diff --git a/util/cbfstool/cbfstool.c b/util/cbfstool/cbfstool.c
index 792dd91d64..ead2d88f9f 100644
--- a/util/cbfstool/cbfstool.c
+++ b/util/cbfstool/cbfstool.c
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ struct command {
 	int (*function) (void);
 };
 
-int verbose = 0;
 static struct param {
 	char *cbfs_name;
 	char *name;
diff --git a/util/cbfstool/common.c b/util/cbfstool/common.c
index f594e8453b..2fe0f01daf 100644
--- a/util/cbfstool/common.c
+++ b/util/cbfstool/common.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "cbfs.h"
 
 /* Utilities */
+int verbose = 0;
 
 /* Small, OS/libc independent runtime check for endianess */
 int is_big_endian(void)