diff --git a/src/Stats.ts b/src/Stats.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fd2c45ce0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Stats.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+const now = (typeof process !== 'undefined' && process.hrtime)
+	? () => {
+		const t = process.hrtime();
+		return t[0] * 1e3 + t[1] / 1e6;
+	}
+	: () => window.performance.now();
+
+type Timing = {
+	label: string;
+	start: number;
+	end: number;
+	children: Timing[];
+}
+
+function collapseTimings(timings) {
+	const result = {};
+	timings.forEach(timing => {
+		result[timing.label] = Object.assign({
+			total: timing.end - timing.start
+		}, timing.children && collapseTimings(timing.children));
+	});
+	return result;
+}
+
+export default class Stats {
+	startTime: number;
+	currentTiming: Timing;
+	currentChildren: Timing[];
+	timings: Timing[];
+	stack: Timing[];
+
+	constructor() {
+		this.startTime = now();
+		this.stack = [];
+		this.currentChildren = this.timings = [];
+	}
+
+	start(label) {
+		const timing = {
+			label,
+			start: now(),
+			end: null,
+			children: []
+		};
+
+		this.currentChildren.push(timing);
+		this.stack.push(timing);
+
+		this.currentTiming = timing;
+		this.currentChildren = timing.children;
+	}
+
+	stop(label) {
+		if (label !== this.currentTiming.label) {
+			throw new Error(`Mismatched timing labels`);
+		}
+
+		this.currentTiming.end = now();
+		this.stack.pop();
+		this.currentTiming = this.stack[this.stack.length - 1];
+		this.currentChildren = this.currentTiming ? this.currentTiming.children : this.timings;
+	}
+
+	toJSON() {
+		const timings = Object.assign({
+			total: now() - this.startTime
+		}, collapseTimings(this.timings));
+
+		return {
+			timings
+		};
+	}
+}
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diff --git a/src/generators/Generator.ts b/src/generators/Generator.ts
index 5d8e472c5b..9a0e9acd43 100644
--- a/src/generators/Generator.ts
+++ b/src/generators/Generator.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import MagicString, { Bundle } from 'magic-string';
 import isReference from 'is-reference';
 import { walk, childKeys } from 'estree-walker';
 import { getLocator } from 'locate-character';
+import Stats from '../Stats';
 import deindent from '../utils/deindent';
 import CodeBuilder from '../utils/CodeBuilder';
 import getCodeFrame from '../utils/getCodeFrame';
@@ -76,6 +77,8 @@ childKeys.EachBlock = childKeys.IfBlock = ['children', 'else'];
 childKeys.Attribute = ['value'];
 
 export default class Generator {
+	stats: Stats;
+
 	ast: Parsed;
 	parsed: Parsed;
 	source: string;
@@ -123,8 +126,12 @@ export default class Generator {
 		name: string,
 		stylesheet: Stylesheet,
 		options: CompileOptions,
+		stats: Stats,
 		dom: boolean
 	) {
+		stats.start('compile');
+		this.stats = stats;
+
 		this.ast = clone(parsed);
 
 		this.parsed = parsed;
@@ -372,10 +379,13 @@ export default class Generator {
 			}
 		});
 
+		this.stats.stop('compile');
+
 		return {
 			ast: this.ast,
 			js,
 			css,
+			stats: this.stats.toJSON(),
 
 			// TODO deprecate
 			code: js.code,
diff --git a/src/generators/dom/index.ts b/src/generators/dom/index.ts
index c3358f31d3..412742d874 100644
--- a/src/generators/dom/index.ts
+++ b/src/generators/dom/index.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import reservedNames from '../../utils/reservedNames';
 import shared from './shared';
 import Generator from '../Generator';
 import Stylesheet from '../../css/Stylesheet';
+import Stats from '../../Stats';
 import Block from './Block';
 import { test } from '../../config';
 import { Parsed, CompileOptions, Node } from '../../interfaces';
@@ -34,9 +35,10 @@ export class DomGenerator extends Generator {
 		source: string,
 		name: string,
 		stylesheet: Stylesheet,
-		options: CompileOptions
+		options: CompileOptions,
+		stats: Stats
 	) {
-		super(parsed, source, name, stylesheet, options, true);
+		super(parsed, source, name, stylesheet, options, stats, true);
 		this.blocks = [];
 
 		this.readonly = new Set();
@@ -81,11 +83,12 @@ export default function dom(
 	parsed: Parsed,
 	source: string,
 	stylesheet: Stylesheet,
-	options: CompileOptions
+	options: CompileOptions,
+	stats: Stats
 ) {
 	const format = options.format || 'es';
 
-	const generator = new DomGenerator(parsed, source, options.name || 'SvelteComponent', stylesheet, options);
+	const generator = new DomGenerator(parsed, source, options.name || 'SvelteComponent', stylesheet, options, stats);
 
 	const {
 		computations,
diff --git a/src/generators/server-side-rendering/index.ts b/src/generators/server-side-rendering/index.ts
index a4e3652359..e2501a826d 100644
--- a/src/generators/server-side-rendering/index.ts
+++ b/src/generators/server-side-rendering/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import deindent from '../../utils/deindent';
 import Generator from '../Generator';
+import Stats from '../../Stats';
 import Stylesheet from '../../css/Stylesheet';
 import Block from './Block';
 import visit from './visit';
@@ -20,9 +21,10 @@ export class SsrGenerator extends Generator {
 		source: string,
 		name: string,
 		stylesheet: Stylesheet,
-		options: CompileOptions
+		options: CompileOptions,
+		stats: Stats
 	) {
-		super(parsed, source, name, stylesheet, options, false);
+		super(parsed, source, name, stylesheet, options, stats, false);
 		this.bindings = [];
 		this.renderCode = '';
 		this.appendTargets = [];
@@ -45,11 +47,12 @@ export default function ssr(
 	parsed: Parsed,
 	source: string,
 	stylesheet: Stylesheet,
-	options: CompileOptions
+	options: CompileOptions,
+	stats: Stats
 ) {
 	const format = options.format || 'cjs';
 
-	const generator = new SsrGenerator(parsed, source, options.name || 'SvelteComponent', stylesheet, options);
+	const generator = new SsrGenerator(parsed, source, options.name || 'SvelteComponent', stylesheet, options, stats);
 
 	const { computations, name, templateProperties } = generator;
 
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index cc3c0681e5..3167498f85 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import parse from './parse/index';
 import validate from './validate/index';
 import generate from './generators/dom/index';
 import generateSSR from './generators/server-side-rendering/index';
+import Stats from './Stats';
 import { assign } from './shared/index.js';
 import Stylesheet from './css/Stylesheet';
 import { Parsed, CompileOptions, Warning, PreprocessOptions, Preprocessor } from './interfaces';
@@ -109,20 +110,28 @@ export function compile(source: string, _options: CompileOptions) {
 	const options = normalizeOptions(_options);
 	let parsed: Parsed;
 
+	const stats = new Stats();
+
 	try {
+		stats.start('parse');
 		parsed = parse(source, options);
+		stats.stop('parse');
 	} catch (err) {
 		options.onerror(err);
 		return;
 	}
 
+	stats.start('stylesheet');
 	const stylesheet = new Stylesheet(source, parsed, options.filename, options.cascade !== false, options.dev);
+	stats.stop('stylesheet');
 
+	stats.start('validate');
 	validate(parsed, source, stylesheet, options);
+	stats.stop('validate');
 
 	const compiler = options.generate === 'ssr' ? generateSSR : generate;
 
-	return compiler(parsed, source, stylesheet, options);
+	return compiler(parsed, source, stylesheet, options, stats);
 };
 
 export function create(source: string, _options: CompileOptions = {}) {
diff --git a/src/interfaces.ts b/src/interfaces.ts
index 07692991bb..d44c6a030c 100644
--- a/src/interfaces.ts
+++ b/src/interfaces.ts
@@ -93,4 +93,4 @@ export interface PreprocessOptions {
 	filename?: string
 }
 
-export type Preprocessor = (options: {content: string, attributes: Record<string, string | boolean>, filename?: string}) => { code: string, map?: SourceMap | string };
+export type Preprocessor = (options: {content: string, attributes: Record<string, string | boolean>, filename?: string}) => { code: string, map?: SourceMap | string };
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