diff --git a/mysql-test/lib/mtr_process.pl b/mysql-test/lib/mtr_process.pl
index 9a82cab72f9..275f74c33d9 100644
--- a/mysql-test/lib/mtr_process.pl
+++ b/mysql-test/lib/mtr_process.pl
@@ -661,14 +661,13 @@ sub mtr_wait_blocking($) {
   # Return if no processes defined
   return if ! %$admin_pids;
 
-  # mtr_report("mtr_wait_blocking");
+  mtr_verbose("mtr_wait_blocking");
 
   # Wait for all the started processes to exit
   # As mysqladmin is such a simple program, we trust it to terminate itself.
   # I.e. we wait blocking, and wait wait for them all before we go on.
   foreach my $pid (keys %{$admin_pids})
   {
-    # mtr_report("pid: $pid");
     my $ret_pid= waitpid($pid,0);
 
   }
@@ -708,7 +707,7 @@ sub mtr_mysqladmin_start($$$) {
   my $pid= mtr_spawn($::exe_mysqladmin, $args,
 		     "", $path_mysqladmin_log, $path_mysqladmin_log, "",
 		     { append_log_file => 1 });
-  # mtr_report("mtr_mysqladmin_start, pid: $pid");
+  mtr_verbose("mtr_mysqladmin_start, pid: $pid");
   return $pid;
 
 }
@@ -733,7 +732,7 @@ sub mtr_ndbmgm_start($$) {
   my $pid= mtr_spawn($::exe_ndb_mgm, $args,
 		     "", "/dev/null", "/dev/null", "",
 		     {});
-  # mtr_report("mtr_ndbmgm_start, pid: $pid");
+  mtr_verbose("mtr_ndbmgm_start, pid: $pid");
   return $pid;
 
 }
@@ -926,7 +925,7 @@ sub sleep_until_file_created ($$$) {
 
 sub mtr_kill_processes ($) {
   my $pids = shift;
-  # mtr_report("mtr_kill_processes " . join(" ", @$pids));
+  mtr_verbose("mtr_kill_processes " . join(" ", @$pids));
   foreach my $sig (15, 9)
   {
     my $retries= 10;
diff --git a/mysql-test/lib/mtr_report.pl b/mysql-test/lib/mtr_report.pl
index 5cebd144f3a..8b5c923c13e 100644
--- a/mysql-test/lib/mtr_report.pl
+++ b/mysql-test/lib/mtr_report.pl
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ sub mtr_warning (@);
 sub mtr_error (@);
 sub mtr_child_error (@);
 sub mtr_debug (@);
+sub mtr_verbose (@);
 
 
 ##############################################################################
@@ -342,5 +343,11 @@ sub mtr_debug (@) {
     print STDERR "####: ",join(" ", @_),"\n";
   }
 }
+sub mtr_verbose (@) {
+  if ( $::opt_verbose )
+  {
+    print STDERR "> ",join(" ", @_),"\n";
+  }
+}
 
 1;
diff --git a/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl b/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl
index c4194ce7797..eddacab44a7 100755
--- a/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl
+++ b/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ our $opt_suite;
 our $opt_netware;
 
 our $opt_script_debug= 0;  # Script debugging, enable with --script-debug
+our $opt_verbose= 1;  # Verbose output, enable with --verbose
 
 # Options FIXME not all....
 
@@ -656,6 +657,7 @@ sub command_line_setup () {
              'old-master'               => \$opt_old_master,
              'reorder'                  => \$opt_reorder,
              'script-debug'             => \$opt_script_debug,
+             'verbose'                  => \$opt_verbose,
              'sleep=i'                  => \$opt_sleep,
              'socket=s'                 => \$opt_socket,
              'start-dirty'              => \$opt_start_dirty,
@@ -1635,7 +1637,7 @@ sub ndbcluster_wait_started($){
 		  "--ndb-connectstring=$cluster->{'connect_string'}",
 		  "--timeout=60"],
 		 "", $path_waiter_log, $path_waiter_log, "");
-  # mtr_report("ndbcluster_wait_started, returns: $res") if $res;
+  mtr_verbose("ndbcluster_wait_started, returns: $res") if $res;
   return $res;
 }
 
@@ -1662,7 +1664,7 @@ sub ndb_mgmd_start ($) {
 
   # Remember pid of ndb_mgmd
   $cluster->{'pid'}= $pid;
-  # mtr_report("ndb_mgmd_start, pid: $pid");
+  mtr_verbose("ndb_mgmd_start, pid: $pid");
   return $pid;
 }
 
@@ -1694,7 +1696,7 @@ sub ndbd_start ($$$) {
   # Add pid to list of pids for this cluster
   $cluster->{'ndbds'}->[$idx]->{'pid'}= $pid;
 
-  # mtr_report("ndbd_start, pid: $pid");
+  mtr_verbose("ndbd_start, pid: $pid");
 
   return $pid;
 }
@@ -1704,7 +1706,7 @@ sub ndbcluster_start ($$) {
   my $cluster= shift;
   my $extra_args= shift;
 
-  # mtr_report("ndbcluster_start '$cluster->{'name'}'");
+  mtr_verbose("ndbcluster_start '$cluster->{'name'}'");
 
   if ( $glob_use_running_ndbcluster )
   {
@@ -2806,7 +2808,7 @@ sub mysqld_start ($$$) {
 
   # Remember pid of the started process
   $mysqld->{'pid'}= $pid;
-  # mtr_report("mysqld pid: $pid");
+  mtr_verbose("mysqld pid: $pid");
   return $pid;
 }
 
@@ -3948,6 +3950,7 @@ Misc options
   comment=STR           Write STR to the output
   notimer               Don't show test case execution time
   script-debug          Debug this script itself
+  verbose               More verbose output
   start-and-exit        Only initialize and start the servers, using the
                         startup settings for the specified test case (if any)
   start-dirty           Only start the servers (without initialization) for