diff --git a/jarjar-gradle-plugin/src/main/groovy/net/vrallev/gradle/jarjar/JarJarPluginExtension.groovy b/jarjar-gradle-plugin/src/main/groovy/net/vrallev/gradle/jarjar/JarJarPluginExtension.groovy
index ad352c1..9d3f6c4 100644
--- a/jarjar-gradle-plugin/src/main/groovy/net/vrallev/gradle/jarjar/JarJarPluginExtension.groovy
+++ b/jarjar-gradle-plugin/src/main/groovy/net/vrallev/gradle/jarjar/JarJarPluginExtension.groovy
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ class JarJarPluginExtension {
     String outputDir = 'libs'
 
     boolean ignoreJarJarResult = false
+    boolean verbose = false
 
     boolean equals(o) {
         if (this.is(o)) return true
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ class JarJarPluginExtension {
         JarJarPluginExtension that = (JarJarPluginExtension) o
 
         if (ignoreJarJarResult != that.ignoreJarJarResult) return false
+        if (verbose != that.verbose) return false
         if (jarJarFile != that.jarJarFile) return false
         if (outputDir != that.outputDir) return false
         if (outputName != that.outputName) return false
@@ -39,6 +41,7 @@ class JarJarPluginExtension {
         result = 31 * result + (outputName != null ? outputName.hashCode() : 0)
         result = 31 * result + (outputDir != null ? outputDir.hashCode() : 0)
         result = 31 * result + (ignoreJarJarResult ? 1 : 0)
+        result = 31 * result + (verbose ? 1 : 0)
         return result
     }
 
@@ -51,6 +54,7 @@ class JarJarPluginExtension {
                 ", outputName='" + outputName + '\'' +
                 ", outputDir='" + outputDir + '\'' +
                 ", ignoreJarJarResult=" + ignoreJarJarResult +
+                ", verbose=" + verbose +
                 '}';
     }
 }
diff --git a/jarjar-gradle-plugin/src/main/groovy/net/vrallev/gradle/jarjar/tasks/RepackageTask.groovy b/jarjar-gradle-plugin/src/main/groovy/net/vrallev/gradle/jarjar/tasks/RepackageTask.groovy
index 107b8b2..b01dc13 100644
--- a/jarjar-gradle-plugin/src/main/groovy/net/vrallev/gradle/jarjar/tasks/RepackageTask.groovy
+++ b/jarjar-gradle-plugin/src/main/groovy/net/vrallev/gradle/jarjar/tasks/RepackageTask.groovy
@@ -36,13 +36,22 @@ class RepackageTask extends DefaultTask {
 
         project.exec {
             workingDir project.projectDir
-            ignoreExitValue = JarJarPlugin.getExtension(project).ignoreJarJarResult
 
+            def extension = JarJarPlugin.getExtension(project)
+            ignoreExitValue = extension.ignoreJarJarResult
+
+            def args = []
             if (Os.isFamily(Os.FAMILY_WINDOWS)) {
-                commandLine 'cmd', '/c', 'java', '-jar', jarJarExeFile.absolutePath, 'process', rulesFile.absolutePath, rawFatJar.absolutePath, outJar.absolutePath
-            } else {
-                commandLine 'java', '-jar', jarJarExeFile.absolutePath, 'process', rulesFile.absolutePath, rawFatJar.absolutePath, outJar.absolutePath
+                args.addAll 'cmd', '/c'
             }
+
+            args.addAll 'java',
+                    "-Dverbose=$extension.verbose",
+                    '-jar', jarJarExeFile.absolutePath,
+                    'process', rulesFile.absolutePath,
+                    rawFatJar.absolutePath,
+                    outJar.absolutePath
+            commandLine args
         }
 
         String variantString = getVariant(project)