diff --git a/support/dependencies/dependencies.sh b/support/dependencies/dependencies.sh
index 44e212dd2..52305e108 100755
--- a/support/dependencies/dependencies.sh
+++ b/support/dependencies/dependencies.sh
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ if grep -q ^BR2_HOSTARCH_NEEDS_IA32_LIBS=y $BR2_CONFIG ; then
 fi
 
 if grep -q ^BR2_HOSTARCH_NEEDS_IA32_COMPILER=y $BR2_CONFIG ; then
-	if ! echo "int main(void) {}" | gcc -m32 -x c - -o /dev/null ; then
+	if ! echo "int main(void) {}" | gcc -m32 -x c - -o /dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
 		echo
 		echo "Your Buildroot configuration needs a compiler capable of building 32 bits binaries."
 		echo "If you're running a Debian/Ubuntu distribution, install the gcc-multilib package."