diff --git a/src/forward.c b/src/forward.c
index 7eb1b44..e2749f9 100644
--- a/src/forward.c
+++ b/src/forward.c
@@ -1087,6 +1087,7 @@
 #else
   int check_dst = !option_bool(OPT_NOWILD);
 #endif
+  int64_t now64 = dnsmasq_time64();
 
   /* packet buffer overwritten */
   daemon->srv_save = NULL;
@@ -1354,12 +1355,15 @@
       int ad_reqd, do_bit;
       m = answer_request(header, ((char *) header) + daemon->packet_buff_sz, (size_t)n, 
 			 dst_addr_4, netmask, now, &ad_reqd, &do_bit);
-      
+
       if (m >= 1)
 	{
 	  send_from(listen->fd, option_bool(OPT_NOWILD) || option_bool(OPT_CLEVERBIND),
 		    (char *)header, m, &source_addr, &dst_addr, if_index);
 	  daemon->local_answer++;
+
+	  float milliseconds = ((float)(dnsmasq_time64() - now64))/100000;
+	  my_syslog(LOG_INFO, _("handled request by cache response in %.2f ms"), milliseconds);
 	}
       else if (forward_query(listen->fd, &source_addr, &dst_addr, if_index,
 			     header, (size_t)n, now, NULL, ad_reqd, do_bit))