diff --git a/src/Curl/Curl.php b/src/Curl/Curl.php
index 2fdf12e..228b52f 100644
--- a/src/Curl/Curl.php
+++ b/src/Curl/Curl.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ namespace Curl;
 
 class Curl
 {
-    const VERSION = '4.7.1';
+    const VERSION = '4.8.0';
     const DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 30;
 
     public $curl;
@@ -795,9 +795,15 @@ class Curl
      * @access public
      * @param  $on
      */
-    public function verbose($on = true)
+    public function verbose($on = true, $output=STDERR)
     {
+        // Turn off CURLINFO_HEADER_OUT for verbose to work. This has the side
+        // effect of causing Curl::requestHeaders to be empty.
+        if ($on) {
+            $this->setOpt(CURLINFO_HEADER_OUT, false);
+        }
         $this->setOpt(CURLOPT_VERBOSE, $on);
+        $this->setOpt(CURLOPT_STDERR, $output);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/PHPCurlClass/PHPCurlClassTest.php b/tests/PHPCurlClass/PHPCurlClassTest.php
index 1bad997..302aafd 100644
--- a/tests/PHPCurlClass/PHPCurlClassTest.php
+++ b/tests/PHPCurlClass/PHPCurlClassTest.php
@@ -2526,4 +2526,24 @@ class CurlTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
             }
         }
     }
+
+    public function testAlternativeStandardErrorOutput()
+    {
+        // Skip test on HHVM due to "Segmentation fault".
+        if (defined('HHVM_VERSION')) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $buffer = fopen('php://memory', 'w+');
+
+        $curl = new Curl();
+        $curl->verbose(true, $buffer);
+        $curl->post(Test::TEST_URL);
+
+        rewind($buffer);
+        $stderr = stream_get_contents($buffer);
+        fclose($buffer);
+
+        $this->assertNotEmpty($stderr);
+    }
 }