diff --git a/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsbuildstep.cpp b/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsbuildstep.cpp
index 54339d3697b..9c20578393e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsbuildstep.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsbuildstep.cpp
@@ -412,6 +412,7 @@ void QbsBuildStep::build()
     options.setChangedFiles(m_changedFiles);
     options.setFilesToConsider(m_changedFiles);
     options.setActiveFileTags(m_activeFileTags);
+    options.setLogElapsedTime(!qgetenv(Constants::QBS_PROFILING_ENV).isEmpty());
 
     QString error;
     m_job = qbsProject()->build(options, m_products, error);
diff --git a/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsprojectmanagerconstants.h b/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsprojectmanagerconstants.h
index a446ef62ca7..05667062f53 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsprojectmanagerconstants.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsprojectmanagerconstants.h
@@ -65,5 +65,7 @@ const char QBS_FORCE_PROBES_KEY[] = "qbspm.forceProbes";
 static const char QBS_GROUP_ICON[] = ":/qbsprojectmanager/images/groups.png";
 static const char QBS_PRODUCT_OVERLAY_ICON[] = ":/qbsprojectmanager/images/productgear.png";
 
+const char QBS_PROFILING_ENV[] = "QTC_QBS_PROFILING";
+
 } // namespace Constants
 } // namespace QbsProjectManager
diff --git a/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsprojectparser.cpp b/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsprojectparser.cpp
index 10953f64c6c..eeb24d56375 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsprojectparser.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsprojectparser.cpp
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ void QbsProjectParser::parse(const QVariantMap &config, const Environment &env,
     params.setLibexecPath(libExecDirectory());
     params.setProductErrorMode(qbs::ErrorHandlingMode::Relaxed);
     params.setPropertyCheckingMode(qbs::ErrorHandlingMode::Relaxed);
+    params.setLogElapsedTime(!qgetenv(Constants::QBS_PROFILING_ENV).isEmpty());
 
     m_qbsSetupProjectJob = m_project.setupProject(params, QbsManager::logSink(), 0);