diff --git a/tests/HTMLPurifier/SimpleTest/TextReporter.php b/tests/HTMLPurifier/SimpleTest/TextReporter.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..77b9f388
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/HTMLPurifier/SimpleTest/TextReporter.php
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?php
+
+class HTMLPurifier_SimpleTest_TextReporter extends TextReporter {
+    protected $verbose = false;
+    function __construct($AC) {
+        $this->verbose = $AC['verbose'];
+    }
+    function paintPass($message) {
+        parent::paintPass($message);
+        if ($this->verbose) {
+            print 'Pass ' . $this->getPassCount() . ") $message\n";
+            $breadcrumb = $this->getTestList();
+            array_shift($breadcrumb);
+            print "\tin " . implode("\n\tin ", array_reverse($breadcrumb));
+            print "\n";
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/index.php b/tests/index.php
index c706ffb5..9ed3d8bc 100755
--- a/tests/index.php
+++ b/tests/index.php
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ $AC['xml']  = false;
 $AC['dry']  = false;
 $AC['php']  = $php;
 $AC['help'] = false;
+$AC['verbose'] = false;
 
 $AC['type'] = '';
 $AC['disable-phpt'] = false;
@@ -47,7 +48,8 @@ $AC['only-phpt'] = false; // alias for --type=phpt
 
 $aliases = array(
     'f' => 'file',
-    'h' => 'help'
+    'h' => 'help',
+    'v' => 'verbose',
 );
 
 // It's important that this does not call the autoloader. Not a problem
@@ -65,6 +67,7 @@ Allowed options:
     --php /path/to/php
     --type ( htmlpurifier | configdoc | fstools | htmlt | vtest | phpt )
     --disable-phpt
+    --verbose (-v)
 <?php
     exit;
 }
@@ -88,7 +91,7 @@ if ($AC['xml']) {
     if (!SimpleReporter::inCli()) header('Content-Type: text/xml;charset=UTF-8');
     $reporter = new XmlReporter();
 } elseif (SimpleReporter::inCli()) {
-    $reporter = new TextReporter();
+    $reporter = new HTMLPurifier_SimpleTest_TextReporter($AC);
 } else {
     $reporter = new HTMLPurifier_SimpleTest_Reporter('UTF-8', $AC);
 }