diff --git a/dumux/common/timeloop.hh b/dumux/common/timeloop.hh
index 9636f82c0acb722fc58986c2fdadb66bd8ac2242..d7c3cdbea94002c5deadc5822ac386b97618cce6 100644
--- a/dumux/common/timeloop.hh
+++ b/dumux/common/timeloop.hh
@@ -389,6 +389,10 @@ public:
     bool verbose() const
     { return verbose_; }
 
+    //! Sets time loop verbosity
+    void setVerbose(bool verbose = true)
+    { verbose_ = verbose; }
+
     /*
      * @}
      */