diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index e8bf4b95b..1dd3e89a5 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ before_script:
   - WGET="travis_retry wget --continue --tries=20 --waitretry=10 --retry-connrefused --no-dns-cache --timeout 300"
   - sudo apt-get -qq update
 
-  ## Support building the same binary as on CI
+  ## Support building a binary that is identical to the CI
   - echo -n "Contiki will be compiled with RELSTR=" ; git --git-dir .git describe --tags --always
 
   ## Install msp430 toolchain
diff --git a/Makefile.include b/Makefile.include
index 9d6270c1e..63c3e63df 100644
--- a/Makefile.include
+++ b/Makefile.include
@@ -35,6 +35,13 @@ ifndef HOST_OS
   endif
 endif
 
+#More debug information when running in CI
+ifdef CI
+  ifeq ($(CI),true)
+    V = 1
+  endif
+endif
+
 usage:
 	@echo "make MAKETARGETS... [TARGET=(TARGET)] [savetarget] [targets]"