diff --git a/src/Composer/EventDispatcher/EventDispatcher.php b/src/Composer/EventDispatcher/EventDispatcher.php
index e96d47a81..65d6ea700 100644
--- a/src/Composer/EventDispatcher/EventDispatcher.php
+++ b/src/Composer/EventDispatcher/EventDispatcher.php
@@ -172,9 +172,7 @@ class EventDispatcher
             } else {
                 $args = implode(' ', array_map(array('Composer\Util\ProcessExecutor', 'escape'), $event->getArguments()));
                 $exec = $callable . ($args === '' ? '' : ' '.$args);
-                if ($this->io->isVerbose()) {
-                    $this->io->writeError(sprintf('> %s', $exec));
-                }
+                $this->io->writeError(sprintf('> %s', $exec));
                 if (0 !== ($exitCode = $this->process->execute($exec))) {
                     $this->io->writeError(sprintf('<error>Script %s handling the %s event returned with an error</error>', $callable, $event->getName()));
 
diff --git a/tests/Composer/Test/EventDispatcher/EventDispatcherTest.php b/tests/Composer/Test/EventDispatcher/EventDispatcherTest.php
index a40c6684d..9b5604591 100644
--- a/tests/Composer/Test/EventDispatcher/EventDispatcherTest.php
+++ b/tests/Composer/Test/EventDispatcher/EventDispatcherTest.php
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ class EventDispatcherTest extends TestCase
         );
     }
 
-    public function testDispatcherOutputsCommandsInVerboseMode()
+    public function testDispatcherOutputsCommand()
     {
         $dispatcher = $this->getMockBuilder('Composer\EventDispatcher\EventDispatcher')
             ->setConstructorArgs(array(
@@ -166,10 +166,6 @@ class EventDispatcherTest extends TestCase
             ->method('getListeners')
             ->will($this->returnValue($listener));
 
-        $io->expects($this->once())
-            ->method('isVerbose')
-            ->willReturn(true);
-
         $io->expects($this->once())
             ->method('writeError')
             ->with($this->equalTo('> echo foo'));
@@ -196,7 +192,11 @@ class EventDispatcherTest extends TestCase
             ->method('getListeners')
             ->will($this->returnValue($listener));
 
-        $io->expects($this->once())
+        $io->expects($this->at(0))
+            ->method('writeError')
+            ->willReturn('> exit 1');
+
+        $io->expects($this->at(1))
             ->method('writeError')
             ->with($this->equalTo('<error>Script '.$code.' handling the post-install-cmd event returned with an error</error>'));