diff --git a/pavelib/utils/test/suites/suite.py b/pavelib/utils/test/suites/suite.py
index 0cda35e052..5675400e5f 100644
--- a/pavelib/utils/test/suites/suite.py
+++ b/pavelib/utils/test/suites/suite.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class TestSuite(object):
         self.root = args[0]
         self.subsuites = kwargs.get('subsuites', [])
         self.failed_suites = []
-        self.verbosity = kwargs.get('verbosity', 1)
+        self.verbosity = int(kwargs.get('verbosity', 1))
         self.skip_clean = kwargs.get('skip_clean', False)
         self.pdb = kwargs.get('pdb', False)