diff --git a/.github/workflows/powerpc-ppctests.yml b/.github/workflows/powerpc-ppctests.yml
index 28bb852386da7..4dad4277fe973 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/powerpc-ppctests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/powerpc-ppctests.yml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ jobs:
       TARGET: ppctests
       CCACHE: 1
       INSTALL: 1
+      VERBOSE: 1
       SUBARCH: ${{ matrix.subarch }}
       IMAGE: ${{ matrix.image }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/powerpc-selftests.yml b/.github/workflows/powerpc-selftests.yml
index d0cbf0e0d016a..cadc914826f88 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/powerpc-selftests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/powerpc-selftests.yml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ jobs:
       TARGET: selftests
       CCACHE: 1
       INSTALL: 1
+      VERBOSE: 1
       SUBARCH: ${{ matrix.subarch }}
       IMAGE: ${{ matrix.image }}
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/tools/ci-build.sh b/arch/powerpc/tools/ci-build.sh
index 1b3f6a391b4f5..8fb81f4515548 100755
--- a/arch/powerpc/tools/ci-build.sh
+++ b/arch/powerpc/tools/ci-build.sh
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ cmd+="-v $linux_dir:/linux:ro "
 cmd+="-e ARCH "
 cmd+="-e JFACTOR=$(nproc) "
 cmd+="-e KBUILD_BUILD_TIMESTAMP=$(date +%Y-%m-%d) "
+cmd+="-e VERBOSE "
 cmd+="-e CLANG "
 cmd+="-e LLVM_IAS "
 cmd+="-e SPARSE "