d5 100644
--- a/builder/qemu/step_convert_disk.go
+++ b/builder/qemu/step_convert_disk.go
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ func (s *stepConvertDisk) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction {
 
 	command := []string{
 		"convert",
-		"-q",
 	}
 
 	if config.DiskCompression {