diff --git a/perl/lib/Nix/Store.pm b/perl/lib/Nix/Store.pm
index 233a432e..f735a0a2 100644
--- a/perl/lib/Nix/Store.pm
+++ b/perl/lib/Nix/Store.pm
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ our %EXPORT_TAGS = ( 'all' => [ qw( ) ] );
 our @EXPORT_OK = ( @{ $EXPORT_TAGS{'all'} } );
 
 our @EXPORT = qw(
+    setVerbosity
     isValidPath queryReferences queryPathInfo queryDeriver queryPathHash
     queryPathFromHashPart
     topoSortPaths computeFSClosure followLinksToStorePath exportPaths importPaths
diff --git a/perl/lib/Nix/Store.xs b/perl/lib/Nix/Store.xs
index 4c550cdb..fd2a6e2e 100644
--- a/perl/lib/Nix/Store.xs
+++ b/perl/lib/Nix/Store.xs
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ void init()
         doInit();
 
 
+void setVerbosity(int level)
+    CODE:
+        verbosity = (Verbosity) level;
+
+
 int isValidPath(char * path)
     CODE:
         try {
diff --git a/scripts/build-remote.pl.in b/scripts/build-remote.pl.in
index dcf245d7..447a9fd7 100755
--- a/scripts/build-remote.pl.in
+++ b/scripts/build-remote.pl.in
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ binmode STDERR, ":encoding(utf8)";
 
 my $debug = defined $ENV{NIX_DEBUG_HOOK};
 
+setVerbosity(0); # make exportPath() less verbose
+
 
 # General operation:
 #