diff --git a/modules/build/src/main/scala/scala/build/bsp/BspServer.scala b/modules/build/src/main/scala/scala/build/bsp/BspServer.scala
index 375dd555f2..95c85c0d11 100644
--- a/modules/build/src/main/scala/scala/build/bsp/BspServer.scala
+++ b/modules/build/src/main/scala/scala/build/bsp/BspServer.scala
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ class BspServer(
     with JavaBuildServerForwardStubs
     with JvmBuildServerForwardStubs
     with HasGeneratedSourcesImpl {
-
   private var client: Option[BuildClient] = None
 
   @volatile private var intelliJ: Boolean = presetIntelliJ
@@ -200,7 +199,7 @@ class BspServer(
     super.buildTargetCleanCache(check(params))
 
   override def buildTargetCompile(params: b.CompileParams): CompletableFuture[b.CompileResult] =
-    compile(() => super.buildTargetCompile(check(params)))
+    compile(() => super.buildTargetCompile(check(params.withVerbosity(logger.verbosity > 0))))
 
   override def buildTargetDependencySources(
     params: b.DependencySourcesParams
diff --git a/modules/build/src/main/scala/scala/build/bsp/package.scala b/modules/build/src/main/scala/scala/build/bsp/package.scala
index 25a3844a40..5f3fe3e632 100644
--- a/modules/build/src/main/scala/scala/build/bsp/package.scala
+++ b/modules/build/src/main/scala/scala/build/bsp/package.scala
@@ -9,6 +9,31 @@ import scala.jdk.CollectionConverters.*
 
 package object bsp {
 
+  extension (compileParams: b.CompileParams) {
+    def duplicate(): b.CompileParams = {
+      val params = new b.CompileParams(compileParams.getTargets)
+      params.setOriginId(compileParams.getOriginId)
+      params.setArguments(compileParams.getArguments)
+      params
+    }
+
+    def withExtraArgs(extraArgs: List[String]): b.CompileParams = {
+      val params            = compileParams.duplicate()
+      val previousArguments = Option(params.getArguments).toList.flatMap(_.asScala)
+      val newArguments      = (previousArguments ++ extraArgs).asJava
+      params.setArguments(newArguments)
+      params
+    }
+
+    def withVerbosity(verbose: Boolean): b.CompileParams = {
+      val verboseArg = "--verbose"
+      val argumentsContainVerboseArg =
+        Option(compileParams.getArguments).exists(_.contains(verboseArg))
+      if verbose && !argumentsContainVerboseArg then compileParams.withExtraArgs(List(verboseArg))
+      else compileParams
+    }
+  }
+
   implicit class Ext[T](private val f: CompletableFuture[T]) extends AnyVal {
     def logF: CompletableFuture[T] =
       f.handle { (res, err) =>
diff --git a/modules/integration/src/test/scala/scala/cli/integration/BspTestDefinitions.scala b/modules/integration/src/test/scala/scala/cli/integration/BspTestDefinitions.scala
index bf732018c5..2719fcf925 100644
--- a/modules/integration/src/test/scala/scala/cli/integration/BspTestDefinitions.scala
+++ b/modules/integration/src/test/scala/scala/cli/integration/BspTestDefinitions.scala
@@ -2215,4 +2215,64 @@ abstract class BspTestDefinitions extends ScalaCliSuite with TestScalaVersionArg
       expect(bspConfig.argv.indexOfSlice(javaProps) < bspConfig.argv.indexOf("bsp"))
     }
   }
+
+  test("BSP loads verbosity on compile") {
+    val stderrFile = os.rel / "stderr.txt"
+    val inputs = TestInputs(
+      os.rel / "Hello.scala" ->
+        s"""object Hello extends App {
+           |  println("Hello World")
+           |}
+           |""".stripMargin
+    )
+    withBsp(inputs, Seq(".", "-v"), stdErrOpt = Some(stderrFile)) {
+      (root, _, remoteServer) =>
+        async {
+          val buildTargetsResp = await(remoteServer.workspaceBuildTargets().asScala)
+          val targets          = buildTargetsResp.getTargets.asScala.map(_.getId())
+          val compileResp = await {
+            remoteServer
+              .buildTargetCompile(new b.CompileParams(targets.asJava))
+              .asScala
+          }
+          expect(compileResp.getStatusCode == b.StatusCode.OK)
+          expect(os.read(root / stderrFile).contains("Scheduling compilation"))
+        }
+    }
+  }
+
+  test("BSP loads verbosity on compile when passed from setup-ide") {
+    val stderrFile = os.rel / "stderr.txt"
+    val inputs = TestInputs(
+      os.rel / "Hello.scala" ->
+        s"""object Hello extends App {
+           |  println("Hello World")
+           |}
+           |""".stripMargin
+    )
+    inputs.fromRoot { root =>
+      os.proc(TestUtil.cli, "setup-ide", ".", "-v").call(cwd = root)
+      val ideOptionsPath = root / Constants.workspaceDirName / "ide-options-v2.json"
+      val jsonOptions    = List("--json-options", ideOptionsPath.toString)
+      withBsp(
+        inputs = inputs,
+        args = Seq("."),
+        bspOptions = jsonOptions,
+        stdErrOpt = Some(stderrFile)
+      ) {
+        (root, _, remoteServer) =>
+          async {
+            val buildTargetsResp = await(remoteServer.workspaceBuildTargets().asScala)
+            val targets          = buildTargetsResp.getTargets.asScala.map(_.getId())
+            val compileResp = await {
+              remoteServer
+                .buildTargetCompile(new b.CompileParams(targets.asJava))
+                .asScala
+            }
+            expect(compileResp.getStatusCode == b.StatusCode.OK)
+            expect(os.read(root / stderrFile).contains("Scheduling compilation"))
+          }
+      }
+    }
+  }
 }