diff --git a/aspectwerkz/plugin.jelly b/aspectwerkz/plugin.jelly
index 94fc10b9..6cbca4e4 100644
--- a/aspectwerkz/plugin.jelly
+++ b/aspectwerkz/plugin.jelly
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@
     <ant:java dir="${maven.build.dir}" failonerror="true" fork="true"
         classname="org.codehaus.aspectwerkz.compiler.AspectWerkzC">
 
+      <ant:sysproperty key="aspectwerkz.transform.verbose" 
+          value="${maven.aspectwerkz.transform.verbose}"/>
       <ant:sysproperty key="aspectwerkz.transform.filter" 
           value="${maven.aspectwerkz.transform.filter}"/>
       <ant:sysproperty key="aspectwerkz.definition.file" 
diff --git a/aspectwerkz/plugin.properties b/aspectwerkz/plugin.properties
index 0d9cd611..63ce2b04 100644
--- a/aspectwerkz/plugin.properties
+++ b/aspectwerkz/plugin.properties
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ maven.aspectwerkz.definition.validate = false
 maven.aspectwerkz.definition.file = ${maven.aspectwerkz.build.definition.file}
 
 maven.aspectwerkz.transform.filter = no
+maven.aspectwerkz.transform.verbose = no
 
 # (optional). Definition file to be merged with the main definition file. 
 # Used by the <aspectwerkz:attributeC> goal.
diff --git a/aspectwerkz/src/plugin-test/project.properties b/aspectwerkz/src/plugin-test/project.properties
index 9d2bbbe3..8baa0290 100644
--- a/aspectwerkz/src/plugin-test/project.properties
+++ b/aspectwerkz/src/plugin-test/project.properties
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@
 maven.aspectwerkz.uuid = test
 maven.aspectwerkz.definition.merge.file = ${basedir}/conf/aspectwerkz.xml
 maven.aspectwerkz.definition.validate = true
+maven.aspectwerkz.transform.verbose = yes