diff --git a/cscore/src/main/java/edu/wpi/cscore/UsbCamera.java b/cscore/src/main/java/edu/wpi/cscore/UsbCamera.java
index 13689edbbf..9a99858731 100644
--- a/cscore/src/main/java/edu/wpi/cscore/UsbCamera.java
+++ b/cscore/src/main/java/edu/wpi/cscore/UsbCamera.java
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public class UsbCamera extends VideoCamera {
    *
    * @param level 0=don't display Connecting message, 1=do display message
    */
-  void setConnectVerbose(int level) {
+  public void setConnectVerbose(int level) {
     CameraServerJNI.setProperty(CameraServerJNI.getSourceProperty(m_handle, "connect_verbose"),
                                 level);
   }
diff --git a/cscore/src/test/java/edu/wpi/cscore/UsbCameraTest.java b/cscore/src/test/java/edu/wpi/cscore/UsbCameraTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..36903b9926
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cscore/src/test/java/edu/wpi/cscore/UsbCameraTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/* Copyright (c) 2018 FIRST. All Rights Reserved.                             */
+/* Open Source Software - may be modified and shared by FRC teams. The code   */
+/* must be accompanied by the FIRST BSD license file in the root directory of */
+/* the project.                                                               */
+/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+package edu.wpi.cscore;
+
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Nested;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.condition.EnabledOnOs;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.condition.OS;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTimeoutPreemptively;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+
+class UsbCameraTest {
+  @Nested
+  @EnabledOnOs(OS.LINUX)
+  class ConnectVerbose {
+    @Test
+    void setConnectVerboseEnabledTest() {
+      try (UsbCamera camera = new UsbCamera("Nonexistant Camera", getNonexistentCameraDev())) {
+        camera.setConnectVerbose(1);
+
+        CompletableFuture<String> result = new CompletableFuture<>();
+        CameraServerJNI.setLogger((level, file, line, message) -> {
+          result.complete(message);
+        }, 20);
+
+        assertTimeoutPreemptively(Duration.ofSeconds(5),
+            () -> assertTrue(result.get().contains("Connecting to USB camera on ")));
+      }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void setConnectVerboseDisabledTest() {
+      try (UsbCamera camera = new UsbCamera("Nonexistant Camera", getNonexistentCameraDev())) {
+        camera.setConnectVerbose(0);
+
+        CompletableFuture<String> result = new CompletableFuture<>();
+        CameraServerJNI.setLogger((level, file, line, message) -> {
+          result.complete(message);
+        }, 20);
+
+        assertThrows(TimeoutException.class,
+            () -> result.get(3, TimeUnit.SECONDS));
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  private static int getNonexistentCameraDev() {
+    return Arrays.stream(CameraServerJNI.enumerateUsbCameras())
+        .mapToInt(info -> info.dev)
+        .max().orElseGet(() -> -1) + 1;
+  }
+}