diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index fe2ec0e9a72..815cf6a71e9 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ Features added
 * #7734: napoleon: overescaped trailing underscore on attribute
 * #7247: linkcheck: Add :confval:`linkcheck_request_headers` to send custom HTTP
   headers for specific host
+* #7792: setuptools: Support ``--verbosity`` option
 * #7683: Add ``allowed_exceptions`` parameter to ``Sphinx.emit()`` to allow
   handlers to raise specified exceptions
 * #7295: C++, parse (trailing) requires clauses.
diff --git a/sphinx/setup_command.py b/sphinx/setup_command.py
index f5515857500..2c00763048a 100644
--- a/sphinx/setup_command.py
+++ b/sphinx/setup_command.py
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ class BuildDoc(Command):
         ('link-index', 'i', 'Link index.html to the master doc'),
         ('copyright', None, 'The copyright string'),
         ('pdb', None, 'Start pdb on exception'),
+        ('verbosity', 'v', 'increase verbosity (can be repeated)'),
         ('nitpicky', 'n', 'nit-picky mode, warn about all missing references'),
         ('keep-going', None, 'With -W, keep going when getting warnings'),
     ]
@@ -189,7 +190,7 @@ def run(self):
                                  builder, confoverrides, status_stream,
                                  freshenv=self.fresh_env,
                                  warningiserror=self.warning_is_error,
-                                 keep_going=self.keep_going)
+                                 verbosity=self.verbosity, keep_going=self.keep_going)
                     app.build(force_all=self.all_files)
                     if app.statuscode:
                         raise DistutilsExecError(