diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bf9acc85ea..b419f325f9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -775,11 +775,22 @@
           "type": "string",
           "enum": [
             "FromPreference",
+            "Minimal",
             "Normal",
-            "Minimal"
+            "Diagnostic"
           ],
           "default": "FromPreference",
           "description": "Defines the verbosity of output to be used. For Pester 5 and newer the default value FromPreference, will use the Output settings from the $PesterPreference defined in the caller context, and will default to Normal if there is none. For Pester 4 the FromPreference and Normal options map to All, and Minimal option maps to Fails."
+        },
+        "powershell.pester.debugOutputVerbosity": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "enum": [
+            "Minimal",
+            "Normal",
+            "Diagnostic"
+          ],
+          "default": "Diagnostic",
+          "description": "Defines the verbosity of output to be used when debugging a test or a block. For Pester 5 and newer the default value Diagnostic will print additional information about discovery, skipped and filtered tests, mocking and more."
         }
       }
     },
diff --git a/src/features/PesterTests.ts b/src/features/PesterTests.ts
index de53100992..24ddf5759f 100644
--- a/src/features/PesterTests.ts
+++ b/src/features/PesterTests.ts
@@ -113,7 +113,12 @@ export class PesterTestsFeature implements IFeature {
             launchConfig.args.push("-MinimumVersion5");
         }
 
-        launchConfig.args.push("-Output", `'${settings.pester.outputVerbosity}'`);
+        if (launchType === LaunchType.Debug) {
+            launchConfig.args.push("-Output", `'${settings.pester.debugOutputVerbosity}'`);
+        }
+        else {
+            launchConfig.args.push("-Output", `'${settings.pester.outputVerbosity}'`);
+        }
 
         return launchConfig;
     }
diff --git a/src/settings.ts b/src/settings.ts
index fdaacab742..68cc6bd265 100644
--- a/src/settings.ts
+++ b/src/settings.ts
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ export interface ISideBarSettings {
 export interface IPesterSettings {
     useLegacyCodeLens?: boolean;
     outputVerbosity?: string;
+    debugOutputVerbosity?: string;
 }
 
 export function load(): ISettings {
@@ -189,6 +190,7 @@ export function load(): ISettings {
     const defaultPesterSettings: IPesterSettings = {
         useLegacyCodeLens: true,
         outputVerbosity: "FromPreference",
+        debugOutputVerbosity: "Diagnostic",
     };
 
     return {