diff --git a/lxcd.completion b/lxcd.completion
index 668e022..2ef34f9 100644
--- a/lxcd.completion
+++ b/lxcd.completion
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ _lxcd_completion() {
     local commands="create clone rename enter list delete add stop start restart"
 
     if [ $cword -eq 1 ]; then
-        COMPREPLY=($(compgen -W "${commands}" -- "$cur"))
+        COMPREPLY=($(compgen -W "-v --verbose ${commands}" -- "$cur"))
         return 0
     fi
 
diff --git a/lxcd.py b/lxcd.py
index d8a7363..e98b278 100755
--- a/lxcd.py
+++ b/lxcd.py
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ def detect_locale():
     return os.environ.get("LANG", "en_US.UTF-8")
 
 
+VERBOSE = False
+
 def lxc_prefix():
     """Return ['sudo'] if the user isn't root and isn't in the lxd group."""
     if os.getuid() == 0:
@@ -70,11 +72,17 @@ def run_cmd(cmd, check=True):
 
 def lxc_run(args, check=True):
     """Run an lxc command via run_cmd, auto-adding sudo if needed."""
-    return run_cmd([*lxc_prefix(), "lxc", *args], check=check)
+    cmd = [*lxc_prefix(), "lxc", *args]
+    if VERBOSE:
+        print(f"+ {' '.join(cmd)}", file=sys.stderr)
+    return run_cmd(cmd, check=check)
 
 def lxc_subprocess(args, **kwargs):
     """Run an lxc command via subprocess.run, auto-adding sudo if needed."""
-    return subprocess.run([*lxc_prefix(), "lxc", *args], **kwargs)
+    cmd = [*lxc_prefix(), "lxc", *args]
+    if VERBOSE:
+        print(f"+ {' '.join(cmd)}", file=sys.stderr)
+    return subprocess.run(cmd, **kwargs)
 
 def handle_list(args):
     print("Fetching lxcd container environments...")
@@ -518,6 +526,7 @@ def handle_rename(args):
 
 def main():
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="lxcd: A Distrobox-like wrapper for LXD (Sudo Optimized)")
+    parser.add_argument("-v", "--verbose", action="store_true", help="Show verbose command output")
     subparsers = parser.add_subparsers(dest="command", required=True)
 
     # Create command
@@ -578,6 +587,9 @@ def main():
 
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
+    global VERBOSE
+    VERBOSE = args.verbose
+
     if args.command == "create":
         handle_create(args)
     elif args.command == "clone":