diff --git a/ci/install-extra-builddeps.sh b/ci/install-extra-builddeps.sh
index 209d778a..84f9fa9c 100755
--- a/ci/install-extra-builddeps.sh
+++ b/ci/install-extra-builddeps.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 set -euo pipefail
 
 CXX_VER=$(cargo metadata --format-version 1 | jq -r '.packages[]|select(.name == "cxx").version')
-cargo install cxxbridge-cmd --version "${CXX_VER}"
+time cargo install cxxbridge-cmd --version "${CXX_VER}"
 
 CBINDGEN_VER=$(cargo metadata --format-version 1 | jq -r '.packages[]|select(.name == "cbindgen").version')
-cargo install cbindgen --version "${CBINDGEN_VER}"
+time cargo install cbindgen --version "${CBINDGEN_VER}"
diff --git a/ci/installdeps.sh b/ci/installdeps.sh
index 73ff4b24..71894d10 100755
--- a/ci/installdeps.sh
+++ b/ci/installdeps.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ fi
 
 # we have the canonical spec file handy so just builddep from that
 # XXX: use --allowerasing as a temporary hack to ease the migration to libmodulemd2
-dnf builddep --spec -y packaging/rpm-ostree.spec.in --allowerasing
+time dnf builddep --spec -y packaging/rpm-ostree.spec.in --allowerasing
 # Mostly dependencies for tests; TODO move these into the spec file
 # and also put them in the cosa buildroot (or another container)
 pkg_install ostree{,-devel,-grub2} createrepo_c /usr/bin/jq python3-pyyaml \
diff --git a/ci/libbuild.sh b/ci/libbuild.sh
index 2dfa3359..d2e0bd49 100644
--- a/ci/libbuild.sh
+++ b/ci/libbuild.sh
@@ -10,35 +10,33 @@ export PATH="$HOME/.cargo/bin:$PATH"
 
 pkg_upgrade() {
     echo "Running dnf -y distro-sync... $(date)"
-    dnf -y distro-sync
+    time dnf -y distro-sync
     echo "Done dnf -y distro-sync! $(date)"
 }
 
 make() {
-    /usr/bin/make -j ${MAKE_JOBS:-$(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN)} "$@"
+    time /usr/bin/make -j ${MAKE_JOBS:-$(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN)} "$@"
 }
 
 build() {
     env NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh
-    ./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib64 --sysconfdir=/etc "$@"
-    make V=1
+    time ./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib64 --sysconfdir=/etc "$@"
+    time make V=1
 }
 
 pkg_install() {
     echo "Running dnf -y install... $(date)"
-    dnf -y install "$@"
+    time dnf -y install "$@"
     echo "Done running dnf -y install! $(date)"
 }
 
 pkg_builddep() {
-    echo "Running builddep... $(date)"
     # This is sadly the only case where it's a different command
     if test -x /usr/bin/dnf; then
-        dnf builddep -y "$@"
+        time dnf builddep -y "$@"
     else
-        yum-builddep -y "$@"
+        time yum-builddep -y "$@"
     fi
-    echo "Done running builddep! $(date)"
 }
 
 pkg_install_builddeps() {
@@ -50,6 +48,6 @@ pkg_install_builddeps() {
     if [ $# -ne 0 ]; then
       pkg_builddep "$@"
       pkg_install "$@"
-      rpm -e "$@"
+      time rpm -e "$@"
     fi
 }