diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2dbaf3a8d..319221331 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 * Add `project` param to `projectile-generate-process-name`.
 * [#1608](https://github.com/bbatsov/projectile/pull/1608): Use rebar3 build system by default for Erlang projects.
 * Rename `projectile-project-root-files-functions` to `projectile-project-root-functions`.
+* [#1647](https://github.com/bbatsov/projectile/issues/1647): Use "-B" in the mvn commands to avoid ANSI coloring clutter in the compile buffer
 
 ### Bugs fixed
 
diff --git a/projectile.el b/projectile.el
index c49c838b7..f515da3fc 100644
--- a/projectile.el
+++ b/projectile.el
@@ -2796,8 +2796,8 @@ test/impl/other files as below:
 ;; Java & friends
 (projectile-register-project-type 'maven '("pom.xml")
                                   :project-file "pom.xml"
-                                  :compile "mvn clean install"
-                                  :test "mvn test"
+                                  :compile "mvn -B clean install"
+                                  :test "mvn -B test"
                                   :test-suffix "Test"
                                   :src-dir "main/src/"
                                   :test-dir "main/test/")