diff --git a/fastboot/fastboot.cpp b/fastboot/fastboot.cpp
index 6dc7d34..e139bcd 100644
--- a/fastboot/fastboot.cpp
+++ b/fastboot/fastboot.cpp
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@
 
 static struct sparse_file **load_sparse_files(int fd, int max_size)
 {
-    struct sparse_file* s = sparse_file_import_auto(fd, false);
+    struct sparse_file* s = sparse_file_import_auto(fd, false, true);
     if (!s) {
         die("cannot sparse read file\n");
     }
diff --git a/libsparse/append2simg.c b/libsparse/append2simg.c
index 65e6cc2..1cf827c 100644
--- a/libsparse/append2simg.c
+++ b/libsparse/append2simg.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
         exit(-1);
     }
 
-    sparse_output = sparse_file_import_auto(output, true);
+    sparse_output = sparse_file_import_auto(output, true, true);
     if (!sparse_output) {
         fprintf(stderr, "Couldn't import output file\n");
         exit(-1);
diff --git a/libsparse/include/sparse/sparse.h b/libsparse/include/sparse/sparse.h
index 8b757d2..42d4adb 100644
--- a/libsparse/include/sparse/sparse.h
+++ b/libsparse/include/sparse/sparse.h
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@
  *
  * @fd - file descriptor to read from
  * @crc - verify the crc of a file in the Android sparse file format
+ * @verbose - whether to use verbose logging
  *
  * Reads an existing sparse or normal file into a sparse file cookie.
  * Attempts to determine if the file is sparse or not by looking for the sparse
@@ -243,7 +244,7 @@
  *
  * Returns a new sparse file cookie on success, NULL on error.
  */
-struct sparse_file *sparse_file_import_auto(int fd, bool crc);
+struct sparse_file *sparse_file_import_auto(int fd, bool crc, bool verbose);
 
 /** sparse_file_resparse - rechunk an existing sparse file into smaller files
  *
diff --git a/libsparse/sparse_read.c b/libsparse/sparse_read.c
index 8e188e9..9b10293 100644
--- a/libsparse/sparse_read.c
+++ b/libsparse/sparse_read.c
@@ -472,13 +472,13 @@
 	return s;
 }
 
-struct sparse_file *sparse_file_import_auto(int fd, bool crc)
+struct sparse_file *sparse_file_import_auto(int fd, bool crc, bool verbose)
 {
 	struct sparse_file *s;
 	int64_t len;
 	int ret;
 
-	s = sparse_file_import(fd, true, crc);
+	s = sparse_file_import(fd, verbose, crc);
 	if (s) {
 		return s;
 	}