diff --git a/pkg/display/display.go b/pkg/display/display.go
index 8f3414394..0a7ecdbf4 100644
--- a/pkg/display/display.go
+++ b/pkg/display/display.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 	"unicode/utf8"
 
 	"github.com/jedib0t/go-pretty/v6/table"
@@ -341,3 +342,20 @@ func iterateResults(result *queryresult.Result, displayResult displayResultsFunc
 	// we will not get here
 	return nil
 }
+
+// DisplayErrorTiming shows the time taken for the query to fail
+func DisplayErrorTiming(t time.Time) {
+	elapsed := time.Since(t)
+	var sb strings.Builder
+	// large numbers should be formatted with commas
+	p := message.NewPrinter(language.English)
+
+	milliseconds := float64(elapsed.Microseconds()) / 1000
+	seconds := elapsed.Seconds()
+	if seconds < 0.5 {
+		sb.WriteString(p.Sprintf("\nTime: %dms.", int64(milliseconds)))
+	} else {
+		sb.WriteString(p.Sprintf("\nTime: %.1fs.", seconds))
+	}
+	fmt.Println(sb.String())
+}
diff --git a/pkg/interactive/interactive_client.go b/pkg/interactive/interactive_client.go
index 610889fad..7833cf047 100644
--- a/pkg/interactive/interactive_client.go
+++ b/pkg/interactive/interactive_client.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/alecthomas/chroma/formatters"
 	"github.com/alecthomas/chroma/lexers"
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/turbot/steampipe/pkg/cmdconfig"
 	"github.com/turbot/steampipe/pkg/constants"
 	"github.com/turbot/steampipe/pkg/db/db_common"
+	"github.com/turbot/steampipe/pkg/display"
 	"github.com/turbot/steampipe/pkg/query"
 	"github.com/turbot/steampipe/pkg/query/metaquery"
 	"github.com/turbot/steampipe/pkg/query/queryhistory"
@@ -338,9 +340,14 @@ func (c *InteractiveClient) executor(ctx context.Context, line string) {
 
 	} else {
 		// otherwise execute query
+		t := time.Now()
 		result, err := c.client().Execute(queryContext, query)
 		if err != nil {
 			utils.ShowError(ctx, utils.HandleCancelError(err))
+			// if timing flag is enabled, show the time taken for the query to fail
+			if cmdconfig.Viper().GetBool(constants.ArgTiming) {
+				display.DisplayErrorTiming(t)
+			}
 		} else {
 			c.resultsStreamer.StreamResult(result)
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/query/queryexecute/execute.go b/pkg/query/queryexecute/execute.go
index 50bc067a3..368dd73a7 100644
--- a/pkg/query/queryexecute/execute.go
+++ b/pkg/query/queryexecute/execute.go
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ package queryexecute
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
+	"github.com/turbot/steampipe/pkg/cmdconfig"
 	"github.com/turbot/steampipe/pkg/constants"
 	"github.com/turbot/steampipe/pkg/contexthelpers"
 	"github.com/turbot/steampipe/pkg/db/db_common"
@@ -62,10 +64,15 @@ func executeQueries(ctx context.Context, queries []string, client db_common.Clie
 
 	// run all queries
 	failures := 0
+	t := time.Now()
 	for i, q := range queries {
 		if err := executeQuery(ctx, q, client); err != nil {
 			failures++
 			utils.ShowWarning(fmt.Sprintf("executeQueries: query %d of %d failed: %v", i+1, len(queries), err))
+			// if timing flag is enabled, show the time taken for the query to fail
+			if cmdconfig.Viper().GetBool(constants.ArgTiming) {
+				display.DisplayErrorTiming(t)
+			}
 		}
 		// TODO move into display layer
 		// Only show the blank line between queries, not after the last one