diff --git a/cpp/platform/api/log_message.h b/cpp/platform/api/log_message.h
index 11374ed1..3f43c0bc 100644
--- a/cpp/platform/api/log_message.h
+++ b/cpp/platform/api/log_message.h
@@ -23,9 +23,13 @@ namespace api {
 
 // A log message that prints to appropraite destination when ~LogMessage() is
 // called.
+//
+// note: the Severity enum should map (best effort) to the corresponding level
+// id that the platform logging implementation has.
 class LogMessage {
  public:
   enum class Severity {
+    kVerbose = -1,
     kInfo = 0,
     kWarning = 1,
     kError = 2,
diff --git a/cpp/platform/base/logging.h b/cpp/platform/base/logging.h
index c50e57ce..36a6416c 100644
--- a/cpp/platform/base/logging.h
+++ b/cpp/platform/base/logging.h
@@ -36,7 +36,10 @@ class LogMessageVoidify {
 }  // namespace location
 
 // Severity enum conversion
-#define NEARBY_SEVERITY_INFO location::nearby::api::LogMessage::Severity::kInfo
+#define NEARBY_SEVERITY_VERBOSE \
+  location::nearby::api::LogMessage::Severity::kVerbose
+#define NEARBY_SEVERITY_INFO \
+  location::nearby::api::LogMessage::Severity::kInfo
 #define NEARBY_SEVERITY_WARNING \
   location::nearby::api::LogMessage::Severity::kWarning
 #define NEARBY_SEVERITY_ERROR \
diff --git a/cpp/platform/impl/g3/log_message.cc b/cpp/platform/impl/g3/log_message.cc
index b227392a..dd63c332 100644
--- a/cpp/platform/impl/g3/log_message.cc
+++ b/cpp/platform/impl/g3/log_message.cc
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ api::LogMessage::Severity g_min_log_severity = api::LogMessage::Severity::kInfo;
 
 inline absl::LogSeverity ConvertSeverity(api::LogMessage::Severity severity) {
   switch (severity) {
+    // api::LogMessage::Severity kVerbose and kInfo is mapped to
+    // absl::LogSeverity kInfo since absl::LogSeverity doesn't have kVerbose
+    // level.
+    case api::LogMessage::Severity::kVerbose:
     case api::LogMessage::Severity::kInfo:
       return absl::LogSeverity::kInfo;
     case api::LogMessage::Severity::kWarning: