diff --git a/bin/cdist b/bin/cdist
index 4267b3fa..1e6fc45b 100755
--- a/bin/cdist
+++ b/bin/cdist
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #
 
 import argparse
+import datetime
 import logging
 import os
 import subprocess
@@ -154,6 +155,7 @@ class Cdist:
       # and sh -c -e does not exit if /bin/false called
       args[0][:0] = [ "/bin/sh", "-e" ]
 
+      remote = false
       if "remote" in kargs:
          if kargs["remote"]:
             args[0][:0] = self.remote_prefix
@@ -543,6 +545,7 @@ class Cdist:
    def deploy_to(self):
       """Mimic the old deploy to: Deploy to one host"""
       log.info("Deploying to " + self.target_host)
+      time_start = datetime.datetime.now()
       self.init_deploy()
       self.run_global_explores()
       self.run_initial_manifest()
@@ -568,7 +571,11 @@ class Cdist:
          self.object_run(cdist_object, mode="gencode")
          self.object_run(cdist_object, mode="code")
 
-      log.info("Finished run of %s", self.target_host)
+      time_end = datetime.datetime.now()
+      duration = time_end - time_start
+      log.info("Finished run of %s in %s seconds", 
+         self.target_host,
+         duration.total_seconds())
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='cdist ' + VERSION)