diff --git a/CompilePalX/Compiling/CompilingManager.cs b/CompilePalX/Compiling/CompilingManager.cs
index e70a0286..c142c401 100644
--- a/CompilePalX/Compiling/CompilingManager.cs
+++ b/CompilePalX/Compiling/CompilingManager.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
@@ -219,6 +220,11 @@ public static void CancelCompile()
             postCompile(null);
         }
 
+        public static Stopwatch GetTime()
+        {
+            return compileTimeStopwatch;
+        }
+
         class MapErrors
         {
             public string MapName { get; set; }
diff --git a/CompilePalX/MainWindow.xaml b/CompilePalX/MainWindow.xaml
index ba97447b..4aed774b 100644
--- a/CompilePalX/MainWindow.xaml
+++ b/CompilePalX/MainWindow.xaml
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@
         <Label Name="UpdateLabel" Visibility="Collapsed"  Grid.Row="2" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="10" MouseLeftButtonUp="UpdateLabel_MouseLeftButtonUp" >
             <Hyperlink Name="UpdateHyperLink" NavigateUri="https://github.com/ruarai/CompilePal/releases/latest" RequestNavigate="UpdateHyperLink_OnRequestNavigate"/>
         </Label>
+        <Label Name="TimeElapsedLabel" Visibility="Collapsed" Grid.Row="2" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" FontWeight="Bold" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="10" />
     </Grid>
 
     <Window.TaskbarItemInfo>
diff --git a/CompilePalX/MainWindow.xaml.cs b/CompilePalX/MainWindow.xaml.cs
index 493734dd..f53ecdc2 100644
--- a/CompilePalX/MainWindow.xaml.cs
+++ b/CompilePalX/MainWindow.xaml.cs
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ public partial class MainWindow
         public static Dispatcher ActiveDispatcher;
         private ObservableCollection<CompileProcess> CompileProcessesSubList = new ObservableCollection<CompileProcess>();
 	    private bool processModeEnabled;
+        private DispatcherTimer elapsedTimeDispatcherTimer;
 		public static MainWindow Instance { get; private set; }
 
 		public MainWindow()
@@ -88,6 +89,12 @@ public MainWindow()
 
 			RowDragHelper.RowSwitched += RowDragHelperOnRowSwitched;
 
+            elapsedTimeDispatcherTimer = new DispatcherTimer(new TimeSpan(0, 0, 0, 1), DispatcherPriority.Background,
+                this.TickElapsedTimer, Dispatcher.CurrentDispatcher)
+            {
+                IsEnabled = false
+            };
+
             HandleArgs();
         }
 
@@ -283,6 +290,14 @@ private void CompilingManager_OnStart()
 
             AddMapButton.IsEnabled = false;
             RemoveMapButton.IsEnabled = false;
+
+            // hide update link so elapsed time can be shown
+            UpdateLabel.Visibility = Visibility.Collapsed;
+            TimeElapsedLabel.Visibility = Visibility.Visible;
+            // Tick elapsed timer to display the default string
+            TickElapsedTimer(null, null);
+
+            elapsedTimeDispatcherTimer.IsEnabled = true;
         }
 
         private void CompilingManager_OnFinish()
@@ -307,6 +322,9 @@ private void CompilingManager_OnFinish()
             AddMapButton.IsEnabled = true;
             RemoveMapButton.IsEnabled = true;
 
+            TimeElapsedLabel.Visibility = Visibility.Collapsed;
+            elapsedTimeDispatcherTimer.IsEnabled = false;
+
             string logName = DateTime.Now.ToString("s").Replace(":", "-") + ".txt";
             string textLog = new TextRange(CompileOutputTextbox.Document.ContentStart, CompileOutputTextbox.Document.ContentEnd).Text;
 
@@ -774,6 +792,11 @@ private void BugReportButton_OnClick(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
 			Process.Start(new ProcessStartInfo("https://github.com/ruarai/CompilePal/issues/"));
             e.Handled = true;
         }
+
+        private void TickElapsedTimer(object sender, EventArgs e)
+        {
+            TimeElapsedLabel.Content = $"Time Elapsed: {CompilingManager.GetTime().Elapsed.ToString(@"hh\:mm\:ss")}";
+        }
     }
 
 	public static class ObservableCollectionExtension
diff --git a/CompilePalX/version_prerelease.txt b/CompilePalX/version_prerelease.txt
index 593efc8a..5402cf64 100644
--- a/CompilePalX/version_prerelease.txt
+++ b/CompilePalX/version_prerelease.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-027.12
\ No newline at end of file
+027.13
\ No newline at end of file