diff --git a/scripts/gitlab/test-cpp.sh b/scripts/gitlab/test-cpp.sh
index 9f825ec8c70..1cbd58a30cf 100755
--- a/scripts/gitlab/test-cpp.sh
+++ b/scripts/gitlab/test-cpp.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ DIR=parity-clib/examples/cpp/build
 mkdir -p $DIR
 cd $DIR
 cmake ..
-make -j $THREADS
+make VERBOSE=1 -j $THREADS
 # Note: we don't try to run the example because it tries to sync Kovan, and we don't want
 #       that to happen on CI
 cd -