diff --git a/Lib/distutils/ccompiler.py b/Lib/distutils/ccompiler.py
index 43dfa731d28..60d1caeed12 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/ccompiler.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/ccompiler.py
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ class CCompiler:
 
         self.dry_run = dry_run
         self.force = force
+        self.verbose = verbose
 
         # 'output_dir': a common output directory for object, library,
         # shared object, and shared library files