diff --git a/.vscode/tasks.json b/.vscode/tasks.json
index 49361568195cef7e56f002e912b633c1e0eaa04d..f69f4455d6d2fb7c89e9c3414dc22cbcb95fee6b 100644
--- a/.vscode/tasks.json
+++ b/.vscode/tasks.json
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@
 		"command": "./node_modules/.bin/gulp"
 	},
 	"isShellCommand": true,
+	"options": {
+		"env": {
+			"VSCODE_BUILD_QUIET": "1"
+		}
+	},
 	"tasks": [
 		{
 			"taskName": "watch",
@@ -20,6 +25,7 @@
 			"isWatching": true,
 			"problemMatcher": {
 				"owner": "typescript",
+				"applyTo": "closedDocuments",
 				"fileLocation": [
 					"absolute"
 				],
diff --git a/build/gulpfile.common.js b/build/gulpfile.common.js
index 50028ff74a1bca961cff969d5715c5a60dcf62d6..34bc3043e7ca0edbb38cda5a5f2be2a8451a5284 100644
--- a/build/gulpfile.common.js
+++ b/build/gulpfile.common.js
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ var util = require('./lib/util');
 var i18n = require('./lib/i18n');
 var gulpUtil = require('gulp-util');
 
+var quiet = !!process.env['VSCODE_BUILD_QUIET'];
+
 function log(prefix, message) {
 	gulpUtil.log(gulpUtil.colors.cyan('[' + prefix + ']'), message);
 }
@@ -27,7 +29,7 @@ var commit = util.getVersion(root);
 var tsOptions = {
 	target: 'ES5',
 	module: 'amd',
-	verbose: true,
+	verbose: !quiet,
 	preserveConstEnums: true,
 	experimentalDecorators: true,
 	sourceMap: true,