2 files changed, 16 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/lib/Nagios/Plugin/Getopt.pm b/lib/Nagios/Plugin/Getopt.pm
index d291b2f..1903e8c 100644
--- a/lib/Nagios/Plugin/Getopt.pm
+++ b/lib/Nagios/Plugin/Getopt.pm
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ my @ARGS = ({
     help => "-t, --timeout=INTEGER\n   Seconds before plugin times out (default: %s)",
     default => $DEFAULT{timeout},
   }, {
-    spec => 'verbose|v',
-    help => "-v, --verbose\n   Show details for command-line debugging",
+    spec => 'verbose|v+',
+    help => "-v, --verbose\n   Show details for command-line debugging (can repeat up to 3 times)",
     default => $DEFAULT{verbose},
   },
 );
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ example:
    -t, --timeout=INTEGER
      Seconds before plugin times out (default: 15)
    -v, --verbose
-     Show details for command-line debugging
+     Show details for command-line debugging (can repeat up to 3 times)
 
 
 =head2 ARGUMENTS
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ and so on. The following are some examples:
 
 =item exclude|X=s@
 
-=item verbose|v
+=item verbose|v+
 
 =back
 
diff --git a/t/Nagios-Plugin-Getopt-01.t b/t/Nagios-Plugin-Getopt-01.t
index fad68e3..b708a5f 100644
--- a/t/Nagios-Plugin-Getopt-01.t
+++ b/t/Nagios-Plugin-Getopt-01.t
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 use strict;
 
-use Test::More tests => 72;
+use Test::More tests => 76;
 BEGIN { use_ok('Nagios::Plugin::Getopt') };
 
 my %PARAM = (
@@ -45,6 +45,17 @@ is($ng->warning, 3, 'warning set to 3');
 is($ng->critical, 10, 'critical set to 10');
 is($ng->timeout, 12, 'timeout set to 12');
 
+# Check multiple verbose flags
+@ARGV = qw(-w 3 --critical 10 -v -v -v);
+$ng = setup;
+$ng->getopts;
+is ($ng->verbose, 3, "Verbose set to level 3");
+
+@ARGV = qw(-w 3 --critical 10 --verbose --verbose --verbose);
+$ng = setup;
+$ng->getopts;
+is ($ng->verbose, 3, "Verbose set to level 3 (longhand)");
+
 # Missing args
 @ARGV = qw();
 $ng = setup;