diff --git a/src/alire-index.adb b/src/alire-index.adb
index 45988b8a..919e8799 100644
--- a/src/alire-index.adb
+++ b/src/alire-index.adb
@@ -30,11 +30,9 @@ package body Alire.Index is
                                     Requisites => Requisites,
                                     Native     => Native)
       do
-         if not Available_When.Is_Empty and then
-           not Available_When.Check (Platform_Properties)
+         if not Available_When.Is_Empty and Then not Available_When.Check (Platform_Properties)
          then
-            Trace.Debug ("Release " & Rel.Milestone_Image &
-                           " requisites not met by platform");
+            Trace.Debug ("Release " & Rel.Milestone_Image & " requisites not met by platform");
             return;
          end if;
 
diff --git a/src/alire-index.ads b/src/alire-index.ads
index 83d84ee9..b85cb939 100644
--- a/src/alire-index.ads
+++ b/src/alire-index.ads
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+private with Alire_Early_Elaboration; pragma Unreferenced (Alire_Early_Elaboration);
+
 with Alire.Containers;
 with Alire.Compilers;
 with Alire.Depends;
diff --git a/src/alire_early_elaboration.adb b/src/alire_early_elaboration.adb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0ea17554
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/alire_early_elaboration.adb
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+with Alire; -- Kind of circularity here but somehow it slips past static GNAT rules??
+
+with GNAT.Command_Line;
+with GNAT.OS_Lib;
+
+with Simple_Logging;
+
+package body Alire_Early_Elaboration is
+
+   ----------------------------
+   -- Early_Switch_Detection --
+   ----------------------------
+
+   procedure Early_Switch_Detection is
+      use GNAT.Command_Line;
+
+      Config : Command_Line_Configuration;
+
+   begin
+      Define_Switch (Config,
+                     Switch_Q'Access,
+                     "-q",
+                     Help => "Limit output to errors");
+      Define_Switch (Config,
+                     Switch_V'Access,
+                     "-v",
+                     Help => "Be more verbose");
+
+      Define_Switch (Config,
+                     Switch_D'Access,
+                     "-d",
+                     Help => "Be even more verbose (including debug messages)");
+
+      Getopt (Config);
+
+      --  Exclusivity check
+      if (Switch_D and Switch_V) or (Switch_D and Switch_Q) or (Switch_V and Switch_Q) then
+         Alire.Trace.Info ("Ada Library Repository manager (alr)");
+         Alire.Trace.Error ("Only one verbosity switch allowed (either -d, -v or -q)");
+         GNAT.OS_Lib.OS_Exit (1);
+      end if;
+
+      --  Level setting
+      if Switch_D then
+         Alire.Log_Level := Simple_Logging.Debug;
+      elsif Switch_V then
+         Alire.Log_Level := Simple_Logging.Detail;
+      elsif Switch_Q then
+         Alire.Log_Level := Simple_Logging.Error;
+      end if;
+   end Early_Switch_Detection;
+
+begin
+   Early_Switch_Detection;
+end Alire_Early_Elaboration;
diff --git a/src/alire_early_elaboration.ads b/src/alire_early_elaboration.ads
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0d8b9d74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/alire_early_elaboration.ads
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package Alire_Early_Elaboration with Elaborate_Body is
+
+   --  This body should be elaborated among the first ones.
+   --  For anything requiring early elaboration (e.g. logging setup)
+
+   --  Not directly a child of Alire to avoid circularity
+
+   Switch_D,
+   Switch_Q,
+   Switch_V : aliased Boolean := False;
+   --  Verbosity switches detected during early elaboration
+
+end Alire_Early_Elaboration;