diff --git a/packages/core/__tests__/cli/build.test.ts b/packages/core/__tests__/cli/build.test.ts
index 20632a3e6..339c50093 100644
--- a/packages/core/__tests__/cli/build.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/__tests__/cli/build.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { existsSync, statSync } from 'fs';
+import { sep } from 'path';
 
 import { stripIndent } from 'common-tags';
 import stripAnsi = require('strip-ansi');
@@ -15,6 +16,11 @@ import {
   setupCompositeProject,
 } from 'glint-monorepo-test-utils';
 
+const TIMESTAMP = /\d{1,2}:\d{2}:\d{2} (AM|PM)/g;
+let EPHEMERAL = new RegExp(`(test-packages${sep}ephemeral${sep}[\\d\\w]+)${sep}`);
+
+// <time stamp> - Building project '/Users/ckrycho/dev/typed-ember/glint/test-packages/ephemeral/d526aeff72031/c/tsconfig.json'...
+
 describe('CLI: single-pass build mode typechecking', () => {
   describe('simple projects using `--build`', () => {
     let project!: Project;
@@ -1067,6 +1073,65 @@ describe('CLI: single-pass build mode typechecking', () => {
         });
       });
     });
+
+    describe('with `--verbose`', () => {
+      test('for a valid composite subproject with a reference', async () => {
+        let checkResult = await projects.children.a.build({ reject: false, flags: ['--verbose'] });
+
+        expect(checkResult.stdout.replace(TIMESTAMP, '<time stamp>')).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+          "<time stamp> - Projects in this build: 
+              * ../c/tsconfig.json
+              * tsconfig.json
+
+          <time stamp> - Project '../c/tsconfig.json' is out of date because output file '../c/tsconfig.tsbuildinfo' does not exist
+
+          <time stamp> - Building project '/Users/ckrycho/dev/typed-ember/glint/test-packages/ephemeral/d75a8393430fd/c/tsconfig.json'...
+
+          <time stamp> - Project 'tsconfig.json' is out of date because output file 'tsconfig.tsbuildinfo' does not exist
+
+          <time stamp> - Building project '/Users/ckrycho/dev/typed-ember/glint/test-packages/ephemeral/d75a8393430fd/a/tsconfig.json'...
+          "
+        `);
+      });
+
+      test('for a project transitively referenced by the root with a template type error, built from the main project', async () => {
+        let cCode = stripIndent`
+          const double = (n: number) => n * 2;
+          const useDouble = <template>{{double "hello"}}</template>;
+          const C = 'world';
+          export default C;
+        `;
+
+        projects.children.c.write(INPUT_SFC, cCode);
+
+        let checkResult = await projects.main.build({ reject: false, flags: ['--verbose'] });
+
+        expect(checkResult.stdout).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+          "12:10:54 PM - Projects in this build: 
+              * ../c/tsconfig.json
+              * ../a/tsconfig.json
+              * ../b/tsconfig.json
+              * tsconfig.json
+
+          12:10:54 PM - Project '../c/tsconfig.json' is out of date because output file '../c/tsconfig.tsbuildinfo' does not exist
+
+          12:10:54 PM - Building project '/Users/ckrycho/dev/typed-ember/glint/test-packages/ephemeral/c9e5192458bc8/c/tsconfig.json'...
+
+          12:10:55 PM - Project '../a/tsconfig.json' can't be built because its dependency '../c' has errors
+
+          12:10:55 PM - Skipping build of project '/Users/ckrycho/dev/typed-ember/glint/test-packages/ephemeral/c9e5192458bc8/a/tsconfig.json' because its dependency '/Users/ckrycho/dev/typed-ember/glint/test-packages/ephemeral/c9e5192458bc8/c' has errors
+
+          12:10:55 PM - Project '../b/tsconfig.json' is out of date because output file '../b/tsconfig.tsbuildinfo' does not exist
+
+          12:10:55 PM - Building project '/Users/ckrycho/dev/typed-ember/glint/test-packages/ephemeral/c9e5192458bc8/b/tsconfig.json'...
+
+          12:10:55 PM - Project 'tsconfig.json' can't be built because its dependency '../a' was not built
+
+          12:10:55 PM - Skipping build of project '/Users/ckrycho/dev/typed-ember/glint/test-packages/ephemeral/c9e5192458bc8/main/tsconfig.json' because its dependency '/Users/ckrycho/dev/typed-ember/glint/test-packages/ephemeral/c9e5192458bc8/a' was not built
+          "
+        `);
+      });
+    });
   });
 });
 
@@ -1606,3 +1671,233 @@ describe('CLI: --build --dry', () => {
     });
   });
 });
+
+describe('CLI: --build --verbose', () => {
+  describe('for basic projects', () => {
+    let project!: Project;
+    beforeEach(async () => {
+      project = await Project.createExact(BASE_TS_CONFIG);
+    });
+
+    afterEach(async () => {
+      await project.destroy();
+    });
+
+    test('prints verbose output for a valid basic project', async () => {
+      let code = stripIndent`
+        import '@glint/environment-ember-template-imports';
+        import Component from '@glimmer/component';
+
+        type ApplicationArgs = {
+          version: string;
+        };
+
+        export default class Application extends Component<{ Args: ApplicationArgs }> {
+          private startupTime = new Date().toISOString();
+
+          <template>
+            Welcome to app v{{@version}}.
+            The current time is {{this.startupTime}}.
+          </template>
+        }
+      `;
+
+      project.write(INPUT_SFC, code);
+
+      let checkResult = await project.build({ reject: false, flags: ['--verbose'] });
+
+      expect(checkResult.exitCode).toBe(0);
+      expect(checkResult.stdout.replace(TIMESTAMP, '<time stamp>')).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+        "<time stamp> - Projects in this build: 
+            * tsconfig.json
+
+        <time stamp> - Project 'tsconfig.json' is out of date because output file 'dist/tsconfig.tsbuildinfo' does not exist
+
+        <time stamp> - Building project '/Users/ckrycho/dev/typed-ember/glint/test-packages/ephemeral/d6cdd8c6a1fd6/tsconfig.json'...
+        "
+      `);
+      expect(checkResult.stderr).toEqual('');
+    });
+
+    test('prints verbose output for a project with a basic template type error', async () => {
+      let code = stripIndent`
+        import '@glint/environment-ember-template-imports';
+        import Component from '@glimmer/component';
+
+        type ApplicationArgs = {
+          version: string;
+        };
+
+        const truncate = (length: number, s: string): string =>
+          s.slice(0, length);
+
+        export default class Application extends Component<{ Args: ApplicationArgs }> {
+          private startupTime = new Date().toISOString();
+
+          <template>
+            Welcome to app v{{@version}}.
+            The current time is {{truncate this.startupTime 12}}.
+          </template>
+        }
+      `;
+
+      project.write(INPUT_SFC, code);
+
+      let checkResult = await project.build({ reject: false, flags: ['--verbose'] });
+
+      expect(checkResult.exitCode).toBe(1);
+      expect(checkResult.stdout.replace(TIMESTAMP, '<time stamp>')).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+        "<time stamp> - Projects in this build: 
+            * tsconfig.json
+
+        <time stamp> - Project 'tsconfig.json' is out of date because output file 'dist/tsconfig.tsbuildinfo' does not exist
+
+        <time stamp> - Building project '/Users/ckrycho/dev/typed-ember/glint/test-packages/ephemeral/c9e994479a9ca/tsconfig.json'...
+        "
+      `);
+      expect(stripAnsi(checkResult.stderr)).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+        "src/index.gts:16:36 - error TS2345: Argument of type 'string' is not assignable to parameter of type 'number'.
+
+        16     The current time is {{truncate this.startupTime 12}}.
+                                              ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+        "
+      `);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('for composite projects', () => {
+    // The basic structure here is designed to give minimal coverage over all
+    // interesting combinations of project invalidation:
+    //
+    // - main -> a invalidated itself
+    // - main -> a invalidated via c invalidated
+    // - main -> b invalidated
+    // - a invalidated itself
+    // - a -> c invalidated
+    // - b invalidated
+    // - c invalidated
+    //
+    // The `root` is the workspace root, while the others are packages nested
+    // within the workspace. There are other possible designs, but this is the
+    // most common and the one we teach.
+    let projects!: {
+      root: Project;
+      main: Project;
+      children: {
+        a: Project;
+        b: Project;
+        c: Project;
+      };
+    };
+
+    beforeEach(async () => {
+      projects = await setupCompositeProject();
+    });
+
+    afterEach(async () => {
+      // Invariant: this will clean up properly as long as `destroy()` continues
+      // to recursively remove all directories *and* all child projects are
+      // rooted in the root project.
+      await projects.root.destroy();
+    });
+
+    beforeEach(async () => {
+      let rootCode = stripIndent`
+        import Component from '@glimmer/component';
+        import A from '@glint-test/a';
+        import B from '@glint-test/b';
+  
+        type ApplicationArgs = {
+          version: string;
+        };
+  
+        export default class Application extends Component<{ Args: ApplicationArgs }> {
+          private startupTime = new Date().toISOString();
+  
+          <template>
+            Welcome to app v{{@version}}.
+            The current time is {{this.startupTime}}.
+          </template>
+        }
+      `;
+
+      let aCode = stripIndent`
+        import C from '@glint-test/c';
+        const A = 'hello ' + C;
+        export default A;
+      `;
+
+      let bCode = stripIndent`
+        const B = 'ahoy';
+        export default B;
+      `;
+
+      let cCode = stripIndent`
+        const C = 'world';
+        export default C;
+      `;
+
+      projects.main.write(INPUT_SFC, rootCode);
+      projects.children.a.write(INPUT_SFC, aCode);
+      projects.children.b.write(INPUT_SFC, bCode);
+      projects.children.c.write(INPUT_SFC, cCode);
+    });
+
+    test('for a valid composite subproject with a reference', async () => {
+      let checkResult = await projects.children.a.build({ reject: false, flags: ['--verbose'] });
+
+      expect(checkResult.stdout.replace(TIMESTAMP, '<time stamp>')).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+        "<time stamp> - Projects in this build: 
+            * ../c/tsconfig.json
+            * tsconfig.json
+
+        <time stamp> - Project '../c/tsconfig.json' is out of date because output file '../c/tsconfig.tsbuildinfo' does not exist
+
+        <time stamp> - Building project '/Users/ckrycho/dev/typed-ember/glint/test-packages/ephemeral/d75a8393430fd/c/tsconfig.json'...
+
+        <time stamp> - Project 'tsconfig.json' is out of date because output file 'tsconfig.tsbuildinfo' does not exist
+
+        <time stamp> - Building project '/Users/ckrycho/dev/typed-ember/glint/test-packages/ephemeral/d75a8393430fd/a/tsconfig.json'...
+        "
+      `);
+    });
+
+    test('for a project transitively referenced by the root with a template type error, built from the main project', async () => {
+      let cCode = stripIndent`
+        const double = (n: number) => n * 2;
+        const useDouble = <template>{{double "hello"}}</template>;
+        const C = 'world';
+        export default C;
+      `;
+
+      projects.children.c.write(INPUT_SFC, cCode);
+
+      let checkResult = await projects.main.build({ reject: false, flags: ['--verbose'] });
+
+      expect(checkResult.stdout).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+        "12:10:54 PM - Projects in this build: 
+            * ../c/tsconfig.json
+            * ../a/tsconfig.json
+            * ../b/tsconfig.json
+            * tsconfig.json
+
+        12:10:54 PM - Project '../c/tsconfig.json' is out of date because output file '../c/tsconfig.tsbuildinfo' does not exist
+
+        12:10:54 PM - Building project '/Users/ckrycho/dev/typed-ember/glint/test-packages/ephemeral/c9e5192458bc8/c/tsconfig.json'...
+
+        12:10:55 PM - Project '../a/tsconfig.json' can't be built because its dependency '../c' has errors
+
+        12:10:55 PM - Skipping build of project '/Users/ckrycho/dev/typed-ember/glint/test-packages/ephemeral/c9e5192458bc8/a/tsconfig.json' because its dependency '/Users/ckrycho/dev/typed-ember/glint/test-packages/ephemeral/c9e5192458bc8/c' has errors
+
+        12:10:55 PM - Project '../b/tsconfig.json' is out of date because output file '../b/tsconfig.tsbuildinfo' does not exist
+
+        12:10:55 PM - Building project '/Users/ckrycho/dev/typed-ember/glint/test-packages/ephemeral/c9e5192458bc8/b/tsconfig.json'...
+
+        12:10:55 PM - Project 'tsconfig.json' can't be built because its dependency '../a' was not built
+
+        12:10:55 PM - Skipping build of project '/Users/ckrycho/dev/typed-ember/glint/test-packages/ephemeral/c9e5192458bc8/main/tsconfig.json' because its dependency '/Users/ckrycho/dev/typed-ember/glint/test-packages/ephemeral/c9e5192458bc8/a' was not built
+        "
+      `);
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/core/src/cli/index.ts b/packages/core/src/cli/index.ts
index f6316fc4e..24bd6972b 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/cli/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/cli/index.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,12 @@ const argv = yargs(process.argv.slice(2))
     description: `Show what would be built (or deleted, if specified with '--clean'). Same as the TS \`--dry\` flag.`,
     type: 'boolean',
   })
+  .option('verbose', {
+    implies: 'build',
+    description:
+      'Prints out verbose logging to explain what’s going on (may be combined with any other flag). Same as the TS `--verbose` flag.',
+    type: 'boolean',
+  })
   .option('incremental', {
     description:
       'Save .tsbuildinfo files to allow for incremental compilation of projects. Same as the TS `--incremental` flag.',
@@ -87,6 +93,7 @@ if (argv.build) {
     clean: argv.clean,
     force: argv.force,
     dry: argv.dry,
+    verbose: argv.verbose,
   };
 
   if ('incremental' in argv) {
diff --git a/test-packages/ts-template-imports-app/src/Playground.gts b/test-packages/ts-template-imports-app/src/Playground.gts
index 5c24d91eb..20f24cd0f 100644
--- a/test-packages/ts-template-imports-app/src/Playground.gts
+++ b/test-packages/ts-template-imports-app/src/Playground.gts
@@ -50,6 +50,15 @@ declare const CanvasThing: ComponentLike<{ Args: { str: string }; Element: HTMLC
 declare const makeString: HelperLike<{ Args: { Named: { len: number } }; Return: string }>;
 declare const drawCanvasStuff: ModifierLike<{ Args: { Named: { width: number; height: number } }; Element: HTMLCanvasElement }>;
 
+declare const customModifierManagerExample: abstract new <El extends Element, Args extends Array<any>>() => InstanceType<ModifierLike<{
+  Element: El,
+  Args: {
+    Positional: [(element: El, args: Args) => void, ...Args]
+  }
+}>>;
+
+declare function exampleCallback(el: Element, pos: [number, string]): void;
+
 export const CanvasPlayground = <template>
   {{#let (component CanvasThing str="hi") as |BoundCanvasThing|}}
     <BoundCanvasThing />
@@ -58,4 +67,8 @@ export const CanvasPlayground = <template>
   {{#let (helper makeString len=5) (modifier drawCanvasStuff width=10) as |boundMakeString boundDrawCanvasStuff|}}
     <CanvasThing @str={{(boundMakeString)}} {{boundDrawCanvasStuff height=5}} />
   {{/let}}
+
+  {{#let (modifier customModifierManagerExample exampleCallback) as |m|}}
+    <div {{m}}></div>
+  {{/let}}
 </template>