diff --git a/include/light/light.hh b/include/light/light.hh
index 2879a28d..b5a841d2 100644
--- a/include/light/light.hh
+++ b/include/light/light.hh
@@ -161,7 +161,8 @@ typedef enum {
 } debugmode_t;
 
 extern debugmode_t debugmode;
-    
+extern bool verbose_log;
+
 /* bounce lights */
 
 typedef struct {
diff --git a/light/entities.cc b/light/entities.cc
index 216805c1..761463cd 100644
--- a/light/entities.cc
+++ b/light/entities.cc
@@ -109,7 +109,9 @@ LightStyleForTargetname(const std::string &targetname)
     const int newStylenum = LIGHT_TARGETS_START + lightstyleForTargetname.size();
     lightstyleForTargetname[targetname] = newStylenum;
     
-    logprint("%s: Allocated %d for %s\n", __func__, newStylenum, targetname.c_str());
+    if (verbose_log) {
+        logprint("%s: Allocated lightstyle %d for targetname '%s'\n", __func__, newStylenum, targetname.c_str());
+    }
     
     return newStylenum;
 }
diff --git a/light/light.cc b/light/light.cc
index e1e60d91..e1312b1e 100644
--- a/light/light.cc
+++ b/light/light.cc
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ qboolean novisapprox = false;
 bool nolights = false;
 backend_t rtbackend = backend_embree;
 debugmode_t debugmode = debugmode_none;
+bool verbose_log = false;
 
 uint32_t *extended_texinfo_flags = NULL;
 
@@ -1489,6 +1490,8 @@ light_main(int argc, const char **argv)
         } else if ( !strcmp( argv[ i ], "-debugvert" ) ) {
             ParseVec3(dump_vert_point, &i, argc, argv);
             dump_vert = true;
+        } else if ( !strcmp( argv[ i ], "-verbose" ) ) {
+            verbose_log = true;
         } else if ( !strcmp( argv[ i ], "-help" ) ) {
             PrintUsage();
             exit(0);