diff --git a/scripts/flags.sh b/scripts/flags.sh
index 58aee18a0..21313b24c 100755
--- a/scripts/flags.sh
+++ b/scripts/flags.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,18 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
+function mapbox_time {
+    local NAME=$1 ; shift
+    travis_fold start "${NAME}"
+    travis_time_start
+    "$@"
+    travis_time_finish
+    travis_fold end "${NAME}"
+}
+
 if [[ ${TRAVIS_OS_NAME} == "linux" ]]; then
     export DISPLAY=:99.0
+
+    mapbox_time "start xvfb" \
     sh -e /etc/init.d/xvfb start
 
     # use g++ that supports c++11
diff --git a/scripts/travis_before_install.sh b/scripts/travis_before_install.sh
index e9b3384de..ab955f6aa 100755
--- a/scripts/travis_before_install.sh
+++ b/scripts/travis_before_install.sh
@@ -10,18 +10,31 @@ if [[ ${TRAVIS_OS_NAME} == "linux" ]]; then
     if [[ `lsb_release -r` =~ "12.04" ]]; then
         sudo add-apt-repository --yes ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test
     fi
+
+    mapbox_time "apt update" \
     sudo apt-get update -y
+
+    mapbox_time "install gcc" \
     sudo apt-get -y install gcc-4.8 g++-4.8
+
+    mapbox_time "install build tools" \
     sudo apt-get -y install git build-essential zlib1g-dev automake \
                             libtool xutils-dev make cmake pkg-config python-pip
+
+    mapbox_time "install opengl" \
     sudo apt-get -y install libxi-dev libglu1-mesa-dev x11proto-randr-dev \
                             x11proto-xext-dev libxrandr-dev \
                             x11proto-xf86vidmode-dev libxxf86vm-dev libxcursor-dev
+
+    mapbox_time "install awscli" \
     sudo pip install awscli
 elif [[ ${TRAVIS_OS_NAME} == "osx" ]]; then
     #
     # install OS X dependencies
     #
+    mapbox_time "install build tools" \
     brew install autoconf automake libtool makedepend cmake pkg-config node git
+
+    mapbox_time "install awscli" \
     sudo pip install awscli
 fi
diff --git a/scripts/travis_install.sh b/scripts/travis_install.sh
index eca24e719..d0539946b 100755
--- a/scripts/travis_install.sh
+++ b/scripts/travis_install.sh
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@ if [[ ${TRAVIS_OS_NAME} == "linux" ]]; then
     #
     # we'll need the test suite on Linux
     #
+    mapbox_time "install test suite" \
     npm install git+https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-test-suite.git
 fi
diff --git a/scripts/travis_script.sh b/scripts/travis_script.sh
index f1cad6b9d..1c61dfa9d 100755
--- a/scripts/travis_script.sh
+++ b/scripts/travis_script.sh
@@ -7,12 +7,20 @@ if [[ ${TRAVIS_OS_NAME} == "linux" ]]; then
     #
     # build & test Linux
     #
+    mapbox_time "compile program" \
     make linux -j4 BUILDTYPE=${BUILDTYPE}
+
+    mapbox_time "install tests" \
     make test -j4 BUILDTYPE=${BUILDTYPE}
+
+    mapbox_time "run tests" \
     ./scripts/run_tests.sh
+
+    mapbox_time "compare results" \
     (cd ./node_modules/mapbox-gl-test-suite/ && (./bin/compare_images.js || true))
 
     if [ ! -z "${AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID}" ] && [ ! -z "${AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY}" ] ; then
+        mapbox_time "deploy results" \
         (cd ./node_modules/mapbox-gl-test-suite/ && ./bin/deploy_results.sh)
     fi
 
@@ -20,13 +28,23 @@ elif [[ ${TRAVIS_OS_NAME} == "osx" ]]; then
     #
     # build OS X
     #
+    mapbox_time "create osx project" \
     make xproj-cli
+
+    mapbox_time "build osx" \
     xcodebuild -project ./build/macosx/mapboxgl-app.xcodeproj -jobs 4
+
     #
     # build iOS
     #
     git submodule init
+
+    mapbox_time "load submodules" \
     git submodule update
+
+    mapbox_time "create ios project" \
     make iproj-cli
+
+    mapbox_time "build ios" \
     xcodebuild -project ./build/ios/mapbox-gl-cocoa/app/mapboxgl-app.xcodeproj -sdk iphonesimulator ONLY_ACTIVE_ARCH=NO -jobs 4
 fi