diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index 90d7659..b649cf0 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ struct config_item config_tab[] = {
 	GLOB_ITEM_INT("tx_timestamp_timeout", 1, 1, INT_MAX),
 	PORT_ITEM_INT("udp_ttl", 1, 1, 255),
 	GLOB_ITEM_INT("use_syslog", 1, 0, 1),
+	GLOB_ITEM_INT("verbose", 0, 0, 1),
 };
 
 static struct config_item *config_section_item(struct config *cfg,
@@ -625,13 +626,6 @@ static enum parser_result parse_global_setting(const char *option,
 			return OUT_OF_RANGE;
 		strncpy(cfg->uds_address, value, MAX_IFNAME_SIZE);
 
-	} else if (!strcmp(option, "verbose")) {
-		r = get_ranged_int(value, &val, 0, 1);
-		if (r != PARSED_OK)
-			return r;
-		if (!(cfg_ignore & CFG_IGNORE_VERBOSE))
-			cfg->verbose = val;
-
 	} else if (!strcmp(option, "time_stamping")) {
 		if (!(cfg_ignore & CFG_IGNORE_TIMESTAMPING)) {
 			if (0 == strcasecmp("hardware", value))
diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index c456ea0..db7963f 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ struct interface {
 #define CFG_IGNORE_TRANSPORT    (1 << 1)
 #define CFG_IGNORE_TIMESTAMPING (1 << 2)
 #define CFG_IGNORE_SLAVEONLY    (1 << 3)
-#define CFG_IGNORE_VERBOSE      (1 << 6)
 
 struct config {
 	/* configuration override */
@@ -84,8 +83,6 @@ struct config {
 	unsigned char *p2p_dst_mac;
 	unsigned char *udp6_scope;
 	char *uds_address;
-
-	int verbose;
 };
 
 int config_read(char *name, struct config *cfg);
diff --git a/ptp4l.c b/ptp4l.c
index 3e34079..78261a9 100644
--- a/ptp4l.c
+++ b/ptp4l.c
@@ -118,8 +118,6 @@ static struct config cfg_settings = {
 	.udp6_scope = &udp6_scope,
 	.uds_address = uds_path,
 
-	.verbose = 0,
-
 	.cfg_ignore = 0,
 };
 
@@ -244,8 +242,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			config_set_int(cfg, "logging_level", print_level);
 			break;
 		case 'm':
-			cfg_settings.verbose = 1;
-			*cfg_ignore |= CFG_IGNORE_VERBOSE;
+			config_set_int(cfg, "verbose", 1);
 			break;
 		case 'q':
 			config_set_int(cfg, "use_syslog", 0);
@@ -289,7 +286,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	}
 
 	print_set_progname(progname);
-	print_set_verbose(cfg_settings.verbose);
+	print_set_verbose(config_get_int(cfg, NULL, "verbose"));
 	print_set_syslog(config_get_int(cfg, NULL, "use_syslog"));
 	print_set_level(config_get_int(cfg, NULL, "logging_level"));