diff --git a/src/tito/builder/main.py b/src/tito/builder/main.py
index f0db37a..2d4751a 100644
--- a/src/tito/builder/main.py
+++ b/src/tito/builder/main.py
@@ -225,7 +225,8 @@ class BuilderBase(object):
             ' "_binary_filedigest_algorithm md5" %s %s %s --nodeps -bs %s' % (
                 rpmbuild_options, self._get_rpmbuild_dir_options(),
                 define_dist, self.spec_file))
-        output = run_command_print(cmd)
+        run_command_func = run_command if self.quiet else run_command_print
+        output = run_command_func(cmd)
         self.srpm_location = find_wrote_in_rpmbuild_output(output)[0]
         self.artifacts.append(self.srpm_location)
 
@@ -1142,25 +1143,26 @@ class MockBuilder(Builder):
             self.normal_builder.cleanup()
 
     def _build_in_mock(self):
+        run_command_func = run_command if self.quiet else run_command_print
         if not self.speedup:
             print("Initializing mock...")
-            run_command("mock %s -r %s --init" % (self.mock_cmd_args, self.mock_tag))
+            run_command_func("mock %s -r %s --init" % (self.mock_cmd_args, self.mock_tag))
         else:
             print("Skipping mock --init due to speedup option.")
 
         print("Installing deps in mock...")
-        run_command("mock %s -r %s %s" % (
+        run_command_func("mock %s -r %s %s" % (
             self.mock_cmd_args, self.mock_tag, self.srpm_location))
         print("Building RPMs in mock...")
-        run_command('mock %s -r %s --rebuild %s' %
+        run_command_func('mock %s -r %s --rebuild %s' %
                 (self.mock_cmd_args, self.mock_tag, self.srpm_location))
         mock_output_dir = os.path.join(self.rpmbuild_dir, "mockoutput")
-        run_command("mock %s -r %s --copyout /builddir/build/RPMS/ %s" %
+        run_command_func("mock %s -r %s --copyout /builddir/build/RPMS/ %s" %
                 (self.mock_cmd_args, self.mock_tag, mock_output_dir))
 
         # Copy everything mock wrote out to /tmp/tito:
         files = os.listdir(mock_output_dir)
-        run_command("cp -v %s/*.rpm %s" %
+        run_command_func("cp -v %s/*.rpm %s" %
                 (mock_output_dir, self.rpmbuild_basedir))
         print
         info_out("Wrote:")
diff --git a/src/tito/common.py b/src/tito/common.py
index cc189dd..cc8b551 100644
--- a/src/tito/common.py
+++ b/src/tito/common.py
@@ -443,16 +443,29 @@ def run_command_print(command):
     output = []
     env = os.environ.copy()
     env['LC_ALL'] = 'C'
-    p = subprocess.Popen(shlex.split(command),
-        stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, env=env,
-        universal_newlines=True)
-    for line in run_subprocess(p):
-        line = line.rstrip('\n')
-        print(line)
-        output.append(line)
-    print("\n"),
-    if p.poll() > 0:
-        raise RunCommandException(command, p.poll(), "\n".join(output))
+    p = None
+    try:
+        p = subprocess.Popen(shlex.split(command),
+            stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, env=env,
+            universal_newlines=True)
+    except OSError as e:
+        status = e.errno
+        output = e.strerror
+    if p:
+        for line in run_subprocess(p):
+            line = line.rstrip('\n')
+            print(line)
+            output.append(line)
+        print("\n"),
+        status = p.poll()
+    if status > 0:
+        msgs = [
+            "Error running command: %s\n" % command,
+            "Status code: %s\n" % status,
+            "Command output: %s\n" % output,
+        ]
+        error_out(msgs, die=False)
+        raise RunCommandException(command, status, "\n".join(output))
     return '\n'.join(output)
 
 
@@ -462,7 +475,7 @@ def run_subprocess(p):
         line = p.stdout.readline()
         if len(line) > 0:
             yield line
-        if(retcode is not None):
+        if retcode is not None:
             break