pass it through for the incremental compiler as well
diff --git a/pkg/front_end/lib/src/api_unstable/bazel_worker.dart b/pkg/front_end/lib/src/api_unstable/bazel_worker.dart
index 1febf02..95ca894 100644
--- a/pkg/front_end/lib/src/api_unstable/bazel_worker.dart
+++ b/pkg/front_end/lib/src/api_unstable/bazel_worker.dart
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@
     Iterable<String> experiments,
     bool outlineOnly,
     Map<String, String> environmentDefines,
-    {bool trackNeededDillLibraries: false}) async {
+    {bool trackNeededDillLibraries: false,
+    bool verbose: false}) async {
   List<Component> outputLoadedAdditionalDills =
       new List<Component>(additionalDills.length);
   Map<ExperimentalFlag, bool> experimentalFlags = parseExperimentalFlags(
@@ -92,7 +93,8 @@
       outlineOnly: outlineOnly,
       omitPlatform: true,
       trackNeededDillLibraries: trackNeededDillLibraries,
-      environmentDefines: environmentDefines);
+      environmentDefines: environmentDefines,
+      verbose: verbose);
 }
 
 Future<InitializedCompilerState> initializeCompiler(
diff --git a/utils/bazel/kernel_worker.dart b/utils/bazel/kernel_worker.dart
index 240ffd7..779ec62 100644
--- a/utils/bazel/kernel_worker.dart
+++ b/utils/bazel/kernel_worker.dart
@@ -293,7 +293,8 @@
         (parsedArgs['enable-experiment'] as List<String>),
         summaryOnly,
         environmentDefines,
-        trackNeededDillLibraries: recordUsedInputs);
+        trackNeededDillLibraries: recordUsedInputs,
+        verbose: verbose);
   } else {
     state = await fe.initializeCompiler(
         // TODO(sigmund): pass an old state once we can make use of it.