diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index 8b510cfe..2f4ac54e 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ PlatformIO 3.0
 3.6.5 (2019-??-??)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
+* Project Generator: added new targets for CLion IDE "BUILD_VERBOSE" and "MONITOR" (serial port monitor)
+  (`issue #359 <https://github.com/platformio/platformio-core/issues/359>`_)
 * Fixed an issue with slow updating of PlatformIO Core packages on Windows
 * Fixed an issue when `platformio ci <https://docs.platformio.org/en/latest/userguide/cmd_ci.html>`__ recompiles project if ``--keep-build-dir`` option is passed
   (`issue #2109 <https://github.com/platformio/platformio-core/issues/2109>`_)
diff --git a/platformio/ide/tpls/clion/CMakeLists.txt.tpl b/platformio/ide/tpls/clion/CMakeLists.txt.tpl
index 63274c43..7b17a983 100644
--- a/platformio/ide/tpls/clion/CMakeLists.txt.tpl
+++ b/platformio/ide/tpls/clion/CMakeLists.txt.tpl
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ add_custom_target(
     WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
 )
 
+add_custom_target(
+    PLATFORMIO_BUILD_VERBOSE ALL
+    COMMAND ${PLATFORMIO_CMD} -f -c clion run --verbose
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
+)
+
 add_custom_target(
     PLATFORMIO_UPLOAD ALL
     COMMAND ${PLATFORMIO_CMD} -f -c clion run --target upload
@@ -21,6 +27,12 @@ add_custom_target(
     WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
 )
 
+add_custom_target(
+    PLATFORMIO_MONITOR ALL
+    COMMAND ${PLATFORMIO_CMD} -f -c clion device monitor
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
+)
+
 add_custom_target(
     PLATFORMIO_TEST ALL
     COMMAND ${PLATFORMIO_CMD} -f -c clion test
diff --git a/platformio/ide/tpls/clion/CMakeListsPrivate.txt.tpl b/platformio/ide/tpls/clion/CMakeListsPrivate.txt.tpl
index a1c84d68..0f7c053e 100644
--- a/platformio/ide/tpls/clion/CMakeListsPrivate.txt.tpl
+++ b/platformio/ide/tpls/clion/CMakeListsPrivate.txt.tpl
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# !!! WARNING !!!
+# PLEASE DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!
+# USE https://docs.platformio.org/page/projectconf/section_env_build.html#build-flags
+
 % def _normalize_path(path):
 %   if project_dir in path:
 %     path = path.replace(project_dir, "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}")