diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9c2857899630c7cb206a34d376dfc54b6f575e26..372fc39b50ba52693204769f328c01cc437dfa92 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ check: check_style check_type check_pyright
 PYTEST_FLAGS = --cov=muppet --cov-branch --cov-report=html
 
 test:
-	python -m pytest $(PYTEST_FLAGS) tests
+	python -m pytest $(PYTEST_FLAGS) $(if $(VERBOSE),--verbose) tests
 
 sphinx-apidoc:
 	sphinx-apidoc --separate --force -o doc muppet