diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index cd002cd..680e68f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ setuptools.setup(
         'flake8.report': [
             'default = flake8.formatting.default:Default',
             'pylint = flake8.formatting.default:Pylint',
+            'quiet-filename = flake8.formatting.default:FilenameOnly',
+            'quiet-nothing = flake8.formatting.default:Nothing',
         ],
     },
     classifiers=[
diff --git a/src/flake8/formatting/base.py b/src/flake8/formatting/base.py
index c4a626b..2ac0ed8 100644
--- a/src/flake8/formatting/base.py
+++ b/src/flake8/formatting/base.py
@@ -164,7 +164,8 @@ class BaseFormatter(object):
             The source code that has been formatted and associated with the
             line of output.
         """
-        self._write(line)
+        if line:
+            self._write(line)
         if source:
             self._write(source)
 
diff --git a/src/flake8/formatting/default.py b/src/flake8/formatting/default.py
index bef8c88..f8e3a66 100644
--- a/src/flake8/formatting/default.py
+++ b/src/flake8/formatting/default.py
@@ -54,3 +54,27 @@ class Pylint(SimpleFormatter):
     """Pylint formatter for Flake8."""
 
     error_format = '%(path)s:%(row)d: [%(code)s] %(text)s'
+
+
+class FilenameOnly(SimpleFormatter):
+    """Only print filenames, e.g., flake8 -q."""
+
+    error_format = '%(path)s'
+
+    def after_init(self):
+        """Initialize our set of filenames."""
+        self.filenames_already_printed = set()
+
+    def format(self, error):
+        """Ensure we only print each error once."""
+        if error.filename not in self.filenames_already_printed:
+            self.filenames_already_printed.add(error.filename)
+            return super(FilenameOnly, self).format(error)
+
+
+class Nothing(base.BaseFormatter):
+    """Print absolutely nothing."""
+
+    def format(self, error):
+        """Do nothing."""
+        pass
diff --git a/src/flake8/main/application.py b/src/flake8/main/application.py
index 464ff92..8a02fd6 100644
--- a/src/flake8/main/application.py
+++ b/src/flake8/main/application.py
@@ -181,10 +181,17 @@ class Application(object):
         # type: () -> NoneType
         """Initialize a formatter based on the parsed options."""
         if self.formatter is None:
+            format_plugin = self.options.format
+            if 1 <= self.options.quiet < 2:
+                format_plugin = 'quiet-filename'
+            elif 2 <= self.options.quiet:
+                format_plugin = 'quiet-nothing'
+
             if formatter_class is None:
                 formatter_class = self.formatting_plugins.get(
-                    self.options.format, self.formatting_plugins['default']
+                    format_plugin, self.formatting_plugins['default']
                 ).execute
+
             self.formatter = formatter_class(self.options)
 
     def make_notifier(self):