diff --git a/src/Setup/DevDivInsertionFiles/BuildDevDivInsertionFiles.vb b/src/Setup/DevDivInsertionFiles/BuildDevDivInsertionFiles.vb
index bee5393ab96877c7c37ea7ed16510227c2137154..091aad6d1594a2bb828637b1009dd72903b0836f 100644
--- a/src/Setup/DevDivInsertionFiles/BuildDevDivInsertionFiles.vb
+++ b/src/Setup/DevDivInsertionFiles/BuildDevDivInsertionFiles.vb
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ Public Class BuildDevDivInsertionFiles
     Private ReadOnly _nugetPackageRoot As String
     Private ReadOnly _nuspecDirectory As String
     Private ReadOnly _pathMap As Dictionary(Of String, String)
+    Private ReadOnly _verbose As Boolean
 
     Private Sub New(args As String())
         _binDirectory = Path.GetFullPath(args(0))
@@ -33,14 +34,15 @@ Public Class BuildDevDivInsertionFiles
         _setupDirectory = Path.Combine(repoDirectory, "src\Setup")
         _nuspecDirectory = Path.Combine(repoDirectory, "src\Nuget")
         _nugetPackageRoot = Path.GetFullPath(args(2))
+        _verbose = args.Last() = "/verbose"
         _outputDirectory = Path.Combine(_binDirectory, DevDivInsertionFilesDirName)
         _outputPackageDirectory = Path.Combine(_binDirectory, DevDivPackagesDirName)
         _pathMap = CreatePathMap()
     End Sub
 
     Public Shared Function Main(args As String()) As Integer
-        If args.Length <> 3 Then
-            Console.WriteLine("Expected arguments: <bin dir> <setup dir> <nuget root dir>")
+        If args.Length < 3 Then
+            Console.WriteLine("Expected arguments: <bin dir> <setup dir> <nuget root dir> [/verbose]")
             Console.WriteLine($"Actual argument count is {args.Length}")
             Return 1
         End If
@@ -909,6 +911,8 @@ Public Class BuildDevDivInsertionFiles
         ' We build our language service authoring by cracking our .vsixes and pulling out the bits that matter
         For Each vsixFileName In VsixesToInstall
             Dim vsixName As String = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(vsixFileName)
+            WriteLineIfVerbose($"Processing {vsixName}")
+
             Using vsix = Package.Open(Path.Combine(_binDirectory, vsixFileName), FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read)
                 For Each vsixPart In vsix.GetParts()
 
@@ -920,12 +924,16 @@ Public Class BuildDevDivInsertionFiles
                     Dim partRelativePath = GetPartRelativePath(vsixPart)
                     Dim partFileName = Path.GetFileName(partRelativePath)
 
+                    WriteLineIfVerbose($"     Processing {partFileName}")
+
                     ' If this is something that we don't need to ship, skip it
                     If VsixContentsToSkip.Contains(partFileName) Then
+                        WriteLineIfVerbose($"        Skipping because {partFileName} is in {NameOf(VsixContentsToSkip)}")
                         Continue For
                     End If
 
                     If IsLanguageServiceRegistrationFile(partFileName) Then
+                        WriteLineIfVerbose($"        Skipping because {partFileName} is a language service registration file that doesn't need to be processed")
                         Continue For
                     End If
 
@@ -935,6 +943,7 @@ Public Class BuildDevDivInsertionFiles
                     End If
 
                     If dependencies.ContainsKey(partFileName) Then
+                        WriteLineIfVerbose($"        Skipping because {partFileName} is a dependency that is coming from NuGet package {dependencies(partFileName).PackageName}")
                         Continue For
                     End If
 
@@ -1175,4 +1184,10 @@ set DEVPATH=%RoslynToolsRoot%;%DEVPATH%"
                       End Select
                   End Function)
     End Function
+
+    Private Sub WriteLineIfVerbose(s As String)
+        If _verbose Then
+            Console.WriteLine(s)
+        End If
+    End Sub
 End Class