diff --git a/tools/munin-node-from-hell/muninnode-from-hell b/tools/munin-node-from-hell/muninnode-from-hell
index fabab78b..2256dbf6 100755
--- a/tools/munin-node-from-hell/muninnode-from-hell
+++ b/tools/munin-node-from-hell/muninnode-from-hell
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ class MuninHandler(SocketServer.StreamRequestHandler):
     """
 
     def handle(self):
-        print "%s: Connection from %s:%s. server args is %s" \
+        if self.server.args.get("verbose"): print "%s: Connection from %s:%s. server args is %s" \
             % (self.server.args["name"], self.client_address[0], self.client_address[1], self.server.args)
         # slow path
         hostname = self.server.args["name"]
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ def start_servers(instances):
 
 
 def usage():
-    print "Usage: %s [--run] [--muninconf] <configfile>" % sys.argv[0]
+    print "Usage: %s [--run] [--verbose] [--muninconf] <configfile>" % sys.argv[0]
 
 def main():
     if len(sys.argv) <= 2:
@@ -326,6 +326,8 @@ def main():
                 instanceconfig[k] = v
 
             instanceconfig["plugins"] = plugins
+            if "--verbose" in sys.argv:
+                instanceconfig["verbose"] = True
 
             instanceconfig["name"] = "%s-%s" % (instancename, portinstance)
             instanceconfig["expanded_port"] = portinstance