diff --git a/src/Composer/Installer.php b/src/Composer/Installer.php
index e70eb537f..071b1d4fc 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Installer.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Installer.php
@@ -1166,6 +1166,16 @@ class Installer
         return $this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Checks, if running in verbose mode.
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function isVerbose()
+    {
+        return $this->verbose;
+    }
+
     /**
      * restrict the update operation to a few packages, all other packages
      * that are already installed will be kept at their current version