diff --git a/tests/runtests.pl b/tests/runtests.pl
index 93c187e84ae62fcd39f95e24a0834993ba1bba9b..06d27462a63c85ee1eb1fa1c7c5b36c11ffa0386 100755
--- a/tests/runtests.pl
+++ b/tests/runtests.pl
@@ -1155,7 +1155,7 @@ sub singletest {
     my $cmdargs;
     if(!$tool) {
         # run curl, add -v for debug information output
-        $cmdargs ="$out --include -v $cmd";
+        $cmdargs ="$out --include -v --trace-time $cmd";
     }
     else {
         $cmdargs = " $cmd"; # $cmd is the command line for the test file