diff --git a/configure.py b/configure.py
index 4c2bd4d0bbcc7e..b98e37d944d7f0 100755
--- a/configure.py
+++ b/configure.py
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@
 parser.add_option('--verbose',
     action='store_true',
     dest='verbose',
-    default=False,
+    default=True,
     help='get more output from this script')
 
 # Create compile_commands.json in out/Debug and out/Release.