diff --git a/examples/bzlmod/root/kustomization.yaml b/examples/bzlmod/root/kustomization.yaml
index 79fe6e3..2e2b3d2 100644
--- a/examples/bzlmod/root/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/examples/bzlmod/root/kustomization.yaml
@@ -15,3 +15,8 @@ patches:
 
 buildMetadata:
 - originAnnotations
+
+# commonLabels is deprecated and builds produce warnings to stderr
+# These warnings are not shown for successful builds if the option `silent_on_success` is set to true
+commonLabels:
+  "car": "ford-mustang"
diff --git a/kustomize/kustomize-build-from-archived-runfiles b/kustomize/kustomize-build-from-archived-runfiles
index 3773ef6..2861cc9 100755
--- a/kustomize/kustomize-build-from-archived-runfiles
+++ b/kustomize/kustomize-build-from-archived-runfiles
@@ -44,4 +44,27 @@ runfiles_archive_file="$(mktemp runfiles-archive-XXXXXX)"
 kustomization_dir="$(mktemp -d kustomization-target-XXXXXX)"
 "${zipper}" x "${runfiles_archive_file}" -d "${kustomization_dir}"
 
-"${kustomize}" build "${kustomization_dir}/$(dirname ${target_file})" "${@}"
+if [ "${KUSTOMIZE_RESOURCES__SILENT_ON_SUCCESS:-}" ]; then
+    STDERR_CAPTURE=$(mktemp)
+fi
+
+_exit() {
+    EXIT_CODE=$?
+
+    if [ "${STDERR_CAPTURE:-}" ]; then
+        if [ "$EXIT_CODE" != 0 ] || [ -z "${KUSTOMIZE_RESOURCES__SILENT_ON_SUCCESS:-}" ]; then
+            cat "$STDERR_CAPTURE" >&2
+        fi
+        rm "$STDERR_CAPTURE"
+    fi
+
+    exit $EXIT_CODE
+}
+
+trap _exit EXIT
+
+if [ "${STDERR_CAPTURE:-}" ]; then
+  "${kustomize}" build "${kustomization_dir}/$(dirname ${target_file})" "${@}" 2> "$STDERR_CAPTURE"
+else
+  "${kustomize}" build "${kustomization_dir}/$(dirname ${target_file})" "${@}"
+fi
diff --git a/kustomize/kustomize-build-from-runfiles b/kustomize/kustomize-build-from-runfiles
index 480f6d5..f54205f 100755
--- a/kustomize/kustomize-build-from-runfiles
+++ b/kustomize/kustomize-build-from-runfiles
@@ -19,4 +19,27 @@ if [ -z "${target_runfile_path}" ]; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
-"${kustomize}" build "$(dirname ${target_runfile_path})" "${@}"
+if [ "${KUSTOMIZE_RESOURCES__SILENT_ON_SUCCESS:-}" ]; then
+    STDERR_CAPTURE=$(mktemp)
+fi
+
+_exit() {
+    EXIT_CODE=$?
+
+    if [ "${STDERR_CAPTURE:-}" ]; then
+        if [ "$EXIT_CODE" != 0 ] || [ -z "${KUSTOMIZE_RESOURCES__SILENT_ON_SUCCESS:-}" ]; then
+            cat "$STDERR_CAPTURE" >&2
+        fi
+        rm "$STDERR_CAPTURE"
+    fi
+
+    exit $EXIT_CODE
+}
+
+trap _exit EXIT
+
+if [ "${STDERR_CAPTURE:-}" ]; then
+  "${kustomize}" build "$(dirname ${target_runfile_path})" "${@}" 2> "$STDERR_CAPTURE"
+else
+  "${kustomize}" build "$(dirname ${target_runfile_path})" "${@}"
+fi
diff --git a/kustomize/kustomize.bzl b/kustomize/kustomize.bzl
index c015310..08e9281 100644
--- a/kustomize/kustomize.bzl
+++ b/kustomize/kustomize.bzl
@@ -153,6 +153,10 @@ _kustomized_resources_attrs = {
         doc = "The built result, as a YAML stream of KRM resources in separate documents.",
         mandatory = True,
     ),
+    "silent_on_success": attr.bool(
+        doc = "If true, suppress stderr output when the build succeeds.",
+        default = True,
+    ),
 }
 
 _kustomize_toolchain_type = "//tools/kustomize:toolchain_type"
@@ -220,6 +224,9 @@ def _kustomized_resources_impl(ctx):
                 ([helm_tool] if kustomization.requires_helm else []),
         outputs = [ctx.outputs.result],
         use_default_shell_env = use_default_shell_env,
+        env = {
+            "KUSTOMIZE_RESOURCES__SILENT_ON_SUCCESS": "1" if ctx.attr.silent_on_success else "",
+        },
         mnemonic = mnemonic,
         progress_message = progress_message,
     )