diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index 407041d..8fc50d8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@
 static const struct option options[] = {
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('D', "dump-raw-trace", &dump_trace,
 		    "dump raw trace in ASCII"),
-	OPT_BOOLEAN('v', "verbose", &verbose,
+	OPT_INCR('v', "verbose", &verbose,
 		    "be more verbose (show symbol address, etc)"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('L', "Latency", &latency_format,
 		    "show latency attributes (irqs/preemption disabled, etc)"),