diff --git a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/test/toolkit/test_mib_compiler.py b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/test/toolkit/test_mib_compiler.py
index 8ce8f590453ef4a67355a99e4ad709eeb0c2900a..239162b903a5c07b3083d3940c065835dda482c0 100644
--- a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/test/toolkit/test_mib_compiler.py
+++ b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/test/toolkit/test_mib_compiler.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class TestCompiler(base.TestCase):
         with TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
             new_sys_argv = [sys.argv[0], "--mibs", "TEST-MIB",
                             "--source", "/opt/lofar/tango/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/toolkit/mib_compiler/mibs",
-                            "--destination", f"{tmpdir}"]
+                            "--destination", f"{tmpdir}", "-v"]
             with mock.patch.object(mib_compiler.sys, 'argv', new_sys_argv):
                 with self.assertRaises(SystemExit):
                     mib_compiler.main()