diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
index 98e21b6bcdd2db6d36fe2340be159813efb46eac..4838926300ed240f62e2009fe882dbe974a6dd74 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ qemuDomainObjResetJob(qemuDomainObjPrivatePtr priv)
     job->active = QEMU_JOB_NONE;
     job->owner = 0;
     job->ownerAPI = NULL;
+    job->started = 0;
 }
 
 static void
@@ -164,6 +165,7 @@ qemuDomainObjResetAsyncJob(qemuDomainObjPrivatePtr priv)
     job->asyncJob = QEMU_ASYNC_JOB_NONE;
     job->asyncOwner = 0;
     job->asyncOwnerAPI = NULL;
+    job->asyncStarted = 0;
     job->phase = 0;
     job->mask = QEMU_JOB_DEFAULT_MASK;
     job->dump_memory_only = false;
@@ -1334,6 +1336,8 @@ qemuDomainObjBeginJobInternal(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
     virQEMUDriverConfigPtr cfg = virQEMUDriverGetConfig(driver);
     const char *blocker = NULL;
     int ret = -1;
+    unsigned long long duration = 0;
+    unsigned long long asyncDuration = 0;
 
     VIR_DEBUG("Starting %s: %s (async=%s vm=%p name=%s)",
               job == QEMU_JOB_ASYNC ? "async job" : "job",
@@ -1374,6 +1378,8 @@ qemuDomainObjBeginJobInternal(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
 
     qemuDomainObjResetJob(priv);
 
+    ignore_value(virTimeMillisNow(&now));
+
     if (job != QEMU_JOB_ASYNC) {
         VIR_DEBUG("Started job: %s (async=%s vm=%p name=%s)",
                    qemuDomainJobTypeToString(job),
@@ -1382,6 +1388,7 @@ qemuDomainObjBeginJobInternal(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
         priv->job.active = job;
         priv->job.owner = virThreadSelfID();
         priv->job.ownerAPI = virThreadJobGet();
+        priv->job.started = now;
     } else {
         VIR_DEBUG("Started async job: %s (vm=%p name=%s)",
                   qemuDomainAsyncJobTypeToString(asyncJob),
@@ -1392,6 +1399,7 @@ qemuDomainObjBeginJobInternal(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
         priv->job.asyncJob = asyncJob;
         priv->job.asyncOwner = virThreadSelfID();
         priv->job.asyncOwnerAPI = virThreadJobGet();
+        priv->job.asyncStarted = now;
         priv->job.current->started = now;
     }
 
@@ -1402,15 +1410,23 @@ qemuDomainObjBeginJobInternal(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
     return 0;
 
  error:
+    ignore_value(virTimeMillisNow(&now));
+    if (priv->job.active && priv->job.started)
+        duration = now - priv->job.started;
+    if (priv->job.asyncJob && priv->job.asyncStarted)
+        asyncDuration = now - priv->job.asyncStarted;
+
     VIR_WARN("Cannot start job (%s, %s) for domain %s; "
-             "current job is (%s, %s) owned by (%llu %s, %llu %s)",
+             "current job is (%s, %s) owned by (%llu %s, %llu %s) "
+             "for (%llus, %llus)",
              qemuDomainJobTypeToString(job),
              qemuDomainAsyncJobTypeToString(asyncJob),
              obj->def->name,
              qemuDomainJobTypeToString(priv->job.active),
              qemuDomainAsyncJobTypeToString(priv->job.asyncJob),
              priv->job.owner, NULLSTR(priv->job.ownerAPI),
-             priv->job.asyncOwner, NULLSTR(priv->job.asyncOwnerAPI));
+             priv->job.asyncOwner, NULLSTR(priv->job.asyncOwnerAPI),
+             duration / 1000, asyncDuration / 1000);
 
     if (nested || qemuDomainNestedJobAllowed(priv, job))
         blocker = priv->job.ownerAPI;
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
index 08fd8dd370fd5fdd2a9a5bdf082f2611fa9c295b..b854b54c4903a59c2a9bade15fa3c33a29ba4c24 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
@@ -118,11 +118,13 @@ struct qemuDomainJobObj {
     qemuDomainJob active;               /* Currently running job */
     unsigned long long owner;           /* Thread id which set current job */
     const char *ownerAPI;               /* The API which owns the job */
+    unsigned long long started;         /* When the current job started */
 
     virCond asyncCond;                  /* Use to coordinate with async jobs */
     qemuDomainAsyncJob asyncJob;        /* Currently active async job */
     unsigned long long asyncOwner;      /* Thread which set current async job */
     const char *asyncOwnerAPI;          /* The API which owns the async job */
+    unsigned long long asyncStarted;    /* When the current async job started */
     int phase;                          /* Job phase (mainly for migrations) */
     unsigned long long mask;            /* Jobs allowed during async job */
     bool dump_memory_only;              /* use dump-guest-memory to do dump */