diff --git a/packages/astro/src/dev.ts b/packages/astro/src/dev.ts
index 3a366ef007..17c72568d7 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/dev.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/dev.ts
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ import { green } from 'kleur/colors';
 import http from 'http';
 import path from 'path';
 import { performance } from 'perf_hooks';
-import { defaultLogDestination, error, info, parseError } from './logger.js';
+import { defaultLogDestination, debug, error, info, parseError } from './logger.js';
 import { createRuntime } from './runtime.js';
+import { stopTimer } from './build/util';
 
 const hostname = '127.0.0.1';
 
@@ -24,11 +25,16 @@ const logging: LogOptions = {
 export default async function dev(astroConfig: AstroConfig) {
   const startServerTime = performance.now();
   const { projectRoot } = astroConfig;
+  const timer: Record<string, number> = {};
 
+  timer.runtime = performance.now();
   const runtime = await createRuntime(astroConfig, { mode: 'development', logging });
+  debug(logging, 'dev', `runtime created [${stopTimer(timer.runtime)}]`);
 
   const server = http.createServer(async (req, res) => {
+    timer.load = performance.now();
     const result = await runtime.load(req.url);
+    debug(logging, 'dev', `loaded ${req.url} [${stopTimer(timer.load)}]`);
 
     switch (result.statusCode) {
       case 200: {
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/runtime.ts b/packages/astro/src/runtime.ts
index 965ea641ab..c1c8337500 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/runtime.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/runtime.ts
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ import type { AstroConfig, CollectionResult, CollectionRSS, CreateCollection, Pa
 
 import { existsSync } from 'fs';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
+import { performance } from 'perf_hooks';
 import { loadConfiguration, logger as snowpackLogger, startServer as startSnowpackServer } from 'snowpack';
-import { canonicalURL } from './build/util.js';
+import { canonicalURL, stopTimer } from './build/util.js';
 import { debug, info } from './logger.js';
 import { searchForPage } from './search.js';
 
@@ -332,8 +333,10 @@ async function createSnowpack(astroConfig: AstroConfig, options: CreateSnowpackO
 
 /** Core Astro runtime */
 export async function createRuntime(astroConfig: AstroConfig, { mode, logging }: RuntimeOptions): Promise<AstroRuntime> {
+  const timer: Record<string, number> = {};
   const resolvePackageUrl = async (pkgName: string) => frontendSnowpack.getUrlForPackage(pkgName);
 
+  timer.backend = performance.now();
   const { snowpack: backendSnowpack, snowpackRuntime: backendSnowpackRuntime, snowpackConfig: backendSnowpackConfig } = await createSnowpack(astroConfig, {
     env: {
       astro: true,
@@ -341,13 +344,16 @@ export async function createRuntime(astroConfig: AstroConfig, { mode, logging }:
     mode,
     resolvePackageUrl,
   });
+  debug(logging, 'core', `backend snowpack created [${stopTimer(timer.backend)}]`);
 
+  timer.frontend = performance.now();
   const { snowpack: frontendSnowpack, snowpackRuntime: frontendSnowpackRuntime, snowpackConfig: frontendSnowpackConfig } = await createSnowpack(astroConfig, {
     env: {
       astro: false,
     },
     mode,
   });
+  debug(logging, 'core', `frontend snowpack created [${stopTimer(timer.frontend)}]`);
 
   const runtimeConfig: RuntimeConfig = {
     astroConfig,