diff --git a/include/timings.h b/include/timings.h
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+#ifndef ROFI_TIMINGS_H
+#define ROFI_TIMINGS_H
+#include <config.h>
+#if TIMINGS
+
+void rofi_timings_init ( void );
+void rofi_timings_tick ( char const *str, int line, char const *msg );
+void rofi_timings_quit ( void );
+
+#define TIMINGS_START()    rofi_timings_init ();
+#define TICK()             rofi_timings_tick ( __FUNCTION__, __LINE__, "" );
+#define TICK_N( a )        rofi_timings_tick ( __FUNCTION__, __LINE__, a );
+#define TIMINGS_STOP()     rofi_timings_quit ();
+
+#else
+
+#define TIMINGS_START()
+#define TIMINGS_STOP()
+#define TICK()
+#define TICK_N( a )
+
+#endif // TIMINGS
+#endif // ROFI_TIMINGS_H
diff --git a/source/timings.c b/source/timings.c
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+/**
+ * rofi
+ *
+ * MIT/X11 License
+ * Copyright (c) 2015 Qball Cow <qball@gmpclient.org>
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+ * a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+ * "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+ * without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+ * distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+ * permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+ * the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+ * included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
+ * OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+ * MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
+ * IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
+ * CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
+ * TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
+ * SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+#include "rofi.h"
+#include "timings.h"
+#if TIMINGS
+GTimer *global_timer     = NULL;
+double global_timer_last = 0.0;
+FILE   *timing_log       = NULL;
+
+void rofi_timings_init ( void )
+{
+    timing_log = fopen ( "rofi-timing.log", "w" );
+    if ( timing_log != NULL ) {
+        global_timer = g_timer_new ();
+        double now = g_timer_elapsed ( global_timer, NULL );
+        fprintf ( timing_log, "%4.6f (%2.6f): Started\n", now, 0.0 );
+    }
+}
+
+void rofi_timings_tick ( char const *str, int line, char const *msg )
+{
+    double now = g_timer_elapsed ( global_timer, NULL );
+
+    fprintf ( timing_log, "%4.6f (%2.6f): %s:%-3d %s\n", now, now - global_timer_last, str, line, msg );
+    global_timer_last = now;
+}
+
+void rofi_timings_quit ( void )
+{
+    if ( timing_log ) {
+        double now = g_timer_elapsed ( global_timer, NULL );
+        fprintf ( timing_log, "%4.6f (%2.6f): Stopped\n", now, 0.0 );
+        g_timer_destroy ( global_timer );
+        fclose ( timing_log );
+        timing_log = NULL;
+    }
+}
+
+#endif