diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 04b87f2..c973663 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ const defaults = {
   requiredTags: ['handler'],
   excludeStatus: [],
   includeId: false,
-  tags: ['detailed-response']
+  tags: ['detailed-response'],
+  verbose: false
 };
 
 const contains = (arr1, arr2) => arr1.some(item => arr2.includes(item));
@@ -65,13 +66,14 @@ const register = (server, options) => {
     if (request.route.settings.plugins['hapi-log-response'] && request.route.settings.plugins['hapi-log-response'].enabled === false) {
       return;
     }
-    if (event.error && event.error.output) {
+    if (options.verbose || (event.error && event.error.output)) {
       // ignore if required tags were specified, but none of them match any of the event tags:
       const tagArray = Array.isArray(event.tags) ? event.tags : Object.keys(event.tags);
-      if (options.requiredTags.length > 0 && !contains(options.requiredTags, tagArray)) {
+      if (!options.verbose && options.requiredTags.length > 0 && !contains(options.requiredTags, tagArray)) {
         return;
       }
-      const statusCode = event.error.output.statusCode;
+      // the only request events that have no error are unauthorized:
+      const statusCode = event.error ? event.error.output.statusCode : 401;
       // skip 404's, they are covered by the response handler:
       if (statusCode === 404) {
         return;
@@ -95,6 +97,10 @@ const register = (server, options) => {
           output: event.error.output
         };
       }
+      // in verbose mode we might want to log the original tags:
+      if (options.verbose) {
+        data.eventTags = eventTags;
+      }
       server.log(tags, data);
     }
   });
diff --git a/test/test.response.js b/test/test.response.js
index 044ffb8..45f5c2d 100644
--- a/test/test.response.js
+++ b/test/test.response.js
@@ -513,3 +513,41 @@ test('options.requiredTags just logs everything if set to empty', async (t) => {
   await server.stop();
   t.end();
 });
+
+test('options.verbose logs all request events', async (t) => {
+  const server = new Hapi.Server({
+    debug: {
+      request: ['error']
+    },
+    port: 8080
+  });
+  await server.register([
+    { plugin: require('../'),
+      options: {
+        verbose: true
+      }
+    }
+  ]);
+  server.route({
+    method: 'GET',
+    path: '/error',
+    handler(request, h) {
+      // simulate a 'no authentication scheme' event
+      request.auth.isAuthenticated = false;
+      request.auth.credentials = null;
+      request.error = boom.unauthorized();
+      request._log(['auth', 'unauthenticated']);
+      return h.response('not authenticated').code(401);
+    }
+  });
+  server.events.on('log', async (event, tags) => {
+    t.ok(tags['user-error']);
+    t.ok(event.data.eventTags.auth, 'verbose mode includes original tags');
+    t.ok(event.data.eventTags.unauthenticated, 'verbose mode includes original tags');
+    await server.stop();
+    t.end();
+  });
+  await server.start();
+  await server.inject({ url: '/error' });
+  await wait(1000);
+});