diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/packages.yml b/.forgejo/workflows/packages.yml
index 75fd222..edc8fd2 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/packages.yml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/packages.yml
@@ -38,4 +38,6 @@ jobs:
           export DIR=$(mktemp -d)
           chown forgejo $DIR /srv
 
+          export VERBOSE="${{ vars.VERBOSE || false }}"
+
           su -c "packages/run.sh $binary $full_version ${{ matrix.info.version }} ${{ matrix.info.tests }}" forgejo
diff --git a/packages/run.sh b/packages/run.sh
index 2a8f991..5c691c2 100755
--- a/packages/run.sh
+++ b/packages/run.sh
@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ function main() {
 	  echo "======================== FAIL package-$package ==================="
 	  sleep 5 # hack for Forgejo v1.21 to workaround a bug by which the last lines of the output are moved to the next step
 	  false
+      else
+	  if test "$VERBOSE" = true ; then
+	      sed -e 's/^/[RUN] /' < /tmp/run.out
+	  fi
       fi
       echo "======================== END package-$package ==================="
     done