diff --git a/src/include/h5core/h5_debug.h b/src/include/h5core/h5_debug.h
index 5f49f4c..a8482ae 100644
--- a/src/include/h5core/h5_debug.h
+++ b/src/include/h5core/h5_debug.h
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ extern "C" {
 #define H5_VERBOSE_WARN    	(2)
 #define H5_VERBOSE_INFO    	(3)
 
+#define H5_VERBOSE_DEFAULT      H5_VERBOSE_ERROR
+
 #define H5_DEBUG_USER		(1<<2)
 #define H5_DEBUG_API		(1<<3)
 #define H5_DEBUG_CORE_API	(1<<4)