diff --git a/cli/xgotext/main.go b/cli/xgotext/main.go
index fa12cd4..cfce092 100644
--- a/cli/xgotext/main.go
+++ b/cli/xgotext/main.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ var (
 	outputDir     = flag.String("out", "", "output dir: /path/to/i18n/files")
 	defaultDomain = flag.String("default", "default", "Name of default domain")
 	excludeDirs   = flag.String("exclude", ".git", "Comma separated list of directories to exclude")
+	verbose       = flag.Bool("v", false, "print currently handled directory")
 )
 
 func main() {
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ func main() {
 		Default: *defaultDomain,
 	}
 
-	err := parser.ParseDirRec(*dirName, strings.Split(*excludeDirs, ","), data)
+	err := parser.ParseDirRec(*dirName, strings.Split(*excludeDirs, ","), data, *verbose)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
diff --git a/cli/xgotext/parser/parser.go b/cli/xgotext/parser/parser.go
index 4fdd2d3..e109664 100644
--- a/cli/xgotext/parser/parser.go
+++ b/cli/xgotext/parser/parser.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func ParseDir(dirPath, basePath string, data *DomainMap) error {
 }
 
 // ParseDirRec calls all known parser for each directory
-func ParseDirRec(dirPath string, exclude []string, data *DomainMap) error {
+func ParseDirRec(dirPath string, exclude []string, data *DomainMap, verbose bool) error {
 	dirPath, _ = filepath.Abs(dirPath)
 
 	err := filepath.Walk(dirPath, func(path string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error {
@@ -52,7 +52,9 @@ func ParseDirRec(dirPath string, exclude []string, data *DomainMap) error {
 					return nil
 				}
 			}
-			log.Print(path)
+			if verbose {
+				log.Print(path)
+			}
 
 			err := ParseDir(path, dirPath, data)
 			if err != nil {