2 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/core/context.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/core/context.py
index 4705d608ac..7d3fa3b84a 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/core/context.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/core/context.py
@@ -156,6 +156,8 @@ class OETestContextExecutor(object):
         fh = logging.FileHandler(args.output_log)
         fh.setFormatter(formatter)
         logger.addHandler(fh)
+        if getattr(args, 'verbose', False):
+            logger.setLevel('DEBUG')
 
         return logger
 
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/context.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/context.py
index 17f2a0cf6b..7589ca3c1f 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/context.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/context.py
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ class OESelftestTestContextExecutor(OETestContextExecutor):
                 help='Exclude all (unhidden) tests that match any of the specified tag(s). (exclude applies before select)')
 
         parser.add_argument('-B', '--newbuilddir', help='New build directory to use for tests.')
+        parser.add_argument('-v', '--verbose', action='store_true')
         parser.set_defaults(func=self.run)
 
     def _get_available_machines(self):