diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 95b641e9a..4a5b42cec 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
   <macrodef name="x-rebuild" description="Rebuild the Ceylon code if anything's changed">
     <sequential>
       <ceylon-compile src="${ceylon.source.dir}" resource="${ceylon.resource.dir}"
-                      encoding="UTF-8" pack200="true">
+                      encoding="UTF-8" pack200="true" verbose="cmr">
           <moduleset>
               <sourcemodules dir="${ceylon.source.dir}" />
           </moduleset>