diff --git a/tools/iperl b/tools/iperl
index 016bc51..b72ba64 100755
--- a/tools/iperl
+++ b/tools/iperl
@@ -30,8 +30,10 @@ sub usage {
 usage: $prog [options]
     -h,--help            show this message
     -e,--eval STR        eval STR before interaction
-    -p,--pipe            run in pipe mode (as a subprocess)
+    -p,--pipe            run in pipe mode
+    -q,--quiet           hide undef eval output
     -r,--run PATH        run PATH before interaction
+    -v,--verbose         output all eval results (default)
 
 perl needs a good interpreter.
 EOT
@@ -243,6 +245,7 @@ sub main {
     my ($prompt1, $prompt2) = ("\001\033[24m\002>>>", "\001\033[24m\002..>");
 
     # process the arguments provided; save original @ARGV for use later
+    my $quiet;
     my @preload;
     my @oldargv = @ARGV;
     Getopt::Long::GetOptions(
@@ -251,6 +254,8 @@ sub main {
         'pipe|p'    => sub { $pipe = 'line' },
         'run|r=s'   => sub { push(@preload, ['run', $_[1]]); },
         'use|u=s'   => sub { push(@preload, ['use', $_[1]]); },
+        'quiet|q'   => sub { $quiet = 1; },
+        'verbose|v' => sub { $quiet = undef; },
     ) || usage(1);
 
     # let's display a nice banner to the user
@@ -355,7 +360,9 @@ sub main {
                 print $@;
             } elsif(scalar(@results) == 0) {
             } elsif(scalar(@results) == 1) {
-                print $results[0] . "\n" unless $results[0] eq 'undef';
+                if(!$quiet || $results[0] ne 'undef') {
+                    print $results[0] . "\n";
+                }
             } else {
                 print join(", ", @results) . "\n";
             }