diff --git a/spine-unity/Assets/Spine/Runtime/spine-unity/Components/SkeletonAnimation.cs b/spine-unity/Assets/Spine/Runtime/spine-unity/Components/SkeletonAnimation.cs
index cfc5ddf29..315f9e37e 100644
--- a/spine-unity/Assets/Spine/Runtime/spine-unity/Components/SkeletonAnimation.cs
+++ b/spine-unity/Assets/Spine/Runtime/spine-unity/Components/SkeletonAnimation.cs
@@ -134,14 +134,16 @@ namespace Spine.Unity {
 		#region Runtime Instantiation
 		/// <summary>Adds and prepares a SkeletonAnimation component to a GameObject at runtime.</summary>
 		/// <returns>The newly instantiated SkeletonAnimation</returns>
-		public static SkeletonAnimation AddToGameObject (GameObject gameObject, SkeletonDataAsset skeletonDataAsset) {
-			return SkeletonRenderer.AddSpineComponent<SkeletonAnimation>(gameObject, skeletonDataAsset);
+		public static SkeletonAnimation AddToGameObject (GameObject gameObject, SkeletonDataAsset skeletonDataAsset,
+			bool quiet = false) {
+			return SkeletonRenderer.AddSpineComponent<SkeletonAnimation>(gameObject, skeletonDataAsset, quiet);
 		}
 
 		/// <summary>Instantiates a new UnityEngine.GameObject and adds a prepared SkeletonAnimation component to it.</summary>
 		/// <returns>The newly instantiated SkeletonAnimation component.</returns>
-		public static SkeletonAnimation NewSkeletonAnimationGameObject (SkeletonDataAsset skeletonDataAsset) {
-			return SkeletonRenderer.NewSpineGameObject<SkeletonAnimation>(skeletonDataAsset);
+		public static SkeletonAnimation NewSkeletonAnimationGameObject (SkeletonDataAsset skeletonDataAsset,
+			bool quiet = false) {
+			return SkeletonRenderer.NewSpineGameObject<SkeletonAnimation>(skeletonDataAsset, quiet);
 		}
 		#endregion
 
@@ -155,10 +157,10 @@ namespace Spine.Unity {
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Initialize this component. Attempts to load the SkeletonData and creates the internal Spine objects and buffers.</summary>
 		/// <param name="overwrite">If set to <c>true</c>, force overwrite an already initialized object.</param>
-		public override void Initialize (bool overwrite) {
+		public override void Initialize (bool overwrite, bool quiet = false) {
 			if (valid && !overwrite)
 				return;
-			base.Initialize(overwrite);
+			base.Initialize(overwrite, quiet);
 
 			if (!valid)
 				return;
diff --git a/spine-unity/Assets/Spine/Runtime/spine-unity/Components/SkeletonMecanim.cs b/spine-unity/Assets/Spine/Runtime/spine-unity/Components/SkeletonMecanim.cs
index c6bf63b27..14b30c7cc 100644
--- a/spine-unity/Assets/Spine/Runtime/spine-unity/Components/SkeletonMecanim.cs
+++ b/spine-unity/Assets/Spine/Runtime/spine-unity/Components/SkeletonMecanim.cs
@@ -69,11 +69,11 @@ namespace Spine.Unity {
 		public event UpdateBonesDelegate UpdateComplete { add { _UpdateComplete += value; } remove { _UpdateComplete -= value; } }
 		#endregion
 
-		public override void Initialize (bool overwrite) {
+		public override void Initialize (bool overwrite, bool quiet = false) {
 			if (valid && !overwrite)
 				return;
 
-			base.Initialize(overwrite);
+			base.Initialize(overwrite, quiet);
 
 			if (!valid)
 				return;
diff --git a/spine-unity/Assets/Spine/Runtime/spine-unity/Components/SkeletonRenderer.cs b/spine-unity/Assets/Spine/Runtime/spine-unity/Components/SkeletonRenderer.cs
index 2fea2f7d4..bf442ce19 100644
--- a/spine-unity/Assets/Spine/Runtime/spine-unity/Components/SkeletonRenderer.cs
+++ b/spine-unity/Assets/Spine/Runtime/spine-unity/Components/SkeletonRenderer.cs
@@ -247,17 +247,17 @@ namespace Spine.Unity {
 		public SkeletonDataAsset SkeletonDataAsset { get { return skeletonDataAsset; } } // ISkeletonComponent
 
 		#region Runtime Instantiation
-		public static T NewSpineGameObject<T> (SkeletonDataAsset skeletonDataAsset) where T : SkeletonRenderer {
-			return SkeletonRenderer.AddSpineComponent<T>(new GameObject("New Spine GameObject"), skeletonDataAsset);
+		public static T NewSpineGameObject<T> (SkeletonDataAsset skeletonDataAsset, bool quiet = false) where T : SkeletonRenderer {
+			return SkeletonRenderer.AddSpineComponent<T>(new GameObject("New Spine GameObject"), skeletonDataAsset, quiet);
 		}
 
 		/// <summary>Add and prepare a Spine component that derives from SkeletonRenderer to a GameObject at runtime.</summary>
 		/// <typeparam name="T">T should be SkeletonRenderer or any of its derived classes.</typeparam>
-		public static T AddSpineComponent<T> (GameObject gameObject, SkeletonDataAsset skeletonDataAsset) where T : SkeletonRenderer {
+		public static T AddSpineComponent<T> (GameObject gameObject, SkeletonDataAsset skeletonDataAsset, bool quiet = false) where T : SkeletonRenderer {
 			var c = gameObject.AddComponent<T>();
 			if (skeletonDataAsset != null) {
 				c.skeletonDataAsset = skeletonDataAsset;
-				c.Initialize(false);
+				c.Initialize(false, quiet);
 			}
 			return c;
 		}
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ namespace Spine.Unity {
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Initialize this component. Attempts to load the SkeletonData and creates the internal Skeleton object and buffers.</summary>
 		/// <param name="overwrite">If set to <c>true</c>, it will overwrite internal objects if they were already generated. Otherwise, the initialized component will ignore subsequent calls to initialize.</param>
-		public virtual void Initialize (bool overwrite) {
+		public virtual void Initialize (bool overwrite, bool quiet = false) {
 			if (valid && !overwrite)
 				return;
 
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ namespace Spine.Unity {
 			#if UNITY_EDITOR
 			if (!Application.isPlaying) {
 				string errorMessage = null;
-				if (MaterialChecks.IsMaterialSetupProblematic(this, ref errorMessage))
+				if (quiet || MaterialChecks.IsMaterialSetupProblematic(this, ref errorMessage))
 					Debug.LogWarningFormat(this, "Problematic material setup at {0}: {1}", this.name, errorMessage);
 			}
 			#endif