diff --git a/tests/ansible/ansible.cfg b/tests/ansible/ansible.cfg
index 44598fe1..0abd2594 100644
--- a/tests/ansible/ansible.cfg
+++ b/tests/ansible/ansible.cfg
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ inventory = hosts
 gathering = explicit
 strategy_plugins = ../../ansible_mitogen/plugins/strategy
 action_plugins = lib/action
+callback_plugins = lib/callback
 library = lib/modules
 retry_files_enabled = False
 forks = 50
diff --git a/tests/ansible/lib/callback/profile_tasks.py b/tests/ansible/lib/callback/profile_tasks.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d54ea0a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ansible/lib/callback/profile_tasks.py
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+# profile_tasks.py: an Ansible plugin for timing tasks
+
+# Copyright (C) 2014 Jharrod LaFon <jharrod.lafon@gmail.com>
+# https://github.com/jlafon/ansible-profile/
+# Included with permission
+
+
+# The MIT License (MIT)
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2014 Jharrod LaFon
+#
+# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+# of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+# in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+# to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+# copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+# furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+#
+# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+# all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+#
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+# AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+# OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+# SOFTWARE.
+
+
+from ansible.plugins.callback import CallbackBase
+import time
+
+
+class CallbackModule(CallbackBase):
+    """
+    A plugin for timing tasks
+    """
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.stats = {}
+        self.current = None
+
+    def playbook_on_task_start(self, name, is_conditional):
+        """
+        Logs the start of each task
+        """
+        if self.current is not None:
+            # Record the running time of the last executed task
+            self.stats[self.current] = time.time() - self.stats[self.current]
+
+        # Record the start time of the current task
+        self.current = name
+        self.stats[self.current] = time.time()
+
+    called = False
+
+    def playbook_on_stats(self, stats):
+        """
+        Prints the timings
+        """
+        if CallbackModule.called:
+            return
+        CallbackModule.called = True
+
+        # Record the timing of the very last task
+        if self.current is not None:
+            self.stats[self.current] = time.time() - self.stats[self.current]
+
+        # Sort the tasks by their running time
+        results = sorted(self.stats.items(),
+                         key=lambda value: value[1], reverse=True)
+
+        # Just keep the top 10
+        results = results[:10]
+
+        # Print the timings
+        for name, elapsed in results:
+            print("{0:-<70}{1:->9}".format(
+                    '{0} '.format(name),
+                    ' {0:.02f}s'.format(elapsed)))
+