diff --git a/include/kernel-defaults.mk b/include/kernel-defaults.mk
index 9a1dace3e..6864793a2 100644
--- a/include/kernel-defaults.mk
+++ b/include/kernel-defaults.mk
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ ifneq (,$(KERNEL_CC))
   KERNEL_MAKEOPTS += CC="$(KERNEL_CC)"
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(KBUILD_VERBOSE),99)
+  KERNEL_MAKEOPTS += V=1
+endif
+
 export HOST_EXTRACFLAGS=-I$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/include
 
 # defined in quilt.mk