diff --git a/tools/build/ChangeLog b/tools/build/ChangeLog
index d80c52528e..b1cb6d16d1 100644
--- a/tools/build/ChangeLog
+++ b/tools/build/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2010-07-30	Ralf Corsépius <ralf.corsepius@rtems.org>
+
+	* rtems-bin2c.c: Make -v (verbose) working.
+
 2010-07-30	Ralf Corsépius <ralf.corsepius@rtems.org>
 
 	* configure.ac: Check for libgen.h, basename.
diff --git a/tools/build/rtems-bin2c.c b/tools/build/rtems-bin2c.c
index 57a6642a24..28148dc70a 100644
--- a/tools/build/rtems-bin2c.c
+++ b/tools/build/rtems-bin2c.c
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
       --argc;
       ++argv;
     } else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "-v")) {
-      usestatic = 1;
+      verbose = 1;
       --argc;
       ++argv;
     } else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "-z")) {