diff --git a/tests/end2end/fixtures/quteprocess.py b/tests/end2end/fixtures/quteprocess.py
index c9fab0049..55191b9aa 100644
--- a/tests/end2end/fixtures/quteprocess.py
+++ b/tests/end2end/fixtures/quteprocess.py
@@ -240,7 +240,9 @@ class QuteProc(testprocess.Process):
                 raise
 
         log_line.use_color = self.request.config.getoption('--color') != 'no'
-        self._log(log_line)
+        verbose = self.request.config.getoption('--verbose')
+        if log_line.loglevel > logging.VDEBUG or verbose:
+            self._log(log_line)
         self._process_line(log_line)
         return log_line