Index: memcached.c
===================================================================
--- memcached.c	(revision 495)
+++ memcached.c	(working copy)
@@ -1322,6 +1538,17 @@ static void process_delete_command(conn 
     return;
 }
 
+static void process_verbosity(conn *c, token_t *tokens, const size_t ntokens) {
+    unsigned int level;
+
+    assert(c != NULL);
+
+    level = strtoul(tokens[1].value, NULL, 10);
+    settings.verbose = level > MAX_VERBOSITY_LEVEL ? MAX_VERBOSITY_LEVEL : level;
+    out_string(c, "DONE");
+    return;
+}
+
 static void process_command(conn *c, char *command) {
 
     token_t tokens[MAX_TOKENS];
@@ -1460,6 +1691,10 @@ static void process_command(conn *c, cha
         out_string(c, "OK");
         return;
 
+    } else if (ntokens == 3 && (strcmp(tokens[COMMAND_TOKEN].value, "verbosity") == 0)) {
+
+        process_verbosity(c, tokens, ntokens);
+
     } else if (ntokens == 2 && (strcmp(tokens[COMMAND_TOKEN].value, "version") == 0)) {
 
         out_string(c, "VERSION " VERSION);
Index: memcached.h
===================================================================
--- memcached.h	(revision 495)
+++ memcached.h	(working copy)
@@ -52,8 +52,13 @@ struct stats {
     time_t        started;          /* when the process was started */
     unsigned long long bytes_read;
     unsigned long long bytes_written;
 };
 
+#define MAX_VERBOSITY_LEVEL 2
+
 struct settings {
     size_t maxbytes;
     int maxconns;