diff --git a/libmodprobe/include/modprobe/modprobe.h b/libmodprobe/include/modprobe/modprobe.h
index 0599ec538..dcb4ffbef 100644
--- a/libmodprobe/include/modprobe/modprobe.h
+++ b/libmodprobe/include/modprobe/modprobe.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ class Modprobe {
                             std::vector<std::string>* dependencies,
                             std::vector<std::string>* post_dependencies);
     void EnableBlacklist(bool enable);
+    void EnableVerbose(bool enable);
 
   private:
     std::string MakeCanonical(const std::string& module_path);
diff --git a/libmodprobe/libmodprobe.cpp b/libmodprobe/libmodprobe.cpp
index 3e9001a0e..73ae15b07 100644
--- a/libmodprobe/libmodprobe.cpp
+++ b/libmodprobe/libmodprobe.cpp
@@ -260,12 +260,22 @@ Modprobe::Modprobe(const std::vector<std::string>& base_paths) {
         auto blacklist_callback = std::bind(&Modprobe::ParseBlacklistCallback, this, _1);
         ParseCfg(base_path + "/modules.blacklist", blacklist_callback);
     }
+
+    android::base::SetMinimumLogSeverity(android::base::INFO);
 }
 
 void Modprobe::EnableBlacklist(bool enable) {
     blacklist_enabled = enable;
 }
 
+void Modprobe::EnableVerbose(bool enable) {
+    if (enable) {
+        android::base::SetMinimumLogSeverity(android::base::VERBOSE);
+    } else {
+        android::base::SetMinimumLogSeverity(android::base::INFO);
+    }
+}
+
 std::vector<std::string> Modprobe::GetDependencies(const std::string& module) {
     auto it = module_deps_.find(module);
     if (it == module_deps_.end()) {
@@ -288,6 +298,7 @@ bool Modprobe::InsmodWithDeps(const std::string& module_name, const std::string&
 
     // load module dependencies in reverse order
     for (auto dep = dependencies.rbegin(); dep != dependencies.rend() - 1; ++dep) {
+        LOG(VERBOSE) << "Loading hard dep for '" << module_name << "': " << *dep;
         if (!LoadWithAliases(*dep, true)) {
             return false;
         }
@@ -296,6 +307,7 @@ bool Modprobe::InsmodWithDeps(const std::string& module_name, const std::string&
     // try to load soft pre-dependencies
     for (const auto& [module, softdep] : module_pre_softdep_) {
         if (module_name == module) {
+            LOG(VERBOSE) << "Loading soft pre-dep for '" << module << "': " << softdep;
             LoadWithAliases(softdep, false);
         }
     }
@@ -308,6 +320,7 @@ bool Modprobe::InsmodWithDeps(const std::string& module_name, const std::string&
     // try to load soft post-dependencies
     for (const auto& [module, softdep] : module_post_softdep_) {
         if (module_name == module) {
+            LOG(VERBOSE) << "Loading soft post-dep for '" << module << "': " << softdep;
             LoadWithAliases(softdep, false);
         }
     }
@@ -324,6 +337,7 @@ bool Modprobe::LoadWithAliases(const std::string& module_name, bool strict,
     // may alias themselves to the requested name)
     for (const auto& [alias, aliased_module] : module_aliases_) {
         if (fnmatch(alias.c_str(), module_name.c_str(), 0) != 0) continue;
+        LOG(VERBOSE) << "Found alias for '" << module_name << "': '" << aliased_module;
         modules_to_load.emplace(aliased_module);
     }
 
@@ -334,7 +348,7 @@ bool Modprobe::LoadWithAliases(const std::string& module_name, bool strict,
     }
 
     if (strict && !module_loaded) {
-        LOG(ERROR) << "LoadWithAliases did not find a module for " << module_name;
+        LOG(ERROR) << "LoadWithAliases was unable to load " << module_name;
         return false;
     }
     return true;
diff --git a/libmodprobe/libmodprobe_ext.cpp b/libmodprobe/libmodprobe_ext.cpp
index 3e9ff70cb..2efcac290 100644
--- a/libmodprobe/libmodprobe_ext.cpp
+++ b/libmodprobe/libmodprobe_ext.cpp
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ bool Modprobe::Rmmod(const std::string& module_name) {
 bool Modprobe::ModuleExists(const std::string& module_name) {
     struct stat fileStat;
     if (blacklist_enabled && module_blacklist_.count(module_name)) {
+        LOG(INFO) << "module " << module_name << " is blacklisted";
         return false;
     }
     auto deps = GetDependencies(module_name);
@@ -74,9 +75,11 @@ bool Modprobe::ModuleExists(const std::string& module_name) {
         return false;
     }
     if (stat(deps.front().c_str(), &fileStat)) {
+        LOG(INFO) << "module " << module_name << " does not exist";
         return false;
     }
     if (!S_ISREG(fileStat.st_mode)) {
+        LOG(INFO) << "module " << module_name << " is not a regular file";
         return false;
     }
     return true;