diff --git a/.appveyor.yml b/.appveyor.yml
index 10109c9f80f7..d31d037a8491 100644
--- a/.appveyor.yml
+++ b/.appveyor.yml
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ init:
   - micromamba config set always_yes true
   - micromamba config prepend channels conda-forge
   - micromamba info
+  - ps: |
+      if ($env:APPVEYOR_REPO_COMMIT_MESSAGE -like "*[verbose]*") {
+          $env:PYTEST_ARGS += " -vv"
+          echo "Verbose logging enabled via commit message."
+      }
 
 install:
   - set EXTRA_PACKAGES=pywin32 codecov
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 8be8e5d25a92..639c3b961364 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -316,6 +316,10 @@ jobs:
         if: matrix.delete-font-cache
 
       - name: Run pytest
+        env:
+          PYTEST_ADDOPTS: >-
+            ${{ (contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'ci:verbose') ||
+                 contains(github.event.head_commit.message, '[verbose]')) && '-vv' || '' }}
         run: |
           if [[ "${{ matrix.python-version }}" == '3.14t' ]]; then
             export PYTHON_GIL=0
diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index c8df751f2419..62a24e6ca2c0 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -91,6 +91,15 @@ stages:
           - script: pip list
             displayName: 'print pip'
 
+          - bash: |
+              echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=PYTEST_ADDOPTS]-vv"
+            displayName: 'Enable verbose logging'
+            condition: |
+              or(
+                contains(variables['Build.SourceVersionMessage'], '[verbose]'),
+                contains(variables['System.PullRequest.Labels'], 'ci:verbose')
+              )
+
           - bash: |
               set -e
               SESSION_ID=$(python -c "import uuid; print(uuid.uuid4(), end='')")