diff --git a/tests/scripts/basic-build-test.sh b/tests/scripts/basic-build-test.sh
index b4058718a..fbe757d9e 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/basic-build-test.sh
+++ b/tests/scripts/basic-build-test.sh
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ TEST_OUTPUT=out_${PPID}
 cd tests
 
 # Step 2a - Unit Tests
-perl scripts/run-test-suites.pl -v |tee unit-test-$TEST_OUTPUT
+perl scripts/run-test-suites.pl -v 2 |tee unit-test-$TEST_OUTPUT
 echo
 
 # Step 2b - System Tests
diff --git a/tests/scripts/run-test-suites.pl b/tests/scripts/run-test-suites.pl
index 6fe6abfa5..d0d404621 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/run-test-suites.pl
+++ b/tests/scripts/run-test-suites.pl
@@ -24,14 +24,10 @@ use strict;
 use utf8;
 use open qw(:std utf8);
 
-use constant FALSE => 0;
-use constant TRUE => 1;
+use Getopt::Long;
 
-my $verbose;
-my $switch = shift;
-if ( defined($switch) && ( $switch eq "-v" || $switch eq "--verbose" ) ) {
-    $verbose = TRUE;
-}
+my $verbose = 0;
+GetOptions( "verbose|v:1" => \$verbose );
 
 # All test suites = executable files, excluding source files, debug
 # and profiling information, etc. We can't just grep {! /\./} because
@@ -50,10 +46,20 @@ my ($failed_suites, $total_tests_run, $failed, $suite_cases_passed,
     $suite_cases_failed, $suite_cases_skipped, $total_cases_passed,
     $total_cases_failed, $total_cases_skipped );
 
+sub pad_print_center {
+    my( $width, $padchar, $string ) = @_;
+    my $padlen = ( $width - length( $string ) - 2 ) / 2;
+    print $padchar x( $padlen ), " $string ", $padchar x( $padlen ), "\n";
+}
+
 for my $suite (@suites)
 {
     print "$suite ", "." x ( 72 - length($suite) - 2 - 4 ), " ";
-    my $result = `$prefix$suite`;
+    my $command = "$prefix$suite";
+    if( $verbose ) {
+        $command .= ' -v';
+    }
+    my $result = `$command`;
 
     $suite_cases_passed = () = $result =~ /.. PASS/g;
     $suite_cases_failed = () = $result =~ /.. FAILED/g;
@@ -61,15 +67,25 @@ for my $suite (@suites)
 
     if( $result =~ /PASSED/ ) {
         print "PASS\n";
+        if( $verbose > 2 ) {
+            pad_print_center( 72, '-', "Begin $suite" );
+            print $result;
+            pad_print_center( 72, '-', "End $suite" );
+        }
     } else {
         $failed_suites++;
         print "FAIL\n";
+        if( $verbose ) {
+            pad_print_center( 72, '-', "Begin $suite" );
+            print $result;
+            pad_print_center( 72, '-', "End $suite" );
+        }
     }
 
     my ($passed, $tests, $skipped) = $result =~ /([0-9]*) \/ ([0-9]*) tests.*?([0-9]*) skipped/;
     $total_tests_run += $tests - $skipped;
 
-    if ( $verbose ) {
+    if( $verbose > 1 ) {
         print "(test cases passed:", $suite_cases_passed,
                 " failed:", $suite_cases_failed,
                 " skipped:", $suite_cases_skipped,
@@ -87,7 +103,7 @@ print "-" x 72, "\n";
 print $failed_suites ? "FAILED" : "PASSED";
 printf " (%d suites, %d tests run)\n", scalar @suites, $total_tests_run;
 
-if ( $verbose ) {
+if( $verbose > 1 ) {
     print "  test cases passed :", $total_cases_passed, "\n";
     print "             failed :", $total_cases_failed, "\n";
     print "            skipped :", $total_cases_skipped, "\n";