diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index e8683b538..31d0ed9ea 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from lib.core.enums import OS
 from lib.core.revision import getRevisionNumber
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.0.9.51"
+VERSION = "1.0.9.52"
 REVISION = getRevisionNumber()
 TYPE = "dev" if VERSION.count('.') > 2 and VERSION.split('.')[-1] != '0' else "stable"
 TYPE_COLORS = {"dev": 33, "stable": 90, "pip": 34}
diff --git a/lib/parse/cmdline.py b/lib/parse/cmdline.py
index 544d0e527..364a80a54 100644
--- a/lib/parse/cmdline.py
+++ b/lib/parse/cmdline.py
@@ -885,7 +885,6 @@ def cmdLineParser(argv=None):
             except ValueError, ex:
                 raise SqlmapSyntaxException, "something went wrong during command line parsing ('%s')" % ex.message
 
-        # Hide non-basic options in basic help case
         for i in xrange(len(argv)):
             if argv[i] == "-hh":
                 argv[i] = "-h"
@@ -913,6 +912,14 @@ def cmdLineParser(argv=None):
                     if not found:
                         parser.option_groups.remove(group)
 
+        for verbosity in (_ for _ in argv if re.search(r"\A\-v+\Z", _)):
+            try:
+                if argv.index(verbosity) == len(argv) - 1 or not argv[argv.index(verbosity) + 1].isdigit():
+                    conf.verbose = verbosity.count('v') + 1
+                    del argv[argv.index(verbosity)]
+            except (IndexError, ValueError):
+                pass
+
         try:
             (args, _) = parser.parse_args(argv)
         except UnicodeEncodeError, ex:
diff --git a/txt/checksum.md5 b/txt/checksum.md5
index ae11ffca5..7e45cfaed 100644
--- a/txt/checksum.md5
+++ b/txt/checksum.md5
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ e60456db5380840a586654344003d4e6  lib/core/readlineng.py
 5ef56abb8671c2ca6ceecb208258e360  lib/core/replication.py
 99a2b496b9d5b546b335653ca801153f  lib/core/revision.py
 7c15dd2777af4dac2c89cab6df17462e  lib/core/session.py
-9652b7cb6777148034310c0e66b2e85a  lib/core/settings.py
+ddab16d302a21444b7f12de4630af2df  lib/core/settings.py
 7af83e4f18cab6dff5e67840eb65be80  lib/core/shell.py
 23657cd7d924e3c6d225719865855827  lib/core/subprocessng.py
 c3ace7874a536d801f308cf1fd03df99  lib/core/target.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ d43f059747ffd48952922c94152e2a07  lib/core/testing.py
 8485a3cd94c0a5af2718bad60c5f1ae5  lib/core/wordlist.py
 cc9c82cfffd8ee9b25ba3af6284f057e  lib/__init__.py
 c1288bc4ce5651dbdd82d4a9435fdc03  lib/parse/banner.py
-498be08b12a01bd79d82fc993bd07965  lib/parse/cmdline.py
+bc8a27a451d988398d7e25a786b2c8a2  lib/parse/cmdline.py
 8ec4d4f02634834701f8258726f2e511  lib/parse/configfile.py
 fe4e2152292587928edb94c9a4d311ff  lib/parse/handler.py
 8e6bfb13e5a34b2610f3ff23467a34cf  lib/parse/headers.py