diff --git a/tools/releasetools/blockimgdiff.py b/tools/releasetools/blockimgdiff.py
index e385866..b8123c0 100644
--- a/tools/releasetools/blockimgdiff.py
+++ b/tools/releasetools/blockimgdiff.py
@@ -41,10 +41,10 @@
   cmd = ['imgdiff', '-z'] if imgdiff else ['bsdiff']
   cmd.extend([srcfile, tgtfile, patchfile])
 
-  # Not using common.Run(), which would otherwise dump all the bsdiff/imgdiff
-  # commands when OPTIONS.verbose is True - not useful for the case here, since
-  # they contain temp filenames only.
-  p = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+  # Don't dump the bsdiff/imgdiff commands, which are not useful for the case
+  # here, since they contain temp filenames only.
+  p = common.Run(cmd, verbose=False, stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+                 stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
   output, _ = p.communicate()
 
   if p.returncode != 0:
diff --git a/tools/releasetools/common.py b/tools/releasetools/common.py
index e200f9f..925a523 100644
--- a/tools/releasetools/common.py
+++ b/tools/releasetools/common.py
@@ -107,10 +107,15 @@
   pass
 
 
-def Run(args, **kwargs):
-  """Create and return a subprocess.Popen object, printing the command
-  line on the terminal if -v was specified."""
-  if OPTIONS.verbose:
+def Run(args, verbose=None, **kwargs):
+  """Create and return a subprocess.Popen object.
+
+  Caller can specify if the command line should be printed. The global
+  OPTIONS.verbose will be used if not specified.
+  """
+  if verbose is None:
+    verbose = OPTIONS.verbose
+  if verbose:
     print("  running: ", " ".join(args))
   return subprocess.Popen(args, **kwargs)