diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1922c69b89af..7dc745cbf0de 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3716,6 +3716,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "foundry-compilers",
  "foundry-config",
  "foundry-macros",
+ "itertools 0.13.0",
  "num-format",
  "reqwest",
  "semver 1.0.23",
diff --git a/crates/common/Cargo.toml b/crates/common/Cargo.toml
index 8fa745a13982..033c53e49dba 100644
--- a/crates/common/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/common/Cargo.toml
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ clap = { version = "4", features = ["derive", "env", "unicode", "wrap_help"] }
 comfy-table.workspace = true
 dunce.workspace = true
 eyre.workspace = true
+itertools.workspace = true
 num-format.workspace = true
 reqwest.workspace = true
 semver.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/common/src/term.rs b/crates/common/src/term.rs
index ead39b5face3..e673987454cb 100644
--- a/crates/common/src/term.rs
+++ b/crates/common/src/term.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ use foundry_compilers::{
     artifacts::remappings::Remapping,
     report::{self, BasicStdoutReporter, Reporter},
 };
+use foundry_config::find_project_root;
+use itertools::Itertools;
 use semver::Version;
 use std::{
     io,
@@ -17,6 +19,8 @@ use std::{
 };
 use yansi::Paint;
 
+use crate::shell;
+
 /// Some spinners
 // https://github.com/gernest/wow/blob/master/spin/spinners.go
 pub static SPINNERS: &[&[&str]] = &[
@@ -151,6 +155,24 @@ impl Drop for SpinnerReporter {
 
 impl Reporter for SpinnerReporter {
     fn on_compiler_spawn(&self, compiler_name: &str, version: &Version, dirty_files: &[PathBuf]) {
+        // Verbose message with dirty files displays first to avoid being overlapped
+        // by the spinner in .tick() which prints repeatedly over the same line.
+        if shell::verbosity() >= 5 {
+            let project_root = find_project_root(None);
+
+            self.send_msg(format!(
+                "Files to compile:\n{}",
+                dirty_files
+                    .iter()
+                    .map(|path| {
+                        let trimmed_path = path.strip_prefix(&project_root).unwrap_or(path);
+                        format!("- {}", trimmed_path.display())
+                    })
+                    .sorted()
+                    .format("\n")
+            ));
+        }
+
         self.send_msg(format!(
             "Compiling {} files with {} {}.{}.{}",
             dirty_files.len(),