diff --git a/lightfm/lightfm.py b/lightfm/lightfm.py
index 3034b49c..4e4b5f5e 100644
--- a/lightfm/lightfm.py
+++ b/lightfm/lightfm.py
@@ -453,8 +453,10 @@ def fit(self, interactions,
         num_threads: int, optional
              Number of parallel computation threads to use. Should
              not be higher than the number of physical cores.
-        verbose: bool, optional
-             whether to print progress messages.
+        verbose: bool or function, optional
+             if it's a bool, whether to print progress messages;
+             if it's a function, the print or logging function for printing
+             progress messages.
 
         Returns
         -------
@@ -513,8 +515,10 @@ def fit_partial(self, interactions,
         num_threads: int, optional
              Number of parallel computation threads to use. Should
              not be higher than the number of physical cores.
-        verbose: bool, optional
-             whether to print progress messages.
+        verbose: bool or function, optional
+             if it's a bool, whether to print progress messages;
+             if it's a function, the print or logging function for printing
+             progress messages.
 
         Returns
         -------
@@ -567,7 +571,9 @@ def fit_partial(self, interactions,
 
         for epoch in range(epochs):
 
-            if verbose:
+            if hasattr(verbose, '__call__'):
+                verbose('Epoch %s' % epoch)
+            elif verbose:
                 print('Epoch %s' % epoch)
 
             self._run_epoch(item_features,