diff --git a/lib/Catmandu/Fix/validate.pm b/lib/Catmandu/Fix/validate.pm
index 8e465db45..9eb81a858 100644
--- a/lib/Catmandu/Fix/validate.pm
+++ b/lib/Catmandu/Fix/validate.pm
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ use Catmandu::Fix::Has;
 
 has path		=> (fix_arg => 1);
 has name 		=> (fix_arg => 1);
+has verbose     => (fix_opt => 1);
 has error_field => (fix_opt => 1, default => 'errors');
 has opts 		=> (fix_opt => 'collect');
 has validator 	=> (is => 'lazy', init_arg => undef);
@@ -20,17 +21,31 @@ with 'Catmandu::Fix::SimpleGetValue';
 sub emit_value {
     my ($self, $var, $fixer) = @_;
 	my $validator_var = $fixer->capture($self->validator);
+	my $verbose = $fixer->capture($self->verbose);
+    my $errors = $fixer->generate_var;
 	my $error_field = $self->error_field
 		? $fixer->split_path($self->error_field) : undef;
 
-    my $perl = $fixer->emit_create_path(
-		$fixer->var,
-		$error_field,
-		sub {
-			my $var = shift;
-			"${var} = ${validator_var}->last_errors;";
-		}
-	);
+    my $perl = $fixer->emit_declare_vars($errors)
+        . "${errors} = ${validator_var}->last_errors;"
+        . $fixer->emit_create_path(
+            $fixer->var,
+            $error_field,
+            sub {
+                my $var = shift;
+                "${var} = ${errors}";
+            }
+        )
+        . "if(${verbose}) {"
+        . $fixer->emit_foreach(
+            $errors,
+            sub {
+                my $v = shift;
+                "say STDERR is_ref(${v})"
+                ."? Catmandu->export_to_string(${v},'JSON',array=>0) : ${v}"
+            }
+        )
+        . "}";
 
     "unless (${validator_var}->is_valid(${var})) { $perl }";
 }
@@ -64,9 +79,23 @@ Catmandu::Fix::validate - validate data and keep errors
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
 This L<Catmandu::Fix> validates data with a L<Catmandu::Validator> and stores
-errors in field C<errors> for further inspection. The error field can be
-configured with option C<error_field>. Additional options are passed to the
-validator.
+errors in field C<errors> for further inspection.
+
+=head1 CONFIGURATION
+
+=over
+
+=item error_field
+
+Path where to store errors. Set to C<errors> by default.
+
+=item verbose
+
+Print errors to STDERR. Non-scalar errors are serialized to JSON.
+
+=back
+
+Additional options are passed to the validator.
 
 =head1 SEE ALSO
 
diff --git a/t/Catmandu-Fix-validator.t b/t/Catmandu-Fix-validate.t
similarity index 88%
rename from t/Catmandu-Fix-validator.t
rename to t/Catmandu-Fix-validate.t
index 75491f34e..02f547a29 100644
--- a/t/Catmandu-Fix-validator.t
+++ b/t/Catmandu-Fix-validate.t
@@ -30,4 +30,7 @@ is_deeply $validator->fix(record),
     record( warnings => [{ foo => 'bar'}] ),
     "got errors with error_field";
 
+$validator = $pkg->new( '', 'Simple', handler => sub { [{},1,{}] });
+ $validator->fix(record);
+
 done_testing;