diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b0170058..a66b1931 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
   ([#266](https://github.com/go-task/task/pull/266)).
 - Fixed bug where calling the `task` CLI only informing global vars would not
   execute the `default` task.
+- Add hability to silent all tasks by adding `silent: true` a the root of the
+  Taskfile.
 
 ## v2.7.1 - 2019-11-10
 
diff --git a/Taskfile.yml b/Taskfile.yml
index c85fd0ff..dee88d4c 100644
--- a/Taskfile.yml
+++ b/Taskfile.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 version: '2'
 
+# silent: true
+
 includes:
   docs: ./docs
 
diff --git a/docs/styleguide.md b/docs/styleguide.md
index 59933bf1..096c5868 100644
--- a/docs/styleguide.md
+++ b/docs/styleguide.md
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ officially supported. On Linux, only `Taskfile.yml` will work, though.
 
 - `version:`
 - `includes:`
-- Configuration ones, like `output:` and `expansions:`
+- Configuration ones, like `output:`, `expansions:` or `silent:`
 - `vars:`
 - `env:`
 - `tasks:`
diff --git a/docs/usage.md b/docs/usage.md
index 5e139823..8743c295 100644
--- a/docs/usage.md
+++ b/docs/usage.md
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ With silent mode on, the below will be print instead:
 Print something
 ```
 
-There's three ways to enable silent mode:
+There are four ways to enable silent mode:
 
 * At command level:
 
@@ -700,6 +700,19 @@ tasks:
     silent: true
 ```
 
+* Globally at Taskfile level:
+
+```yaml
+version: '2'
+
+silent: true
+
+tasks:
+  echo:
+    cmds:
+      - echo "Print something"
+```
+
 * Or globally with `--silent` or `-s` flag
 
 If you want to suppress STDOUT instead, just redirect a command to `/dev/null`:
diff --git a/internal/taskfile/taskfile.go b/internal/taskfile/taskfile.go
index 6da09dd0..3fbda37d 100644
--- a/internal/taskfile/taskfile.go
+++ b/internal/taskfile/taskfile.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ type Taskfile struct {
 	Vars       Vars
 	Env        Vars
 	Tasks      Tasks
+	Silent     bool
 }
 
 // UnmarshalYAML implements yaml.Unmarshaler interface
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ func (tf *Taskfile) UnmarshalYAML(unmarshal func(interface{}) error) error {
 		Vars       Vars
 		Env        Vars
 		Tasks      Tasks
+		Silent     bool
 	}
 	if err := unmarshal(&taskfile); err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -37,6 +39,7 @@ func (tf *Taskfile) UnmarshalYAML(unmarshal func(interface{}) error) error {
 	tf.Vars = taskfile.Vars
 	tf.Env = taskfile.Env
 	tf.Tasks = taskfile.Tasks
+	tf.Silent = taskfile.Silent
 	if tf.Expansions <= 0 {
 		tf.Expansions = 2
 	}
diff --git a/task.go b/task.go
index 1c3cd383..067d7229 100644
--- a/task.go
+++ b/task.go
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ func (e *Executor) runCommand(ctx context.Context, t *taskfile.Task, call taskfi
 		}
 		return nil
 	case cmd.Cmd != "":
-		if e.Verbose || (!cmd.Silent && !t.Silent && !e.Silent) {
+		if e.Verbose || (!cmd.Silent && !t.Silent && !e.Taskfile.Silent && !e.Silent) {
 			e.Logger.Errf(cmd.Cmd)
 		}