diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index b30f02c9f6..e2494092de 100755
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ require_once('include/cache.php');
 define ( 'FRIENDICA_PLATFORM',     'Friendica');
 define ( 'FRIENDICA_VERSION',      '2.3.1278' );
 define ( 'DFRN_PROTOCOL_VERSION',  '2.22'    );
-define ( 'DB_UPDATE_VERSION',      1131      );
+define ( 'DB_UPDATE_VERSION',      1132      );
 
 define ( 'EOL',                    "<br />\r\n"     );
 define ( 'ATOM_TIME',              'Y-m-d\TH:i:s\Z' );
diff --git a/database.sql b/database.sql
index 35c257f021..f8d4c7fc24 100755
--- a/database.sql
+++ b/database.sql
@@ -857,4 +857,13 @@ INDEX ( `ham` ),
 INDEX ( `term` )
 ) ENGINE = MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
 
-
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `profiling` (
+`id` INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY_KEY , 
+`function` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL, 
+`file` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL, 
+`line` INT NOT NULL DEFAULT '-1', 
+`class` VARCHAR(255), 
+`time` FLOAT(10, 2) NOT NULL, 
+INDEX(`function`), 
+INDEX(`file`)
+) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8; 
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 5f6d74adb9..688eee2ee2 100755
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ require_once("dba.php");
 $db = new dba($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_data, $install);
         unset($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_data);
 
+require_once('util/profiler.php'); 
 
 if(! $install) {
 
diff --git a/update.php b/update.php
index c29394b480..36116341a0 100755
--- a/update.php
+++ b/update.php
@@ -1122,3 +1122,19 @@ function update_1130() {
 	q("ALTER TABLE `item` ADD `file` MEDIUMTEXT NOT NULL AFTER `inform`, ADD FULLTEXT KEY (`file`) ");
 }
 
+/**
+ * CREATE TABLE for profiling
+ */
+function update_1132() {
+	q("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `profiling` (
+`id` INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY_KEY , 
+`function` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL, 
+`file` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL, 
+`line` INT NOT NULL DEFAULT '-1', 
+`class` VARCHAR(255), 
+`time` FLOAT(10, 2) NOT NULL, 
+INDEX(`function`), 
+INDEX(`file`)
+) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8; ");
+}
+
diff --git a/util/profiler.php b/util/profiler.php
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..3a3de53739
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/profiler.php
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?php
+function microtime_float()
+{
+	list($usec, $sec) = explode(" ", microtime());
+	return ((float)$usec + (float)$sec);
+}
+
+function tick_event() {
+	static $time = NULL; 
+	
+	if(NULL===$time) {
+		//initialise time with now
+		$time=microtime_float(); 
+		
+		q("INSERT INTO `profiling` (`function`, `file`, `line`, `class`, `time`) VALUES ('initialization', 'index.php', '-1', NULL, '%f'); ",
+				floatval($time-$_SERVER['REQUEST_TIME']));
+	}
+	
+	$elapsed=microtime_float()-$time; 
+	
+	$db_info=array_shift(debug_backtrace()); 
+	$function=$db_info['function']; 
+	$file=$db_info['file'];
+	$line=$db_info['line'];
+	$class=$db_info['class'];
+	
+	//save results
+	q("INSERT INTO `profiling` (`function`, `file`, `line`, `class`, `time`) VALUES ('%s', '%s', '%d', '%s', '%f'); ", 
+			dbesc($function), dbesc($file), intval($line), dbesc($class), floatval($time)); 
+	
+	//set time to now
+	$time=microtime_float();
+}
+
+declare(ticks=1);
+register_tick_function('tick_event');
\ No newline at end of file