1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/rm.c b/coreutils/rm.c
index 042fba162..d0ad81dfc 100644
--- a/coreutils/rm.c
+++ b/coreutils/rm.c
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ int rm_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
         unsigned opt;
 
         opt_complementary = "f-i:i-f";
-        /* -v (verbose) is ignored */
         opt = getopt32(argv, "fiRrv");
         argv += optind;
         if (opt & 1)
@@ -47,6 +46,8 @@ int rm_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
                 flags |= FILEUTILS_INTERACTIVE;
         if (opt & (8|4))
                 flags |= FILEUTILS_RECUR;
+        if ((opt & 16) && FILEUTILS_VERBOSE)
+                flags |= FILEUTILS_VERBOSE;
 
         if (*argv != NULL) {
                 do {