diff --git a/src/workflow/ArcanistLiberateWorkflow.php b/src/workflow/ArcanistLiberateWorkflow.php
--- a/src/workflow/ArcanistLiberateWorkflow.php
+++ b/src/workflow/ArcanistLiberateWorkflow.php
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
       $this->newWorkflowArgument('clean')
         ->setHelp(
           pht('Perform a clean rebuild, ignoring caches. Thorough, but slow.')),
+      $this->newWorkflowArgument('verbose')
+        ->setHelp(
+          pht('Write more detailed log messages to stderr')),
       $this->newWorkflowArgument('argv')
         ->setWildcard(true)
         ->setIsPathArgument(true),
@@ -147,6 +150,9 @@
     if ($this->getArgument('clean')) {
       $argv[] = '--drop-cache';
     }
+    if (!$this->getArgument('verbose')) {
+      $argv[] = '--quiet';
+    }
 
     return phutil_passthru(
       'php -f %R -- %Ls %R',