diff --git a/repos/libports/recipes/pkg/system_rtc-pc/hash b/repos/libports/recipes/pkg/system_rtc-pc/hash
index ff64081e26..220c6822b1 100644
--- a/repos/libports/recipes/pkg/system_rtc-pc/hash
+++ b/repos/libports/recipes/pkg/system_rtc-pc/hash
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2022-05-24 7314ffd53ce1d9f266a45b149455ffe4f39e26a7
+2022-06-06 198a9b3ca1625083e8e5cc6893c2dc9c3ef7b254
diff --git a/repos/os/recipes/src/rtc_drv/hash b/repos/os/recipes/src/rtc_drv/hash
index 3e190d6d45..8c3f803def 100644
--- a/repos/os/recipes/src/rtc_drv/hash
+++ b/repos/os/recipes/src/rtc_drv/hash
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2022-05-24 efd3414279424ba9af6316da0d14eaa16c334f8a
+2022-06-06 4d3547ead19b82e81c31750cdbd4a3d19dbfa1b4
diff --git a/repos/os/run/rtc.run b/repos/os/run/rtc.run
index c693e4b32a..7cff2ac6f1 100644
--- a/repos/os/run/rtc.run
+++ b/repos/os/run/rtc.run
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ append config {
 		<resource name="RAM" quantum="1M"/>
 		<provides><service name="Rtc"/></provides>}
 append_if $test_update config {
-		<config allow_setting_rtc="true"/>
+		<config allow_setting_rtc="true" verbose="yes"/>
 		<route>
 			<service name="ROM" label="set_rtc">
 				<child name="report_rom"/>
diff --git a/repos/os/src/drivers/rtc/main.cc b/repos/os/src/drivers/rtc/main.cc
index f296424a51..fdeaf71f2b 100644
--- a/repos/os/src/drivers/rtc/main.cc
+++ b/repos/os/src/drivers/rtc/main.cc
@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ struct Rtc::Main
 	bool const _set_rtc {
 		_config_rom.xml().attribute_value("allow_setting_rtc", false) };
 
+	bool const _verbose {
+		_config_rom.xml().attribute_value("verbose", false) };
+
 	Constructible<Attached_rom_dataspace> _update_rom { };
 
 	struct Invalid_timestamp_xml : Exception {};
@@ -124,7 +127,12 @@ struct Rtc::Main
 		}
 
 		try {
-			Rtc::set_time(env, _parse_xml(_config_rom.xml()));
+			Timestamp ts = _parse_xml(_config_rom.xml());
+
+			if (_verbose)
+				Genode::log("set time to ", ts);
+
+			Rtc::set_time(env, ts);
 		} catch (Invalid_timestamp_xml &) {}
 
 		env.parent().announce(env.ep().manage(root));
@@ -189,7 +197,12 @@ void Rtc::Main::_handle_update()
 	Genode::Xml_node node = _update_rom->xml();
 
 	try {
-		Rtc::set_time(env, _parse_xml(node));
+		Timestamp ts = _parse_xml(node);
+
+		if (_verbose)
+			Genode::log("set time to ", ts);
+
+		Rtc::set_time(env, ts);
 		root.notify_clients();
 	} catch (Invalid_timestamp_xml &) {
 		Genode::warning("set_rtc: ignoring incomplete RTC update"); }