diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_restore.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_restore.go
index cbab2bed4..0ece13e5f 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_restore.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_restore.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/debug"
 	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/errors"
@@ -202,6 +203,7 @@ func runRestore(opts RestoreOptions, gopts GlobalOptions, args []string) error {
 	if opts.Verify {
 		Verbosef("verifying files in %s\n", opts.Target)
 		var count int
+		t0 := time.Now()
 		count, err = res.VerifyFiles(ctx, opts.Target)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -209,7 +211,8 @@ func runRestore(opts RestoreOptions, gopts GlobalOptions, args []string) error {
 		if totalErrors > 0 {
 			return errors.Fatalf("There were %d errors\n", totalErrors)
 		}
-		Verbosef("finished verifying %d files in %s\n", count, opts.Target)
+		Verbosef("finished verifying %d files in %s (took %s)\n", count, opts.Target,
+			time.Since(t0).Round(time.Millisecond))
 	}
 
 	return nil