diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7d607ff..a9b2742 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ var list = dependencyTree.toList({
 * `nonExistent`: array used for storing the list of partial paths that do not exist
 * `filter`: a function used to determine if a module (and its subtree) should be included in the dependency tree
  - The first argument given to the filter is an absolute filepath to the dependency and the second is the filepath to the currently traversed file. Should return a `Boolean`. If it returns `true`, the module is included in the resulting tree.
+* `verbose`: wether to return the tree as a nested list with additional data for each dependency
 * `detective`: object with configuration specific to detectives used to find dependencies of a file
   - for example `detective.amd.skipLazyLoaded: true` tells the AMD detective to omit inner requires
   - See [precinct's usage docs](https://github.com/dependents/node-precinct#usage) for the list of module types you can pass options to.
@@ -77,6 +78,40 @@ Example:
 This structure was chosen to serve as a visual representation of the dependency tree
 for use in the [Dependents](https://github.com/mrjoelkemp/sublime-dependents) plugin.
 
+Example using `verbose: true`:
+
+```js
+[{
+  resolved: '/Users/mrjoelkemp/Documents/node-dependency-tree/test/example/extended/a.js',
+  partial: './test/example/extended/a.js',
+  dependencies: [{
+    resolved: '/Users/mrjoelkemp/Documents/node-dependency-tree/test/example/extended/b.js',
+    partial: './test/example/extended/b.js',
+    dependencies: [{
+      resolved: '/Users/mrjoelkemp/Documents/node-dependency-tree/test/example/extended/d.js',
+      partial: 'test/example/extended/d.js',
+      dependencies: []
+    }, {
+      resolved: '/Users/mrjoelkemp/Documents/node-dependency-tree/test/example/extended/e.js',
+      partial: 'test/example/extended/e.js',
+      dependencies: []
+    }]
+  }, {
+    resolved: '/Users/mrjoelkemp/Documents/node-dependency-tree/test/example/extended/c.js',
+    partial: './test/example/extended/c.js',
+    dependencies: [{
+      resolved: '/Users/mrjoelkemp/Documents/node-dependency-tree/test/example/extended/f.js',
+      partial: 'test/example/extended/f.js',
+      dependencies: []
+    }, {
+      resolved: '/Users/mrjoelkemp/Documents/node-dependency-tree/test/example/extended/g.js',
+      partial: 'test/example/extended/g.js',
+      dependencies: []
+    }]
+  }
+}]
+```
+
 ##### CLI version
 
 * Assumes a global install: `npm install -g dependency-tree`
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index a1c1701..a9ec777 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ const Config = require('./lib/Config');
  *                             Format is a filename -> tree as list lookup table
  * @param {Array} [options.nonExistent] - List of partials that do not exist
  * @param {Boolean} [options.isListForm=false]
+ * @param {Boolean} [options.verbose=false] Return a verbose tree in list form
  * @param {String|Object} [options.tsConfig] Path to a typescript config (or a preloaded one).
  * @return {Object}
  */
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ module.exports = function(options) {
 
   if (!fs.existsSync(config.filename)) {
     debug('file ' + config.filename + ' does not exist');
-    return config.isListForm ? [] : {};
+    return config.isListForm || config.verbose ? [] : {};
   }
 
   const results = traverse(config);
@@ -43,6 +44,14 @@ module.exports = function(options) {
     debug('list form of results requested');
 
     tree = Array.from(results);
+  } else if (config.verbose) {
+    debug('verbose form of results requested');
+
+    tree = [{
+      resolved: config.filename,
+      partial: null,
+      dependencies: results,
+    }];
   } else {
     debug('object form of results requested');
 
@@ -126,7 +135,11 @@ module.exports._getDependencies = function(config) {
       continue;
     }
 
-    resolvedDependencies.push(result);
+    if (config.verbose) {
+      resolvedDependencies.push({resolved: result, partial: dep});
+    } else {
+      resolvedDependencies.push(result);
+    }
   }
 
   return resolvedDependencies;
@@ -137,7 +150,14 @@ module.exports._getDependencies = function(config) {
  * @return {Object|Set}
  */
 function traverse(config) {
-  let subTree = config.isListForm ? new Set() : {};
+  let subTree;
+  if (config.isListForm) {
+    subTree = new Set();
+  } else if (config.verbose) {
+    subTree = [];
+  } else {
+    subTree = {};
+  }
 
   debug('traversing ' + config.filename);
 
@@ -151,7 +171,7 @@ function traverse(config) {
   debug('cabinet-resolved all dependencies: ', dependencies);
   // Prevents cycles by eagerly marking the current file as read
   // so that any dependent dependencies exit
-  config.visited[config.filename] = config.isListForm ? [] : {};
+  config.visited[config.filename] = config.isListForm || config.verbose ? [] : {};
 
   if (config.filter) {
     debug('using filter function to filter out dependencies');
@@ -164,21 +184,27 @@ function traverse(config) {
 
   for (let i = 0, l = dependencies.length; i < l; i++) {
     const d = dependencies[i];
+    const resolved = config.verbose ? d.resolved : d;
     const localConfig = config.clone();
-    localConfig.filename = d;
+    localConfig.filename = resolved;
 
     if (localConfig.isListForm) {
       for (let item of traverse(localConfig)) {
         subTree.add(item);
       }
+    } else if (localConfig.verbose) {
+      d.dependencies = traverse(localConfig);
+      subTree.push(d);
     } else {
-      subTree[d] = traverse(localConfig);
+      subTree[resolved] = traverse(localConfig);
     }
   }
 
   if (config.isListForm) {
     subTree.add(config.filename);
     config.visited[config.filename].push(...subTree);
+  } else if (config.verbose) {
+    config.visited[config.filename] = subTree;
   } else {
     config.visited[config.filename] = subTree;
   }
diff --git a/lib/Config.js b/lib/Config.js
index 336f3ac..c965c73 100644
--- a/lib/Config.js
+++ b/lib/Config.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ class Config {
     this.directory = options.directory || options.root;
     this.visited = options.visited || {};
     this.nonExistent = options.nonExistent || [];
+    this.verbose = options.verbose;
     this.isListForm = options.isListForm;
     this.requireConfig = options.config || options.requireConfig;
     this.webpackConfig = options.webpackConfig;