diff --git a/src/buddies/src/bd/bdConverterMain.cc b/src/buddies/src/bd/bdConverterMain.cc
index d44f9b05e..d3f418b06 100644
--- a/src/buddies/src/bd/bdConverterMain.cc
+++ b/src/buddies/src/bd/bdConverterMain.cc
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include "dbReader.h"
 #include "dbWriter.h"
 #include "tlCommandLineParser.h"
+#include "tlTimer.h"
 
 namespace bd
 {
@@ -53,6 +54,8 @@ int converter_main (int argc, char *argv[], const std::string &format)
 
   db::Layout layout;
 
+  tl::SelfTimer timer (tl::verbosity () >= 11, tl::to_string (tr ("Total")));
+
   {
     db::LoadLayoutOptions load_options;
     generic_reader_options.configure (load_options);