diff --git a/src/hd-rum-translator/hd-rum-recompress.cpp b/src/hd-rum-translator/hd-rum-recompress.cpp
index d3b3249cc..48e47e23d 100644
--- a/src/hd-rum-translator/hd-rum-recompress.cpp
+++ b/src/hd-rum-translator/hd-rum-recompress.cpp
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ void recompress_process_async(void *state, shared_ptr<video_frame> frame, int po
         double seconds = chrono::duration_cast<chrono::microseconds>(now - s->t0).count() / 1000000.0;
         if(seconds > 5) {
                 double fps = s->frames / seconds;
-                fprintf(stdout, "[%.4x->%s:%d] %d frames in %g seconds = %g FPS\n",
+                log_msg(LOG_LEVEL_INFO, "[%.4x->%s:%d] %d frames in %g seconds = %g FPS\n",
                                 rtp_my_ssrc(s->video_rxtx->m_network_devices[0]),
                                 s->host.c_str(), s->tx_port,
                                 s->frames, seconds, fps);
diff --git a/src/hd-rum-translator/hd-rum-translator.cpp b/src/hd-rum-translator/hd-rum-translator.cpp
index 7a4586cf1..78d0fbd7a 100644
--- a/src/hd-rum-translator/hd-rum-translator.cpp
+++ b/src/hd-rum-translator/hd-rum-translator.cpp
@@ -311,7 +311,8 @@ static void usage(const char *progname) {
                 "\t\t--control-port <port_number>[:0|:1] - control port to connect to, optionally client/server (default)\n"
                 "\t\t--blend - enable blending from original to newly received stream, increases latency\n"
                 "\t\t--capture-filter <cfg_string> - apply video capture filter to incoming video\n"
-                "\t\t--help\n");
+                "\t\t--help\n"
+                "\t\t--verbose\n");
         printf("\tand hostX_options may be:\n"
                 "\t\t-P <port> - TX port to be used\n"
                 "\t\t-c <compression> - compression\n"
@@ -344,6 +345,7 @@ struct cmdline_parameters {
     int control_connection_type = 0;
     bool blend = false;
     const char *capture_filter = NULL;
+    bool verbose = false;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -372,6 +374,8 @@ static bool parse_fmt(int argc, char **argv, struct cmdline_parameters *parsed)
         } else if(strcmp(argv[start_index], "--help") == 0) {
             usage(argv[0]);
             return false;
+        } else if(strcmp(argv[start_index], "--verbose") == 0) {
+            parsed->verbose = true;
         } else {
             usage(argv[0]);
             return false;
@@ -518,6 +522,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
         return EXIT_SUCCESS;
     }
 
+    if (params.verbose) {
+        log_level = LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE;
+    }
+
     if ((bufsize = atoi(params.bufsize)) <= 0) {
         fprintf(stderr, "invalid buffer size: %d\n", bufsize);
         return 1;