diff --git a/main/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/TaskTimings.scala b/main/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/TaskTimings.scala
index 4767c1544..d6acbeaaa 100644
--- a/main/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/TaskTimings.scala
+++ b/main/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/TaskTimings.scala
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ private[sbt] final class TaskTimings(shutdown: Boolean) extends ExecuteProgress[
   private[this] val timings = new ConcurrentHashMap[Task[_], Long]
   private[this] var start = 0L
   private[this] val threshold = java.lang.Long.getLong("sbt.task.timings.threshold", 0L)
+  private[this] val omitPaths = java.lang.Boolean.getBoolean("sbt.task.timings.omit.paths")
   private[this] val (unit, divider) = System.getProperty("sbt.task.timings.unit", "ms") match {
     case "ns" => ("ns", 0)
     case "us" => ("µs", 3)
@@ -59,6 +60,8 @@ private[sbt] final class TaskTimings(shutdown: Boolean) extends ExecuteProgress[
       report()
     }
 
+  private val reFilePath = raw"\{[^}]+\}".r
+
   private[this] def report() = {
     val total = divide(System.nanoTime - start)
     println(s"Total time: $total $unit")
@@ -66,8 +69,10 @@ private[sbt] final class TaskTimings(shutdown: Boolean) extends ExecuteProgress[
     def sumTimes(in: Seq[(Task[_], Long)]) = in.map(_._2).sum
     val timingsByName = timings.asScala.toSeq.groupBy { case (t, time) => mappedName(t) } mapValues (sumTimes)
     val times = timingsByName.toSeq.sortBy(_._2).reverse
-      .map { case (name, time) => (name, divide(time)) }
-      .filter { _._2 > threshold }
+      .map {
+        case (name, time) =>
+          (if (omitPaths) reFilePath.replaceFirstIn(name, "") else name, divide(time))
+      }.filter { _._2 > threshold }
     if (times.size > 0) {
       val maxTaskNameLength = times.map { _._1.length }.max
       val maxTime = times.map { _._2 }.max.toString.length