diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cask/installer.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cask/installer.rb
index cbf5dc389b..5ad75d01ce 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cask/installer.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cask/installer.rb
@@ -367,11 +367,10 @@ module Cask
             force:                   false,
           ).install
         else
-          FormulaInstaller.new(cask_or_formula).yield_self do |fi|
+          FormulaInstaller.new(cask_or_formula, verbose: verbose?).yield_self do |fi|
             fi.installed_as_dependency = true
             fi.installed_on_request = false
             fi.show_header = true
-            fi.verbose = verbose?
             fi.prelude
             fi.fetch
             fi.install
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/install.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/install.rb
index 607e69ec92..efb73358d6 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/install.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/install.rb
@@ -325,7 +325,8 @@ module Homebrew
 
     fi = FormulaInstaller.new(f, force_bottle:               args.force_bottle?,
                                  include_test_formulae:      args.include_test_formulae,
-                                 build_from_source_formulae: args.build_from_source_formulae)
+                                 build_from_source_formulae: args.build_from_source_formulae,
+                                 debug: args.debug?, quiet: args.quiet?, verbose: args.verbose?)
     fi.options              = build_options.used_options
     fi.env                  = args.env
     fi.force                = args.force?
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/postinstall.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/postinstall.rb
index e0ac1d548c..a9da23695f 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/postinstall.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/postinstall.rb
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ module Homebrew
 
     args.resolved_formulae.each do |f|
       ohai "Postinstalling #{f}"
-      fi = FormulaInstaller.new(f)
+      fi = FormulaInstaller.new(f, debug: args.debug?, quiet: args.quiet?, verbose: args.verbose?)
       fi.post_install
     end
   end
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/formula_installer.rb b/Library/Homebrew/formula_installer.rb
index 30d7d2c292..0b8d015fe8 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/formula_installer.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/formula_installer.rb
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ class FormulaInstaller
                  force_bottle: false,
                  include_test_formulae: [],
                  build_from_source_formulae: [],
-                 cc: nil)
+                 cc: nil,
+                 debug: false, quiet: false, verbose: false)
     @formula = formula
     @env = nil
     @force = false
@@ -68,9 +69,9 @@ class FormulaInstaller
     @interactive = false
     @git = false
     @cc = cc
-    @verbose = Homebrew.args.verbose?
-    @quiet = Homebrew.args.quiet?
-    @debug = Homebrew.args.debug?
+    @verbose = verbose
+    @quiet = quiet
+    @debug = debug
     @installed_as_dependency = false
     @installed_on_request = true
     @options = Options.new
@@ -601,15 +602,13 @@ class FormulaInstaller
 
   def fetch_dependency(dep)
     df = dep.to_formula
-    fi = FormulaInstaller.new(df, force_bottle:               false,
+    fi = FormulaInstaller.new(df, force_bottle:      false,
                                   include_test_formulae:      include_test_formulae,
-                                  build_from_source_formulae: build_from_source_formulae)
+                                  build_from_source_formulae: build_from_source_formulae,
+                                  debug: debug?, quiet: quiet?, verbose: verbose?)
 
     fi.force                   = force?
     fi.keep_tmp                = keep_tmp?
-    fi.verbose                 = verbose?
-    fi.quiet                   = quiet?
-    fi.debug                   = debug?
     # When fetching we don't need to recurse the dependency tree as it's already
     # been done for us in `compute_dependencies` and there's no requirement to
     # fetch in a particular order.
@@ -642,9 +641,10 @@ class FormulaInstaller
       EOS
     end
 
-    fi = FormulaInstaller.new(df, force_bottle:               false,
+    fi = FormulaInstaller.new(df, force_bottle:      false,
                                   include_test_formulae:      include_test_formulae,
-                                  build_from_source_formulae: build_from_source_formulae)
+                                  build_from_source_formulae: build_from_source_formulae,
+                                  debug: debug?, quiet: quiet?, verbose: verbose?)
 
     fi.options                |= tab.used_options
     fi.options                |= Tab.remap_deprecated_options(df.deprecated_options, dep.options)
@@ -652,9 +652,6 @@ class FormulaInstaller
     fi.options                &= df.options
     fi.force                   = force?
     fi.keep_tmp                = keep_tmp?
-    fi.verbose                 = verbose?
-    fi.quiet                   = quiet?
-    fi.debug                   = debug?
     fi.link_keg              ||= keg_was_linked if keg_had_linked_keg
     fi.installed_as_dependency = true
     fi.installed_on_request    = df.any_version_installed? && tab.installed_on_request
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/reinstall.rb b/Library/Homebrew/reinstall.rb
index 77645bf7c0..27301429fa 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/reinstall.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/reinstall.rb
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ module Homebrew
     options &= f.options
 
     fi = FormulaInstaller.new(f, force_bottle:               args.force_bottle?,
-                                 build_from_source_formulae: args.build_from_source_formulae)
+                                 build_from_source_formulae: args.build_from_source_formulae,
+                                 debug: args.debug?, quiet: args.quiet?, verbose: args.verbose?)
     fi.options              = options
     fi.force                = args.force?
     fi.keep_tmp             = args.keep_tmp?
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/upgrade.rb b/Library/Homebrew/upgrade.rb
index 99a954464e..06e314380f 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/upgrade.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/upgrade.rb
@@ -63,9 +63,8 @@ module Homebrew
     options |= f.build.used_options
     options &= f.options
 
-    fi = FormulaInstaller.new(f, force_bottle:               args.force_bottle?,
-                                 include_test_formulae:      args.include_test_formulae,
-                                 build_from_source_formulae: args.build_from_source_formulae)
+    fi = FormulaInstaller.new(f, force_bottle: args.force_bottle?,
+                              debug: args.debug?, quiet: args.quiet?, verbose: args.verbose?)
     fi.options = options
     fi.force = args.force?
     fi.keep_tmp = args.keep_tmp?