diff --git a/sh/cmd.go b/sh/cmd.go
index 87bb37e6..35d232a4 100644
--- a/sh/cmd.go
+++ b/sh/cmd.go
@@ -137,7 +137,10 @@ func run(env map[string]string, stdout, stderr io.Writer, cmd string, args ...st
 	for i := range args {
 		quoted = append(quoted, fmt.Sprintf("%q", args[i]));
 	}
-	log.Println("exec:", cmd,  strings.Join(quoted, " "))
+	// To protect against logging from doing exec in global variables
+	if mg.Verbose() {
+		log.Println("exec:", cmd, strings.Join(quoted, " "))
+	}
 	err = c.Run()
 	return CmdRan(err), ExitStatus(err), err
 }