diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 8034921..afa11c4 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
 # This file is automatically @generated by Cargo.
 # It is not intended for manual editing.
+version = 3
+
+[[package]]
+name = "aho-corasick"
+version = "0.7.18"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1e37cfd5e7657ada45f742d6e99ca5788580b5c529dc78faf11ece6dc702656f"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "anyhow"
 version = "1.0.41"
@@ -29,6 +40,12 @@ version = "1.2.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "cf1de2fe8c75bc145a2f577add951f8134889b4795d47466a54a5c846d691693"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cfg-if"
+version = "1.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "chrono"
 version = "0.4.19"
@@ -74,6 +91,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "env_logger"
+version = "0.8.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a19187fea3ac7e84da7dacf48de0c45d63c6a76f9490dae389aead16c243fce3"
+dependencies = [
+ "atty",
+ "humantime",
+ "log",
+ "regex",
+ "termcolor",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hashbrown"
 version = "0.11.2"
@@ -126,6 +156,21 @@ version = "0.2.97"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "12b8adadd720df158f4d70dfe7ccc6adb0472d7c55ca83445f6a5ab3e36f8fb6"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "log"
+version = "0.4.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "51b9bbe6c47d51fc3e1a9b945965946b4c44142ab8792c50835a980d362c2710"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "memchr"
+version = "2.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b16bd47d9e329435e309c58469fe0791c2d0d1ba96ec0954152a5ae2b04387dc"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "mqrs"
 version = "0.1.1"
@@ -133,7 +178,9 @@ dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "chrono",
  "clap",
+ "env_logger",
  "humantime",
+ "log",
  "posixmq",
 ]
 
@@ -213,6 +260,23 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "regex"
+version = "1.5.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d07a8629359eb56f1e2fb1652bb04212c072a87ba68546a04065d525673ac461"
+dependencies = [
+ "aho-corasick",
+ "memchr",
+ "regex-syntax",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "regex-syntax"
+version = "0.6.25"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f497285884f3fcff424ffc933e56d7cbca511def0c9831a7f9b5f6153e3cc89b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "strsim"
 version = "0.10.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 073ba33..a42c1c3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ clap = "3.0.0-beta.2"
 posixmq = "1.0"
 chrono = "0.4"
 humantime = "2.1"
+log = "0.4"
+env_logger = "0.8"
 
 [package.metadata.deb]
 extended-description = "`mqrs` is a small cli application to handle POSIX message queues."
diff --git a/mqrs.1 b/mqrs.1
index 795809a..50fa2d0 100644
--- a/mqrs.1
+++ b/mqrs.1
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ completed further.
 Prints help information
 .TP 8
 .B \-v, \-\-verbose
-Produce verbose output
+Produce verbose output, multiple -v options increase the verbosity
+(max. 3)
 .TP 8
 .B \-V, \-\-version
 Prints version information
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index ba152c7..40296fb 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ enum Command {
     global_setting = AppSettings::InferSubcommands,
 )]
 struct Opts {
-    /// Produce verbose output
-    #[clap(short, long, global = true)]
-    verbose: bool,
+    /// Produce verbose output, multiple -v options increase the verbosity (max. 3)
+    #[clap(short, long, global = true, parse(from_occurrences))]
+    verbose: u32,
     #[clap(subcommand)]
     command: Command,
 }
@@ -31,12 +31,22 @@ struct Opts {
 fn main() -> Result<()> {
     let opts: Opts = Opts::parse();
 
+    env_logger::Builder::from_env(env_logger::Env::default().default_filter_or(
+        match opts.verbose {
+            0 => "warn",
+            1 => "info",
+            2 => "debug",
+            _ => "trace",
+        },
+    ))
+    .init();
+
     match opts.command {
-        Command::Create(c) => c.run(opts.verbose)?,
+        Command::Create(c) => c.run()?,
         Command::Info(i) => i.run()?,
-        Command::Unlink(u) => u.run(opts.verbose)?,
-        Command::Send(s) => s.run(opts.verbose)?,
-        Command::Recv(r) => r.run(opts.verbose)?,
+        Command::Unlink(u) => u.run()?,
+        Command::Send(s) => s.run()?,
+        Command::Recv(r) => r.run()?,
     }
 
     Ok(())
diff --git a/src/posix/create.rs b/src/posix/create.rs
index eac24ac..d475d36 100644
--- a/src/posix/create.rs
+++ b/src/posix/create.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use anyhow::Result;
 use clap::Clap;
+use log::{info, log_enabled, Level::Info};
 use posixmq::PosixMq;
 use std::fs;
 
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ fn msg_default() -> usize {
 }
 
 impl Create {
-    pub fn run(&self, verbose: bool) -> Result<()> {
+    pub fn run(&self) -> Result<()> {
         let mq = &mut posixmq::OpenOptions::readonly();
 
         if let Some(m) = &self.permissions {
@@ -47,11 +48,11 @@ impl Create {
             .create_new()
             .open(&self.queue)?;
 
-        if verbose {
+        if log_enabled!(Info) {
             let mq = PosixMq::open(&self.queue)?;
             let attributes = mq.attributes()?;
 
-            println!("Created message queue: {} with attributes msgsize: {}, capacity: {}, current_messages: {}",
+            info!("Created message queue: {} with attributes msgsize: {}, capacity: {}, current_messages: {}",
                      &self.queue,
                      &attributes.max_msg_len,
                      &attributes.capacity,
diff --git a/src/posix/recv.rs b/src/posix/recv.rs
index afb6758..0b8563a 100644
--- a/src/posix/recv.rs
+++ b/src/posix/recv.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use anyhow::Result;
 use chrono::{DateTime, Local};
 use clap::Clap;
 use humantime::Duration;
+use log::info;
 use posixmq::PosixMq;
 use std::str;
 
@@ -28,10 +29,8 @@ pub struct Recv {
     pub queue: String,
 }
 
-fn print_message(verbose: bool, priority: u32, length: usize, timestamp: bool, msg: &str) {
-    if verbose {
-        println!("Priority: {}, length: {}", priority, length);
-    }
+fn print_message(priority: u32, length: usize, timestamp: bool, msg: &str) {
+    info!("Priority: {}, length: {}", priority, length);
 
     if timestamp {
         println!("{}", Local::now());
@@ -41,30 +40,30 @@ fn print_message(verbose: bool, priority: u32, length: usize, timestamp: bool, m
 }
 
 impl Recv {
-    fn receive(&self, verbose: bool, mq: &PosixMq) -> Result<()> {
+    fn receive(&self, mq: &PosixMq) -> Result<()> {
         let mut buf = vec![0; mq.attributes()?.max_msg_len];
 
         if let Some(timeout) = &self.timeout {
             let (prio, len) = mq.recv_timeout(&mut buf, *timeout.parse::<Duration>()?)?;
 
-            print_message(verbose, prio, len, self.timestamp, str::from_utf8(&buf)?);
+            print_message(prio, len, self.timestamp, str::from_utf8(&buf)?);
         } else if let Some(deadline) = &self.deadline {
             let (prio, len) = mq.recv_deadline(
                 &mut buf,
                 DateTime::parse_from_str(deadline, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")?.into(),
             )?;
 
-            print_message(verbose, prio, len, self.timestamp, str::from_utf8(&buf)?);
+            print_message(prio, len, self.timestamp, str::from_utf8(&buf)?);
         } else {
             let (prio, len) = mq.recv(&mut buf)?;
 
-            print_message(verbose, prio, len, self.timestamp, str::from_utf8(&buf)?);
+            print_message(prio, len, self.timestamp, str::from_utf8(&buf)?);
         }
 
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    pub fn run(&self, verbose: bool) -> Result<()> {
+    pub fn run(&self) -> Result<()> {
         let mq = &mut posixmq::OpenOptions::readonly();
 
         if self.non_blocking {
@@ -75,10 +74,10 @@ impl Recv {
 
         if self.follow {
             loop {
-                self.receive(verbose, &mq)?;
+                self.receive(&mq)?;
             }
         } else {
-            self.receive(verbose, &mq)?;
+            self.receive(&mq)?;
         }
 
         Ok(())
diff --git a/src/posix/send.rs b/src/posix/send.rs
index 835b677..917679b 100644
--- a/src/posix/send.rs
+++ b/src/posix/send.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use anyhow::Result;
 use chrono::DateTime;
 use clap::Clap;
 use humantime::Duration;
+use log::info;
 
 /// Send a message to a message queue
 #[derive(Clap, Debug)]
@@ -26,14 +27,8 @@ pub struct Send {
     pub msg: String,
 }
 
-fn print_verbose(verbose: bool, msg: &str, queue: &str) {
-    if verbose {
-        println!("Sent message: \"{}\" to queue: {}", &msg, &queue);
-    }
-}
-
 impl Send {
-    pub fn run(&self, verbose: bool) -> Result<()> {
+    pub fn run(&self) -> Result<()> {
         let mq = &mut posixmq::OpenOptions::writeonly();
 
         if self.non_blocking {
@@ -47,7 +42,7 @@ impl Send {
                 *timeout.parse::<Duration>()?,
             )?;
 
-            print_verbose(verbose, &self.msg, &self.queue);
+            info!("Sent message: \"{}\" to queue: {}", &self.msg, &self.queue);
         } else if let Some(deadline) = &self.deadline {
             mq.open(&self.queue)?.send_deadline(
                 self.priority,
@@ -55,12 +50,12 @@ impl Send {
                 DateTime::parse_from_str(deadline, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")?.into(),
             )?;
 
-            print_verbose(verbose, &self.msg, &self.queue);
+            info!("Sent message: \"{}\" to queue: {}", &self.msg, &self.queue);
         } else {
             mq.open(&self.queue)?
                 .send(self.priority, &self.msg.as_bytes())?;
 
-            print_verbose(verbose, &self.msg, &self.queue);
+            info!("Sent message: \"{}\" to queue: {}", &self.msg, &self.queue);
         }
 
         Ok(())
diff --git a/src/posix/unlink.rs b/src/posix/unlink.rs
index ae837e1..4b89a27 100644
--- a/src/posix/unlink.rs
+++ b/src/posix/unlink.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use anyhow::Result;
 use clap::Clap;
+use log::info;
 
 /// Delete a message queue
 #[derive(Clap, Debug)]
@@ -10,12 +11,10 @@ pub struct Unlink {
 }
 
 impl Unlink {
-    pub fn run(&self, verbose: bool) -> Result<()> {
+    pub fn run(&self) -> Result<()> {
         posixmq::remove_queue(&self.queue)?;
 
-        if verbose {
-            println!("Removed message queue: {}", &self.queue);
-        }
+        info!("Removed message queue: {}", &self.queue);
 
         Ok(())
     }