diff --git a/bin.js b/bin.js
index 36bd515..1648f0e 100755
--- a/bin.js
+++ b/bin.js
@@ -61,7 +61,9 @@ function buildFromSource () {
 }
 
 function verbose () {
-  return hasFlag('--verbose') || process.env.npm_config_loglevel === 'verbose'
+  return hasFlag('--verbose') ||
+    process.env.npm_config_loglevel === 'verbose' ||
+    process.env.npm_config_loglevel === 'silly'
 }
 
 // TODO (next major): remove in favor of env.npm_config_* which works since npm