diff --git a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/SpringApplication.java b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/SpringApplication.java
index 38ecef34ba..7600288dfe 100644
--- a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/SpringApplication.java
+++ b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/SpringApplication.java
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ import org.springframework.core.io.ResourceLoader;
 import org.springframework.core.io.support.SpringFactoriesLoader;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
+import org.springframework.util.StopWatch;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 import org.springframework.web.context.ConfigurableWebApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.web.context.support.StandardServletEnvironment;
@@ -245,6 +246,9 @@ public class SpringApplication {
 	 * @return a running {@link ApplicationContext}
 	 */
 	public ApplicationContext run(String... args) {
+		StopWatch stopWatch = new StopWatch();
+		stopWatch.start();
+
 		// Call all non environment aware initializers very early
 		callNonEnvironmentAwareSpringApplicationInitializers(args);
 
@@ -275,6 +279,13 @@ public class SpringApplication {
 		}
 		load(context, sources.toArray(new Object[sources.size()]));
 		refresh(context);
+
+		stopWatch.stop();
+		if (this.logStartupInfo) {
+			new StartupInfoLogger(this.mainApplicationClass).logStarted(
+					getApplicationLog(), stopWatch);
+		}
+
 		runCommandLineRunners(context, args);
 		return context;
 	}
@@ -363,9 +374,12 @@ public class SpringApplication {
 		}
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Called to log startup information, subclasses may override to add additional
+	 * logging.
+	 */
 	protected void logStartupInfo() {
-		Log applicationLog = getApplicationLog();
-		new StartupInfoLogger(this.mainApplicationClass).log(applicationLog);
+		new StartupInfoLogger(this.mainApplicationClass).logStarting(getApplicationLog());
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/StartupInfoLogger.java b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/StartupInfoLogger.java
index 312117e936..a30bb9ab0f 100644
--- a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/StartupInfoLogger.java
+++ b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/StartupInfoLogger.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
+import org.springframework.util.StopWatch;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 
 /**
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ class StartupInfoLogger {
 		this.sourceClass = sourceClass;
 	}
 
-	public void log(Log log) {
+	public void logStarting(Log log) {
 		Assert.notNull(log, "Log must not be null");
 		if (log.isInfoEnabled()) {
 			log.info(getStartupMessage());
@@ -54,6 +55,12 @@ class StartupInfoLogger {
 		}
 	}
 
+	public void logStarted(Log log, StopWatch stopWatch) {
+		if (log.isInfoEnabled()) {
+			log.info(getStartedMessage(stopWatch));
+		}
+	}
+
 	private String getStartupMessage() {
 		StringBuilder message = new StringBuilder();
 		message.append("Starting ");
@@ -74,6 +81,16 @@ class StartupInfoLogger {
 		return message;
 	}
 
+	private StringBuilder getStartedMessage(StopWatch stopWatch) {
+		StringBuilder message = new StringBuilder();
+		message.append("Started ");
+		message.append(getApplicationName());
+		message.append(" in ");
+		message.append(stopWatch.getTotalTimeSeconds());
+		message.append(" seconds");
+		return message;
+	}
+
 	private String getApplicationName() {
 		return (this.sourceClass != null ? ClassUtils.getShortName(this.sourceClass)
 				: "application");
@@ -163,4 +180,5 @@ class StartupInfoLogger {
 		}
 		return defaultValue;
 	}
+
 }
diff --git a/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/StartUpLoggerTests.java b/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/StartUpLoggerTests.java
index 19e5d53d9c..aa98d246e1 100644
--- a/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/StartUpLoggerTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/StartUpLoggerTests.java
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public class StartUpLoggerTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void sourceClassIncluded() {
-		new StartupInfoLogger(getClass()).log(this.log);
+		new StartupInfoLogger(getClass()).logStarting(this.log);
 		assertTrue("Wrong output: " + this.output,
 				this.output.toString().contains("Starting " + getClass().getSimpleName()));
 	}