diff --git a/src/Context.cpp b/src/Context.cpp
index 3d8c3e34e..37584f152 100644
--- a/src/Context.cpp
+++ b/src/Context.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <iostream>
 #include <fstream>
 #include <sstream>
+#include <iomanip>
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -801,6 +802,20 @@ void Context::decomposeSortField (
   }
 }
 
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+void Context::debugTiming (const std::string& details, const Timer& timer)
+{
+  std::stringstream out;
+  out << "Timer "
+      << details
+      << ' '
+      << std::setprecision (6)
+      << std::fixed
+      << timer.total_us () / 1.0e6
+      << " sec";
+  debug (out.str ());
+}
+
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // This capability is to answer the question of 'what did I just do to generate
 // this output?'.
diff --git a/src/Context.h b/src/Context.h
index a3ea489be..152f91a23 100644
--- a/src/Context.h
+++ b/src/Context.h
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ public:
   void error (const std::string&);     // Error message sink - non-maskable
 
   void decomposeSortField (const std::string&, std::string&, bool&, bool&);
+  void debugTiming (const std::string&, const Timer&);
 
 private:
   void staticInitialization ();