diff --git a/salt/unbound/init.sls b/salt/unbound/init.sls
index d39d102..db23f1c 100644
--- a/salt/unbound/init.sls
+++ b/salt/unbound/init.sls
@@ -16,3 +16,7 @@ dns-root-data:
 /etc/unbound/unbound.conf.d/root.conf:
   file.managed:
     - source: salt://unbound/root.conf
+
+/etc/unbound/unbound.conf.d/verbose.conf:
+  file.managed:
+    - source: salt://unbound/verbose.conf
diff --git a/salt/unbound/verbose.conf b/salt/unbound/verbose.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..be9c72c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/salt/unbound/verbose.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+server:
+    verbosity: 1