diff --git a/src/buddies/src/bd/strmclip.cc b/src/buddies/src/bd/strmclip.cc
index ca36b2507..917b5a24d 100644
--- a/src/buddies/src/bd/strmclip.cc
+++ b/src/buddies/src/bd/strmclip.cc
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include "dbSaveLayoutOptions.h"
 #include "tlLog.h"
 #include "tlCommandLineParser.h"
+#include "tlTimer.h"
 
 
 struct ClipData
@@ -200,6 +201,8 @@ BD_PUBLIC int strmclip (int argc, char *argv[])
 
   cmd.parse (argc, argv);
 
+  tl::SelfTimer timer (tl::verbosity () >= 11, tl::to_string (tr ("Total")));
+
   clip (data);
 
   return 0;
diff --git a/src/buddies/src/bd/strmcmp.cc b/src/buddies/src/bd/strmcmp.cc
index 70cc712e9..ccc31c55c 100644
--- a/src/buddies/src/bd/strmcmp.cc
+++ b/src/buddies/src/bd/strmcmp.cc
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "dbLayoutDiff.h"
 #include "dbReader.h"
 #include "tlCommandLineParser.h"
+#include "tlTimer.h"
 
 BD_PUBLIC int strmcmp (int argc, char *argv[])
 {
@@ -141,6 +142,8 @@ BD_PUBLIC int strmcmp (int argc, char *argv[])
     throw tl::Exception ("Both -ta|--top-a and -tb|--top-b top cells must be given");
   }
 
+  tl::SelfTimer timer (tl::verbosity () >= 11, tl::to_string (tr ("Total")));
+
   db::Layout layout_a;
   db::Layout layout_b;
 
diff --git a/src/buddies/src/bd/strmrun.cc b/src/buddies/src/bd/strmrun.cc
index fa15cf018..d13abefe7 100644
--- a/src/buddies/src/bd/strmrun.cc
+++ b/src/buddies/src/bd/strmrun.cc
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "tlLog.h"
 #include "tlCommandLineParser.h"
 #include "tlFileUtils.h"
+#include "tlTimer.h"
 #include "rba.h"
 #include "pya.h"
 #include "gsi.h"
@@ -97,5 +98,8 @@ BD_PUBLIC int strmrun (int argc, char *argv[])
   lym::Macro macro;
   macro.load_from (script);
   macro.set_file_path (script);
+
+  tl::SelfTimer timer (tl::verbosity () >= 11, tl::to_string (tr ("Total")));
+
   return macro.run ();
 }
diff --git a/src/buddies/src/bd/strmxor.cc b/src/buddies/src/bd/strmxor.cc
index a18fc36cd..645ae9a2c 100644
--- a/src/buddies/src/bd/strmxor.cc
+++ b/src/buddies/src/bd/strmxor.cc
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include "gsiExpression.h"
 #include "tlCommandLineParser.h"
 #include "tlThreads.h"
+#include "tlTimer.h"
 
 namespace {
 
@@ -455,6 +456,8 @@ BD_PUBLIC int strmxor (int argc, char *argv[])
     }
   }
 
+  tl::SelfTimer timer (tl::verbosity () >= 11, tl::to_string (tr ("Total")));
+
   db::Layout layout_a;
   db::Layout layout_b;