diff --git a/beets/config_default.yaml b/beets/config_default.yaml
index 293dad223..2bd799612 100644
--- a/beets/config_default.yaml
+++ b/beets/config_default.yaml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import:
     singletons: no
     default_action: apply
     languages: []
+    detail: no
 
 clutter: ["Thumbs.DB", ".DS_Store"]
 ignore: [".*", "*~", "System Volume Information"]
diff --git a/beets/ui/commands.py b/beets/ui/commands.py
index b50341532..53a9505cd 100644
--- a/beets/ui/commands.py
+++ b/beets/ui/commands.py
@@ -226,13 +226,17 @@ def show_change(cur_artist, cur_album, match):
 
         if lhs != rhs:
             lines.append((lhs, rhs, lhs_width))
+        elif config['import']['detail']:
+            lines.append((lhs, '', lhs_width))
 
     # Print each track in two columns, or across two lines.
     col_width = (ui.term_width() - len(''.join([' * ', ' -> ']))) // 2
     if lines:
         max_width = max(w for _, _, w in lines)
         for lhs, rhs, lhs_width in lines:
-            if max_width > col_width:
+            if not rhs:
+                print_(u' * {0}'.format(lhs))
+            elif max_width > col_width:
                 print_(u' * %s ->\n   %s' % (lhs, rhs))
             else:
                 pad = max_width - lhs_width
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index b816ab07a..6f1379a56 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ New configuration options:
   from MusicBrainz. This feature requires `python-musicbrainz-ngs`_ 0.3 or
   later, which (at the time of this writing) is not yet released. Thanks to
   Sam Doshi.
+* :ref:`detail` enables a mode where all tracks are listed in the importer UI,
+  as opposed to only changed tracks.
 
 Other stuff:
 
diff --git a/docs/reference/config.rst b/docs/reference/config.rst
index 5a325b172..a539a3a9d 100644
--- a/docs/reference/config.rst
+++ b/docs/reference/config.rst
@@ -327,6 +327,16 @@ this to "en" uses the transliterated artist name "Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky"
 instead of the Cyrillic script for the composer's name when tagging from
 MusicBrainz. Defaults to an empty list, meaning that no language is preferred.
 
+.. _detail:
+
+detail
+~~~~~~
+
+Whether the importer UI should show detailed information about each match it
+finds. When enabled, this mode prints out the title of every track, regardless
+of whether it matches the original metadata. (The default behavior only shows
+changes.) Default: ``no``.
+
 .. _musicbrainz-config:
 
 MusicBrainz Options