diff --git a/src/qcam/main.cpp b/src/qcam/main.cpp
index 5505a5d88ef6..5eff90a3fa66 100644
--- a/src/qcam/main.cpp
+++ b/src/qcam/main.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include "../cam/options.h"
 #include "../cam/stream_options.h"
 #include "main_window.h"
+#include "message_handler.h"
 
 void signalHandler([[maybe_unused]] int signal)
 {
@@ -38,6 +39,8 @@ OptionsParser::Options parseOptions(int argc, char *argv[])
 			 "renderer", ArgumentRequired, "renderer");
 	parser.addOption(OptStream, &streamKeyValue,
 			 "Set configuration of a camera stream", "stream", true);
+	parser.addOption(OptVerbose, OptionNone,
+			 "Print verbose log messages", "verbose");
 
 	OptionsParser::Options options = parser.parse(argc, argv);
 	if (options.isSet(OptHelp))
@@ -57,6 +60,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	if (options.isSet(OptHelp))
 		return 0;
 
+	MessageHandler msgHandler(options.isSet(OptVerbose));
+
 	struct sigaction sa = {};
 	sa.sa_handler = &signalHandler;
 	sigaction(SIGINT, &sa, nullptr);
diff --git a/src/qcam/main_window.cpp b/src/qcam/main_window.cpp
index 2502ecd40abe..39d034de6bb2 100644
--- a/src/qcam/main_window.cpp
+++ b/src/qcam/main_window.cpp
@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@ void MainWindow::processViewfinder(FrameBuffer *buffer)
 	fps = lastBufferTime_ && fps ? 1000000000.0 / fps : 0.0;
 	lastBufferTime_ = metadata.timestamp;
 
-	qInfo().noquote()
+	qDebug().noquote()
 		<< QString("seq: %1").arg(metadata.sequence, 6, 10, QLatin1Char('0'))
 		<< "bytesused:" << metadata.planes[0].bytesused
 		<< "timestamp:" << metadata.timestamp
diff --git a/src/qcam/main_window.h b/src/qcam/main_window.h
index 64bcfebc7dbd..a9aa8ffcd8fd 100644
--- a/src/qcam/main_window.h
+++ b/src/qcam/main_window.h
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ enum {
 	OptHelp = 'h',
 	OptRenderer = 'r',
 	OptStream = 's',
+	OptVerbose = 'v',
 };
 
 class MainWindow : public QMainWindow
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@ private:
 
 	/* Options */
 	const OptionsParser::Options &options_;
+	bool verbose_;
 
 	/* Camera manager, camera, configuration and buffers */
 	CameraManager *cm_;
diff --git a/src/qcam/meson.build b/src/qcam/meson.build
index 9bb48c0d06c5..ebcd5ca010cf 100644
--- a/src/qcam/meson.build
+++ b/src/qcam/meson.build
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ qcam_sources = files([
     'format_converter.cpp',
     'main.cpp',
     'main_window.cpp',
+    'message_handler.cpp',
     'viewfinder_qt.cpp',
 ])
 
diff --git a/src/qcam/message_handler.cpp b/src/qcam/message_handler.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..261623e19ca9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/qcam/message_handler.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2020, Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>
+ *
+ * message_handler.cpp - qcam - Log message handling
+ */
+
+#include "message_handler.h"
+
+QtMessageHandler MessageHandler::handler_ = nullptr;
+bool MessageHandler::verbose_ = false;
+
+MessageHandler::MessageHandler(bool verbose)
+{
+	verbose_ = verbose;
+	handler_ = qInstallMessageHandler(&MessageHandler::handleMessage);
+}
+
+void MessageHandler::handleMessage(QtMsgType type,
+				   const QMessageLogContext &context,
+				   const QString &msg)
+{
+	if (type == QtDebugMsg && !verbose_)
+		return;
+
+	handler_(type, context, msg);
+}
diff --git a/src/qcam/message_handler.h b/src/qcam/message_handler.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4534db9d93f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/qcam/message_handler.h
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2020, Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>
+ *
+ * message_handler.cpp - qcam - Log message handling
+ */
+#ifndef __QCAM_MESSAGE_HANDLER_H__
+#define __QCAM_MESSAGE_HANDLER_H__
+
+#include <QtGlobal>
+
+class MessageHandler
+{
+public:
+	MessageHandler(bool verbose);
+
+private:
+	static void handleMessage(QtMsgType type,
+				  const QMessageLogContext &context,
+				  const QString &msg);
+
+	static QtMessageHandler handler_;
+	static bool verbose_;
+};
+
+#endif /* __QCAM_MESSAGE_HANDLER_H__ */