diff --git a/bin/patches/qeomp-elapsed-time.patch b/bin/patches/qeomp-elapsed-time.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fbc5f5748
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/patches/qeomp-elapsed-time.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+diff --git a/test-suite/testcode/lib/testcode2/__init__.py b/test-suite/testcode/lib/testcode2/__init__.py
+index 223f3493e..5acd28305 100644
+--- a/test-suite/testcode/lib/testcode2/__init__.py
++++ b/test-suite/testcode/lib/testcode2/__init__.py
+@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import os
+ import shlex
+ import shutil
+ import subprocess
++import time
+ import sys
+ 
+ try:
+@@ -268,8 +269,11 @@ class Test:
+                                 out, shlex.quote(test_files[ind]))
+                 test_cmds = ['\n'.join(test_cmds)]
+             for (ind, test) in enumerate(test_cmds):
++                t_start = int(time.time())
+                 job = self.start_job(test, cluster_queue, verbose)
+                 job.wait()
++                t_stop = int(time.time())
++                t_elapsed = t_stop - t_start
+                 # Analyse tests as they finish.
+                 if cluster_queue:
+                     # Did all of them at once.
+@@ -303,6 +307,7 @@ class Test:
+                         raise exceptions.RunError(err[0])
+                     else:
+                         self.verify_job(test_input, test_arg, verbose, rundir)
++                print(f"  time elapsed: {t_elapsed} s")
+                 sys.stdout.flush()
+         except exceptions.RunError:
+             err = sys.exc_info()[1]
diff --git a/bin/run_qe.sh b/bin/run_qe.sh
index e7eebc264..712269608 100755
--- a/bin/run_qe.sh
+++ b/bin/run_qe.sh
@@ -437,6 +437,22 @@ run_pw_tests() {
   return "$ret"
 }
 
+if cd "$QE_REPO"; then
+    echo "patching $QE_REPO"
+    patch="$thisdir/patches/qeomp-elapsed-time.patch"
+    if patch -p1 --merge --dry-run < "$patch"; then
+        patch -p1 --merge < "$patch"
+        mystat=$?
+        if [[ $mystat -eq 0 ]]; then
+            echo "PATCH SUCCESS $AOMP_QE_REPO_NAME"
+        else
+            echo "PATCH FAILED $AOMP_QE_REPO_NAME, mystat: $mystat"
+        fi
+    else
+       echo "PATCH SKIPPED $AOMP_QE_REPO_NAME"
+    fi
+fi
+
 # --- rerun: skip the build, just re-run the PW tests -----------------------
 if [ "$1" == "rerun" ]; then
   run_pw_tests
@@ -469,8 +485,12 @@ if [ "$1" != "nocmake" ]; then
 fi
 
 # --- Build PWscf -----------------------------------------------------------
+t_build_start_s=$(date +"%s")
 make -j"$AOMP_JOB_THREADS" pw
 ret=$?
+t_build_stop_s=$(date +"%s")
+t_build_diff_s=$((t_build_stop_s - t_build_start_s))
+echo "Build status: $ret, time elapsed: $t_build_diff_s s"
 if [ $ret -ne 0 ]; then
   echo "quantum-espresso-pw" >> make-fail.txt
   exit 1