diff --git a/aide-verbose.patch b/aide-verbose.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..53e5ca4085395861deb6a21dcca1a9b82a4eaf7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aide-verbose.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+diff -up ./src/conf_eval.c.fix ./src/conf_eval.c
+--- ./src/conf_eval.c.fix	2023-12-22 12:12:22.961141634 +0100
++++ ./src/conf_eval.c	2023-12-22 14:09:21.217786675 +0100
+@@ -298,8 +299,20 @@ static void eval_config_statement(config
+             LOG_CONFIG_FORMAT_LINE(LOG_LEVEL_CONFIG, "set 'config_version' option to '%s'", str)
+             break;
+         case VERBOSE_OPTION:
+-            log_msg(LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, "%s:%d: 'verbose' option is no longer supported, use 'log_level' and 'report_level' options instead (see man aide.conf for details) (line: '%s')", conf_filename, conf_linenumber, conf_linebuf);
+-            exit(INVALID_CONFIGURELINE_ERROR);
++            log_msg(LOG_LEVEL_CONFIG, "%s:%d: 'verbose' option is deprecated, use 'log_level' and 'report_level' options instead (see man aide.conf for details) (line: '%s')", conf_filename, conf_linenumber, conf_linebuf);
++            char *str;
++            long num;
++            str = eval_string_expression(statement.e, linenumber, filename, linebuf);
++            num = strtol(str, NULL, 10);
++
++            if (num < 0 || num > 255) {
++                LOG_CONFIG_FORMAT_LINE(LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, "invalid verbose level: '%s'", str);
++                exit(INVALID_CONFIGURELINE_ERROR);
++            }
++
++            if (num >= 10) {
++                set_log_level(LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG);
++            }
++
++            free(str);
+             break;
+         case LIMIT_CMDLINE_OPTION:
+             /* command-line options are ignored here */
diff --git a/aide.spec b/aide.spec
index aff774d7d1a6105b5bca13656f5d038f47b4d74c..318be0b2016e74663424ec6469195865d0a31056 100644
--- a/aide.spec
+++ b/aide.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Name:       aide
 Version:    0.18.8
-Release:    1
+Release:    2
 Summary:    Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment
 License:    GPLv2+
 URL:        https://sourceforge.net/projects/aide
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ Requires:  libgcrypt-sm3
 
 Patch0:    Add-sm3-algorithm-for-aide.patch 
 Patch1:    backport-Fix-parsing-of-lowercase-group-names.patch
+Patch2:    aide-verbose.patch
 
 %description
 AIDE (Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment, [eyd]) is a file and directory integrity checker.
@@ -74,6 +75,12 @@ make check
 %{_mandir}/*/*
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Dec 25 2024 pengjian <pennycng@outlook.com> - 0.18.8-2
+- Type: enhancement
+- ID: NA
+- SUG: NA
+- DESC: add  aide-verbose.patch
+
 * Tue Oct 15 2024 yixiangzhike <yixiangzhike007@163.com> - 0.18.8-1
 - Type: enhancement
 - ID: NA