diff --git a/apps/gdal_rasterize_lib.cpp b/apps/gdal_rasterize_lib.cpp
index 32a49be83c27..6b6981438133 100644
--- a/apps/gdal_rasterize_lib.cpp
+++ b/apps/gdal_rasterize_lib.cpp
@@ -300,14 +300,17 @@ GDALRasterizeOptionsGetParser(GDALRasterizeOptions *psOptions,
         .action([psOptions](const std::string &)
                 { psOptions->bCreateOutput = true; });
 
+    // Written that way so that in library mode, users can still use the -q
+    // switch, even if it has no effect
+    argParser->add_quiet_argument(
+        psOptionsForBinary ? &(psOptionsForBinary->bQuiet) : nullptr);
+
     if (psOptionsForBinary)
     {
 
         argParser->add_open_options_argument(
             psOptionsForBinary->aosOpenOptions);
 
-        argParser->add_quiet_argument(&psOptionsForBinary->bQuiet);
-
         argParser->add_argument("src_datasource")
             .metavar("<src_datasource>")
             .store_into(psOptionsForBinary->osSource)