diff --git a/dev/tasks/tasks.yml b/dev/tasks/tasks.yml
index 235057efed3bd..7cbee8c336b8c 100644
--- a/dev/tasks/tasks.yml
+++ b/dev/tasks/tasks.yml
@@ -1259,6 +1259,7 @@ tasks:
       env:
         CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE: MinSizeRel
         ARROW_R_DEV: TRUE
+        EXTRA_CMAKE_FLAGS: '-DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=on'
 
 {% for r_org, r_image, r_tag in [("rhub", "ubuntu-gcc-release", "latest"),
                                  ("rocker", "r-base", "latest"),