diff --git a/src/debug.h b/src/debug.h
index 9c5ec37b3..5d5f62a5b 100644
--- a/src/debug.h
+++ b/src/debug.h
@@ -1 +1,19 @@
 /* #define DEBUG */
+/* #define VERBOSE */
+
+/*
+* Enable verbose logging if requested on platforms that support it.
+*
+* Verbose logging adds metadata to printf, including the source file location
+* from where printf was called and the time it was called at runtime.
+*/
+#if defined(DEBUG) && defined(VERBOSE) && defined(__GNUC__)
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <time.h>
+
+#define printf(args...) do { \
+    time_t now = time(NULL); \
+    printf("\n### %s, %d @ %s", __FILE__, __LINE__, ctime(&now)); \
+    printf(args); \
+} while(0)
+#endif