diff --git a/dirmngr/dirmngr.c b/dirmngr/dirmngr.c
index 17adae2f4..31f8e0f46 100644
--- a/dirmngr/dirmngr.c
+++ b/dirmngr/dirmngr.c
@@ -2235,7 +2235,8 @@ handle_connections (assuan_fd_t listen_fd)
       npth_timersub (&abstime, &curtime, &timeout);
 
 #ifndef HAVE_W32_SYSTEM
-      ret = npth_pselect (nfd+1, &read_fdset, NULL, NULL, &timeout, npth_sigev_sigmask());
+      ret = npth_pselect (nfd+1, &read_fdset, NULL, NULL, &timeout,
+                          npth_sigev_sigmask());
       saved_errno = errno;
 
       while (npth_sigev_get_pending(&signo))
diff --git a/dirmngr/dirmngr_ldap.c b/dirmngr/dirmngr_ldap.c
index 5be4e5814..e05c77925 100644
--- a/dirmngr/dirmngr_ldap.c
+++ b/dirmngr/dirmngr_ldap.c
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 # include <signal.h>
 #endif
 #include <errno.h>
-#include <assert.h>
 #include <sys/time.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #ifndef USE_LDAPWRAPPER
@@ -343,7 +342,7 @@ ldap_wrapper_main (char **argv, estream_t outstream)
     usage (1);
 #else
   /* All passed arguments should be fine in this case.  */
-  assert (argc);
+  log_assert (argc);
 #endif
 
 #ifdef USE_LDAPWRAPPER
diff --git a/dirmngr/ldap.c b/dirmngr/ldap.c
index adf83071e..cb3c0b763 100644
--- a/dirmngr/ldap.c
+++ b/dirmngr/ldap.c
@@ -136,8 +136,12 @@ run_ldap_wrapper (ctrl_t ctrl,
       argv[argc++] = "--pass";
       argv[argc++] = pass;
     }
-  if (opt.verbose)
+
+  if (DBG_LOOKUP)
     argv[argc++] = "-vv";
+  else if (DBG_EXTPROG)
+    argv[argc++] = "-v";
+
   argv[argc++] = "--log-with-pid";
   if (multi_mode)
     argv[argc++] = "--multi";
@@ -564,8 +568,12 @@ start_cert_fetch_ldap (ctrl_t ctrl, cert_fetch_context_t *context,
       argv[argc++] = "--pass";
       argv[argc++] = pass;
     }
-  if (opt.verbose)
+
+  if (DBG_LOOKUP)
     argv[argc++] = "-vv";
+  else if (DBG_EXTPROG)
+    argv[argc++] = "-v";
+
   argv[argc++] = "--log-with-pid";
   argv[argc++] = "--multi";
   if (opt.ldaptimeout)