diff --git a/include/gcc-interface.h b/include/gcc-interface.h
index dcfa6ce..21cc403 100644
--- a/include/gcc-interface.h
+++ b/include/gcc-interface.h
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ struct gcc_base_context;
 enum gcc_base_api_version
 {
   GCC_FE_VERSION_0 = 0,
+
+  /* Parameter verbose has been moved from compile to set_arguments.  */
   GCC_FE_VERSION_1 = 1,
 };
 
@@ -65,20 +67,13 @@ struct gcc_base_vtable
 
   unsigned int version;
 
-  /* Set the compiler's command-line options for the next compilation.
-     TRIPLET_REGEXP is a regular expression that is used to match the
-     configury triplet prefix to the compiler.
-     The arguments are copied by GCC.  ARGV need not be
-     NULL-terminated.  The arguments must be set separately for each
-     compilation; that is, after a compile is requested, the
-     previously-set arguments cannot be reused.
-
-     This returns NULL on success.  On failure, returns a malloc()d
-     error message.  The caller is responsible for freeing it.  */
+  /* Deprecated GCC_FE_VERSION_0 variant of the GCC_FE_VERSION_1
+     set_arguments method.  GCC_FE_VERSION_0 version did not have the
+     verbose parameter.  */
 
-  char *(*set_arguments) (struct gcc_base_context *self,
-			  const char *triplet_regexp,
-			  int argc, char **argv);
+  char *(*set_arguments_v0) (struct gcc_base_context *self,
+			     const char *triplet_regexp,
+			     int argc, char **argv);
 
   /* Set the file name of the program to compile.  The string is
      copied by the method implementation, but the caller must
@@ -95,9 +90,9 @@ struct gcc_base_vtable
 			      void *datum);
 
   /* Perform the compilation.  FILENAME is the name of the resulting
-     object file.  VERBOSE can be set to cause GCC to print some
-     information as it works.  Returns true on success, false on
-     error.  */
+     object file.  VERBOSE should be the same value as passed
+     to gcc_base_vtable::set_arguments.  Returns true on success, false
+     on error.  */
 
   int /* bool */ (*compile) (struct gcc_base_context *self,
 			     const char *filename,
@@ -106,6 +101,24 @@ struct gcc_base_vtable
   /* Destroy this object.  */
 
   void (*destroy) (struct gcc_base_context *self);
+
+  /* Set the compiler's command-line options for the next compilation.
+     TRIPLET_REGEXP is a regular expression that is used to match the
+     configury triplet prefix to the compiler.
+     The arguments are copied by GCC.  ARGV need not be
+     NULL-terminated.  The arguments must be set separately for each
+     compilation; that is, after a compile is requested, the
+     previously-set arguments cannot be reused.  VERBOSE can be set
+     to cause GCC to print some information as it works.  
+
+     This returns NULL on success.  On failure, returns a malloc()d
+     error message.  The caller is responsible for freeing it.
+     
+     This method is only available since GCC_FE_VERSION_1.  */
+
+  char *(*set_arguments) (struct gcc_base_context *self,
+			  const char *triplet_regexp,
+			  int argc, char **argv, int /* bool */ verbose);
 };
 
 /* The GCC object.  */
diff --git a/libcc1/libcc1.cc b/libcc1/libcc1.cc
index 99a0fa1..06a91f6 100644
--- a/libcc1/libcc1.cc
+++ b/libcc1/libcc1.cc
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ along with GCC; see the file COPYING3.  If not see
 #include "xregex.h"
 #include "findcomp.hh"
 #include "compiler-name.h"
+#include "intl.h"
 
 struct libcc1;
 
@@ -66,6 +67,9 @@ struct libcc1 : public gcc_c_context
 
   std::vector<std::string> args;
   std::string source_file;
+
+  /* Non-zero as an equivalent to gcc driver option "-v".  */
+  bool verbose;
 };
 
 // A local subclass of connection that holds a back-pointer to the
@@ -97,7 +101,8 @@ libcc1::libcc1 (const gcc_base_vtable *v,
     print_function (NULL),
     print_datum (NULL),
     args (),
-    source_file ()
+    source_file (),
+    verbose (false)
 {
   base.ops = v;
   c_ops = cv;
@@ -309,13 +314,19 @@ make_regexp (const char *triplet_regexp, const char *compiler)
 static char *
 libcc1_set_arguments (struct gcc_base_context *s,
 		      const char *triplet_regexp,
-		      int argc, char **argv)
+		      int argc, char **argv, int verbose)
 {
   libcc1 *self = (libcc1 *) s;
   regex_t triplet;
   int code;
 
+  self->verbose = verbose != 0;
+
   std::string rx = make_regexp (triplet_regexp, COMPILER_NAME);
+  // Simulate fnotice by fprintf.
+  if (self->verbose)
+    fprintf (stderr, _("searching for compiler matching regex %s\n"),
+	     rx.c_str());
   code = regcomp (&triplet, rx.c_str (), REG_EXTENDED | REG_NOSUB);
   if (code != 0)
     {
@@ -341,6 +352,8 @@ libcc1_set_arguments (struct gcc_base_context *s,
 		     (char *) NULL);
     }
   regfree (&triplet);
+  if (self->verbose)
+    fprintf (stderr, _("found compiler %s\n"), compiler.c_str());
 
   self->args.push_back (compiler);
 
@@ -350,6 +363,14 @@ libcc1_set_arguments (struct gcc_base_context *s,
   return NULL;
 }
 
+static char *
+libcc1_set_arguments_v0 (struct gcc_base_context *s,
+			 const char *triplet_regexp,
+			 int argc, char **argv)
+{
+  return libcc1_set_arguments (s, triplet_regexp, argc, argv, false);
+}
+
 static void
 libcc1_set_source_file (struct gcc_base_context *s,
 			const char *file)
@@ -439,6 +460,8 @@ libcc1_compile (struct gcc_base_context *s,
 {
   libcc1 *self = (libcc1 *) s;
 
+  self->verbose = verbose != 0;
+
   int fds[2];
   if (socketpair (AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0, fds) != 0)
     {
@@ -466,7 +489,7 @@ libcc1_compile (struct gcc_base_context *s,
   self->args.push_back ("-c");
   self->args.push_back ("-o");
   self->args.push_back (filename);
-  if (verbose)
+  if (self->verbose)
     self->args.push_back ("-v");
 
   self->connection = new libcc1_connection (fds[0], stderr_fds[0], self);
@@ -505,11 +528,12 @@ libcc1_destroy (struct gcc_base_context *s)
 static const struct gcc_base_vtable vtable =
 {
   GCC_FE_VERSION_1,
-  libcc1_set_arguments,
+  libcc1_set_arguments_v0,
   libcc1_set_source_file,
   libcc1_set_print_callback,
   libcc1_compile,
-  libcc1_destroy
+  libcc1_destroy,
+  libcc1_set_arguments,
 };
 
 extern "C" gcc_c_fe_context_function gcc_c_fe_context;
