diff --git a/test/drenv/__main__.py b/test/drenv/__main__.py
index 039ae8012..fe36a5d3f 100644
--- a/test/drenv/__main__.py
+++ b/test/drenv/__main__.py
@@ -286,6 +286,7 @@ def do_gather(args):
         directory=args.directory,
         namespaces=args.namespaces,
         name=env["name"],
+        verbose=args.verbose,
     )
     logging.info(
         "[%s] Environment gathered in %.2f seconds",
diff --git a/test/drenv/kubectl.py b/test/drenv/kubectl.py
index 28bfbc9f0..5f34b158d 100644
--- a/test/drenv/kubectl.py
+++ b/test/drenv/kubectl.py
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ def watch(
     return commands.watch(*cmd, timeout=timeout)
 
 
-def gather(contexts, namespaces=None, directory=None, name="gather"):
+def gather(contexts, namespaces=None, directory=None, name="gather", verbose=False):
     """
     Run kubectl gather plugin, logging gather logs.
     """
@@ -208,6 +208,8 @@ def gather(contexts, namespaces=None, directory=None, name="gather"):
         cmd.extend(("--namespaces", ",".join(namespaces)))
     if directory:
         cmd.extend(("--directory", directory))
+    if verbose:
+        cmd.append("--verbose")
 
     # Redirecting stderr to stdout to get the logs. kubectl-gather does not
     # output anything to stdout.