diff --git a/contrib/packages/deb/ubuntu-focal/debian/rules b/contrib/packages/deb/ubuntu-focal/debian/rules
index 0245a065f4..9701a95376 100644
--- a/contrib/packages/deb/ubuntu-focal/debian/rules
+++ b/contrib/packages/deb/ubuntu-focal/debian/rules
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ config-stamp: xorg-source-stamp
 		-DBUILD_STATIC=off \
 		-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=/usr \
 		-DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBEXECDIR:PATH=lib/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH) \
-		-DCMAKE_INSTALL_UNITDIR:PATH=/lib/systemd/system
+		-DCMAKE_INSTALL_UNITDIR:PATH=/lib/systemd/system \
+        -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=TRUE
 	(cd unix/xserver; \
 	export PIXMANINCDIR=/usr/include/pixman-1; \
 	autoreconf -fiv; \
diff --git a/contrib/packages/deb/ubuntu-jammy/debian/rules b/contrib/packages/deb/ubuntu-jammy/debian/rules
index 1b4fd6f882..c6c9516f30 100644
--- a/contrib/packages/deb/ubuntu-jammy/debian/rules
+++ b/contrib/packages/deb/ubuntu-jammy/debian/rules
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ config-stamp: xorg-source-stamp
 		-DBUILD_STATIC=off \
 		-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=/usr \
 		-DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBEXECDIR:PATH=lib/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH) \
-		-DCMAKE_INSTALL_UNITDIR:PATH=/lib/systemd/system
+		-DCMAKE_INSTALL_UNITDIR:PATH=/lib/systemd/system \
+        -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=TRUE
 	(cd unix/xserver; \
 	export PIXMANINCDIR=/usr/include/pixman-1; \
 	autoreconf -fiv; \
diff --git a/contrib/packages/deb/ubuntu-noble/debian/rules b/contrib/packages/deb/ubuntu-noble/debian/rules
index 1b4fd6f882..c6c9516f30 100644
--- a/contrib/packages/deb/ubuntu-noble/debian/rules
+++ b/contrib/packages/deb/ubuntu-noble/debian/rules
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ config-stamp: xorg-source-stamp
 		-DBUILD_STATIC=off \
 		-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=/usr \
 		-DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBEXECDIR:PATH=lib/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH) \
-		-DCMAKE_INSTALL_UNITDIR:PATH=/lib/systemd/system
+		-DCMAKE_INSTALL_UNITDIR:PATH=/lib/systemd/system \
+        -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=TRUE
 	(cd unix/xserver; \
 	export PIXMANINCDIR=/usr/include/pixman-1; \
 	autoreconf -fiv; \