diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/runqueue.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/runqueue.py
index 6b43f303d5..83e5273449 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/runqueue.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/runqueue.py
@@ -1273,6 +1273,9 @@ class RunQueueData:
 
         bb.parse.siggen.set_setscene_tasks(self.runq_setscene_tids)
 
+        starttime = time.time()
+        lasttime = starttime
+
         # Iterate over the task list and call into the siggen code
         dealtwith = set()
         todeal = set(self.runtaskentries)
@@ -1284,6 +1287,14 @@ class RunQueueData:
                     self.prepare_task_hash(tid)
                 bb.event.check_for_interrupts(self.cooker.data)
 
+            if time.time() > (lasttime + 30):
+                lasttime = time.time()
+                hashequiv_logger.verbose("Initial setup loop progress: %s of %s in %s" % (len(todeal), len(self.runtaskentries), lasttime - starttime))
+
+        endtime = time.time()
+        if (endtime-starttime > 60):
+            hashequiv_logger.verbose("Initial setup loop took: %s" % (endtime-starttime))
+
         bb.parse.siggen.writeout_file_checksum_cache()
 
         #self.dump_data()
@@ -2557,6 +2568,9 @@ class RunQueueExecute:
             elif self.rqdata.runtaskentries[p].depends.isdisjoint(total):
                 next.add(p)
 
+        starttime = time.time()
+        lasttime = starttime
+
         # When an item doesn't have dependencies in total, we can process it. Drop items from total when handled
         while next:
             current = next.copy()
@@ -2589,6 +2603,14 @@ class RunQueueExecute:
                 total.remove(tid)
                 next.intersection_update(total)
 
+                if time.time() > (lasttime + 30):
+                    lasttime = time.time()
+                    hashequiv_logger.verbose("Rehash loop slow progress: %s in %s" % (len(total), lasttime - starttime))
+
+        endtime = time.time()
+        if (endtime-starttime > 60):
+            hashequiv_logger.verbose("Rehash loop took more than 60s: %s" % (endtime-starttime))
+
         if changed:
             for mc in self.rq.worker:
                 RunQueue.send_pickled_data(self.rq.worker[mc].process, bb.parse.siggen.get_taskhashes(), "newtaskhashes")