diff --git a/src/db/db/dbNetlistSpiceReader.cc b/src/db/db/dbNetlistSpiceReader.cc
index 7395e27ea..af72199e5 100644
--- a/src/db/db/dbNetlistSpiceReader.cc
+++ b/src/db/db/dbNetlistSpiceReader.cc
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 #include "tlString.h"
 #include "tlFileUtils.h"
 #include "tlUri.h"
+#include "tlTimer.h"
+#include "tlLog.h"
 
 #include <sstream>
 #include <cctype>
@@ -249,6 +251,8 @@ NetlistSpiceReader::~NetlistSpiceReader ()
 
 void NetlistSpiceReader::read (tl::InputStream &stream, db::Netlist &netlist)
 {
+  tl::SelfTimer timer (tl::verbosity () >= 21, tl::to_string (tr ("Reading netlist ")) + stream.source ());
+
   mp_stream.reset (new tl::TextInputStream (stream));
   mp_netlist = &netlist;
   mp_circuit = 0;
diff --git a/src/db/db/dbNetlistSpiceWriter.cc b/src/db/db/dbNetlistSpiceWriter.cc
index a92c6a4e3..cdc183140 100644
--- a/src/db/db/dbNetlistSpiceWriter.cc
+++ b/src/db/db/dbNetlistSpiceWriter.cc
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 
 #include "tlStream.h"
 #include "tlUniqueName.h"
+#include "tlTimer.h"
+#include "tlLog.h"
 
 #include <sstream>
 #include <set>
@@ -244,6 +246,8 @@ void NetlistSpiceWriter::set_with_comments (bool with_comments)
 
 void NetlistSpiceWriter::write (tl::OutputStream &stream, const db::Netlist &netlist, const std::string &description)
 {
+  tl::SelfTimer timer (tl::verbosity () >= 21, tl::to_string (tr ("Writing netlist ")) + stream.path ());
+
   mp_stream = &stream;
   mp_netlist = &netlist;
   mp_delegate->attach_writer (this);