diff --git a/include/slibtool/slibtool_output.h b/include/slibtool/slibtool_output.h
index cf94180..8d2965f 100644
--- a/include/slibtool/slibtool_output.h
+++ b/include/slibtool/slibtool_output.h
@@ -15,5 +15,6 @@
 #define SLBT_PRETTY_YAML		SLBT_PRETTY(0x00000001)
 #define SLBT_PRETTY_POSIX		SLBT_PRETTY(0x00000002)
 #define SLBT_PRETTY_HEXDATA		SLBT_PRETTY(0x00000004)
+#define SLBT_PRETTY_VERBOSE		SLBT_PRETTY(0x00000008)
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/internal/slibtool_driver_impl.h b/src/internal/slibtool_driver_impl.h
index ab4ed9b..58fa17e 100644
--- a/src/internal/slibtool_driver_impl.h
+++ b/src/internal/slibtool_driver_impl.h
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ enum app_tags {
 	TAG_AR_CHECK,
 	TAG_AR_PRINT,
 	TAG_AR_PRETTY,
+	TAG_AR_VERBOSE,
 };
 
 struct slbt_split_vector {
diff --git a/src/logic/slbt_exec_ar.c b/src/logic/slbt_exec_ar.c
index e446daa..d3715a8 100644
--- a/src/logic/slbt_exec_ar.c
+++ b/src/logic/slbt_exec_ar.c
@@ -214,6 +214,10 @@ int slbt_exec_ar(
 					}
 
 					break;
+
+				case TAG_AR_VERBOSE:
+					ictx->cctx.fmtflags |= SLBT_PRETTY_VERBOSE;
+					break;
 			}
 
 			if (entry->fval) {
diff --git a/src/skin/slbt_skin_ar.c b/src/skin/slbt_skin_ar.c
index 4dff3d5..7346626 100644
--- a/src/skin/slbt_skin_ar.c
+++ b/src/skin/slbt_skin_ar.c
@@ -29,5 +29,11 @@ const struct argv_option slbt_ar_options[] = {
 			"'hexdata' for yaml-formatted data with additional "
 			"hexdump output"},
 
+	{"Wverbose",	0,TAG_AR_VERBOSE,ARGV_OPTARG_NONE,
+			ARGV_OPTION_HYBRID_ONLY,0,0,
+			"produce verbose output; "
+			"in combination with -Wpretty=posix, this will result "
+			"in `ar(1) -tv` compatible output."},
+
 	{0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0}
 };