diff --git a/R/build_binaries.R b/R/build_binaries.R
index 2a39142..1d81d14 100644
--- a/R/build_binaries.R
+++ b/R/build_binaries.R
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ build_binary_package <- function(package_name, tag = NULL, codename = NULL,
                                  local_clone_dir = "/tmp",
                                  platform = NULL,
                                  install_system_dependencies = TRUE,
+                                 deps_verbose = FALSE,
                                  debug = FALSE,
                                  force = FALSE,
                                  archive = TRUE) {
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ build_binary_package <- function(package_name, tag = NULL, codename = NULL,
   if (install_system_dependencies) {
     tryCatch(
       {
-        install_package_system_dependencies(package_name, tag, platform, local_clone_dir)
+        install_package_system_dependencies(package_name, tag, platform, local_clone_dir, deps_verbose)
       },
       # NB: here we need to use conditionMessage() to extract the actual error - as opposed to using $stderr for errors within the tryCatch used in the future* calls
       error = function(e) {
diff --git a/R/install-deps.R b/R/install-deps.R
index 731c39b..ee57d58 100644
--- a/R/install-deps.R
+++ b/R/install-deps.R
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 install_package_system_dependencies <- function(package_name,
                                                 tag,
                                                 platform = platform,
-                                                local_clone_dir) {
+                                                local_clone_dir,
+                                                deps_verbose = FALSE) {
   cli::cli_alert("{.fun install_package_system_dependencies}: Cloning package {.pkg {package_name[1]}} with tag {.field {tail(tag, 1)}}.")
 
   t1 <- Sys.time()
@@ -24,7 +25,11 @@ install_package_system_dependencies <- function(package_name,
   Sys.setenv(PKG_SYSREQS_PLATFORM = platform)
   Sys.setenv(PKG_SYSREQS = TRUE)
   Sys.setenv(PKG_SYSREQS_VERBOSE = TRUE)
-  suppressMessages(pak::local_install_deps(sprintf("%s", local_clone_dir_single)))
+  if (deps_verbose) {
+    pak::local_install_deps(sprintf("%s", local_clone_dir_single))
+  } else {
+    suppressMessages(pak::local_install_deps(sprintf("%s", local_clone_dir_single)))
+  }
 
   cli::cli_alert("{.fun install_package_system_dependencies}: Removing temporary clone dir at {.path {local_clone_dir_single}}.")
 
diff --git a/man/build_binary_package.Rd b/man/build_binary_package.Rd
index 4c64af4..798c5cc 100644
--- a/man/build_binary_package.Rd
+++ b/man/build_binary_package.Rd
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ build_binary_package(
   local_clone_dir = "/tmp",
   platform = NULL,
   install_system_dependencies = TRUE,
+  deps_verbose = FALSE,
   debug = FALSE,
   force = FALSE,
   archive = TRUE