diff --git a/doc/makepkg.8.txt b/doc/makepkg.8.txt
index 198aa95..2e2b8ee 100644
--- a/doc/makepkg.8.txt
+++ b/doc/makepkg.8.txt
@@ -142,6 +142,14 @@ Options
 	such as a chroot or remote builder. It will also satisfy requirements of
 	the GPL when distributing binary packages.
 
+*\--altmsg*::
+	Switch message behavior so that messages printed by makepkg behave like
+	one would expect, printing normal messages to stdout while printing errors 
+	to stderr. The standard behavior for makepkg is to print every message
+	to stderr except for messages generated by the actual build procedure or by
+	 `-g` so that this output can be conveniently redirected into a PKGBUILD 
+	for updating the md5sums. 
+
 *\--source*::
 	Do not actually build the package, but build a source-only tarball that
 	does not include sources that can be fetched via a download URL. This is
diff --git a/scripts/makepkg.sh.in b/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
index 3d776f0..a37f246 100644
--- a/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
+++ b/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ RMDEPS=0
 REPKG=0
 LOGGING=0
 SOURCEONLY=0
+ALTMSG=0
 IGNOREARCH=0
 HOLDVER=0
 BUILDFUNC=0
@@ -84,22 +85,38 @@ PACMAN_OPTS=
 
 plain() {
 	local mesg=$1; shift
-	printf "${BOLD}    ${mesg}${ALL_OFF}\n" "$@" >&2
+	if (( ${ALTMSG} )); then
+	       	printf "${BOLD}    ${mesg}${ALL_OFF}\n" "$@" >&1
+	else
+		printf "${BOLD}    ${mesg}${ALL_OFF}\n" "$@" >&2
+	fi
 }
 
 msg() {
 	local mesg=$1; shift
-	printf "${GREEN}==>${ALL_OFF}${BOLD} ${mesg}${ALL_OFF}\n" "$@" >&2
+	if (( ${ALTMSG} )); then
+		printf "${GREEN}==>${ALL_OFF}${BOLD} ${mesg}${ALL_OFF}\n" "$@" >&1
+	else
+		printf "${GREEN}==>${ALL_OFF}${BOLD} ${mesg}${ALL_OFF}\n" "$@" >&2
+	fi
 }
 
 msg2() {
 	local mesg=$1; shift
-	printf "${BLUE}  ->${ALL_OFF}${BOLD} ${mesg}${ALL_OFF}\n" "$@" >&2
+	if (( ${ALTMSG} )); then
+		printf "${BLUE}  ->${ALL_OFF}${BOLD} ${mesg}${ALL_OFF}\n" "$@" >&1
+	else
+		printf "${BLUE}  ->${ALL_OFF}${BOLD} ${mesg}${ALL_OFF}\n" "$@" >&2
+	fi
 }
 
 warning() {
 	local mesg=$1; shift
-	printf "${YELLOW}==> $(gettext "WARNING:")${ALL_OFF}${BOLD} ${mesg}${ALL_OFF}\n" "$@" >&2
+	if (( ${ALTMSG} )); then
+		printf "${YELLOW}==> $(gettext "WARNING:")${ALL_OFF}${BOLD} ${mesg}${ALL_OFF}\n" "$@" >&1
+	else
+		printf "${YELLOW}==> $(gettext "WARNING:")${ALL_OFF}${BOLD} ${mesg}${ALL_OFF}\n" "$@" >&2
+	fi
 }
 
 error() {
@@ -1453,6 +1470,7 @@ usage() {
 	echo "$(gettext "  -R, --repackage  Repackage contents of the package without rebuilding")"
 	echo "$(gettext "  -s, --syncdeps   Install missing dependencies with pacman")"
 	echo "$(gettext "  --allsource      Generate a source-only tarball including downloaded sources")"
+	echo "$(gettext "  --altmsg         Switch message behavior (see man for details")"
 	echo "$(gettext "  --asroot         Allow makepkg to run as root user")"
 	printf "$(gettext "  --config <file>  Use an alternate config file (instead of '%s')")\n" "$confdir/makepkg.conf"
 	echo "$(gettext "  --holdver        Prevent automatic version bumping for development PKGBUILDs")"
@@ -1490,7 +1508,7 @@ ARGLIST=("$@")
 
 # Parse Command Line Options.
 OPT_SHORT="AcCdefFghiLmop:rRsV"
-OPT_LONG="allsource,asroot,ignorearch,clean,cleancache,nodeps"
+OPT_LONG="allsource,altmsg,asroot,ignorearch,clean,cleancache,nodeps"
 OPT_LONG="$OPT_LONG,noextract,force,forcever:,geninteg,help,holdver"
 OPT_LONG="$OPT_LONG,install,log,nocolor,nobuild,rmdeps,repackage,skipinteg"
 OPT_LONG="$OPT_LONG,source,syncdeps,version,config:"
@@ -1512,6 +1530,7 @@ while true; do
 
 		# Makepkg Options
 		--allsource)      SOURCEONLY=2 ;;
+		--altmsg)         ALTMSG=1 ;;
 		--asroot)         ASROOT=1 ;;
 		-A|--ignorearch)  IGNOREARCH=1 ;;
 		-c|--clean)       CLEANUP=1 ;;