diff --git a/scripts/compare-llama-bench.py b/scripts/compare-llama-bench.py
index 3892fd25c..4436e4765 100755
--- a/scripts/compare-llama-bench.py
+++ b/scripts/compare-llama-bench.py
@@ -93,9 +93,12 @@ help_s = (
     "specified values are averaged WITHOUT weighing by the --repetitions parameter of llama-bench."
 )
 parser.add_argument("-s", "--show", help=help_s)
+parser.add_argument("--verbose", action="store_true", help="increase output verbosity")
 
 known_args, unknown_args = parser.parse_known_args()
 
+logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG if known_args.verbose else logging.INFO)
+
 if unknown_args:
     logger.error(f"Received unknown args: {unknown_args}.")
     parser.print_help()