diff --git a/libtdb.spec b/libtdb.spec
index 04cbd7c..96e8859 100644
--- a/libtdb.spec
+++ b/libtdb.spec
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 Name: libtdb
 Version: 1.2.9
-Release: 7%{?dist}
+Release: 8%{?dist}
 Group: System Environment/Daemons
 Summary: The tdb library
 License: LGPLv3+
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Python bindings for libtdb
 %build
 ./autogen.sh
 %configure --disable-rpath --bundled-libraries=NONE
-make %{?_smp_mflags}
+make %{?_smp_mflags} V=1
 
 %install
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
@@ -107,7 +107,10 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %postun -n python-tdb -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
 %changelog
-* Wed Jan 14 2011 Stephen Gallagher <sgallagh@redhat.com> - 1.2.9-7
+* Fri Jan 14 2011 Stephen Gallagher <sgallagh@redhat.com> - 1.2.9-8
+- Actually fix the verbosity
+
+* Fri Jan 14 2011 Stephen Gallagher <sgallagh@redhat.com> - 1.2.9-7
 - Let rpmbuild strip binaries, make build more verbose.
 - Original patch by Ville Skyttä <ville.skytta@iki.fi>