diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 673e9b5da524..8ea4b9930110 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -33,3 +33,4 @@ tools/vms-generator/vms-generator
 coverage.html
 manifests/**/*.tmp
 bazel-*
+.bazelrc
diff --git a/hack/dockerized b/hack/dockerized
index 482b6f7ab47f..22e6ae9a23a2 100755
--- a/hack/dockerized
+++ b/hack/dockerized
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ SYNC_VENDOR=${SYNC_VENDOR:-false}
 
 TEMPFILE=".rsynctemp"
 
-# Reduce verbosity if an automated build
 BUILDER_EXTRA_ARGS=""
 if [ -n "${KUBEVIRT_CACHE_FROM}" ]; then
     BUILDER_EXTRA_ARGS="${BUILDER_EXTRA_ARGS} --cache-from kubevirt/builder-cache:${KUBEVIRT_CACHE_FROM}"
@@ -23,6 +22,13 @@ if [ -n "${KUBEVIRT_UPDATE_CACHE_FROM}" ]; then
     BUILDER_EXTRA_ARGS="${BUILDER_EXTRA_ARGS} -t kubevirt/builder-cache:${KUBEVIRT_UPDATE_CACHE_FROM}"
 fi
 
+# Be less verbose with bazel
+if [ -n "${TRAVIS_JOB_ID}" ]; then
+    cat >.bazelrc <<EOF
+common --noshow_progress --noshow_loading_progress
+EOF
+fi
+
 # Build the build container
 (cd ${DOCKER_DIR} && docker build . ${BUILDER_EXTRA_ARGS} -t ${BUILDER})