diff --git a/patch.changes b/patch.changes
index 68a8fdf..b2cc396 100644
--- a/patch.changes
+++ b/patch.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun May  2 14:40:09 CEST 2010 - agruen@suse.de
+
+- Be more verbose when %verbose is defined.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun May  2 14:01:47 CEST 2010 - agruen@suse.de
 
diff --git a/patch.spec b/patch.spec
index 4042fb4..fc96f6b 100644
--- a/patch.spec
+++ b/patch.spec
@@ -49,13 +49,13 @@ Authors:
 %build
 CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -Wall -O2 -pipe" \
 ./configure --prefix=%{_prefix}
-make %{?jobs:-j%jobs};
+make %{?jobs:-j%jobs} %{verbose:V=1};
 
 %check
-make check
+make check %{verbose:V=1}
 
 %install
-make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT %{verbose:V=1}
 
 %files
 %defattr(-,root,root)