diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2443226..f68644e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -37,3 +37,4 @@ xcuserdata/*
 /sqlcipher.pc
 /sqlite3ext.h
 /libsqlcipher.la
+/.DS_Store
diff --git a/src/crypto.c b/src/crypto.c
index e326840..b9fb815 100644
--- a/src/crypto.c
+++ b/src/crypto.c
@@ -89,6 +89,12 @@ int sqlcipher_codec_pragma(sqlite3* db, int iDb, Parse *pParse, const char *zLef
 
   CODEC_TRACE(("sqlcipher_codec_pragma: entered db=%p iDb=%d pParse=%p zLeft=%s zRight=%s ctx=%p\n", db, iDb, pParse, zLeft, zRight, ctx));
 
+
+    if( sqlite3StrICmp(zLeft, "cipher_profile")== 0 && zRight ){
+      char *profile_status = sqlite3_mprintf("%d", sqlcipher_cipher_profile(db, zRight));
+      codec_vdbe_return_static_string(pParse, "cipher_profile", profile_status);
+      sqlite3_free(profile_status);
+  } else
   if( sqlite3StrICmp(zLeft, "cipher_add_random")==0 && zRight ){
     if(ctx) {
       char *add_random_status = sqlite3_mprintf("%d", sqlcipher_codec_add_random(ctx, zRight, sqlite3Strlen30(zRight)));
@@ -243,6 +249,7 @@ int sqlcipher_codec_pragma(sqlite3* db, int iDb, Parse *pParse, const char *zLef
   return 1;
 }
 
+
 /*
  * sqlite3Codec can be called in multiple modes.
  * encrypt mode - expected to return a pointer to the 
diff --git a/src/crypto.h b/src/crypto.h
index 7b76c08..dad6128 100644
--- a/src/crypto.h
+++ b/src/crypto.h
@@ -214,6 +214,8 @@ int sqlcipher_codec_ctx_get_flag(codec_ctx *ctx, unsigned int flag, int for_ctx)
 const char* sqlcipher_codec_get_cipher_provider(codec_ctx *ctx);
 int sqlcipher_codec_ctx_migrate(codec_ctx *ctx);
 int sqlcipher_codec_add_random(codec_ctx *ctx, const char *data, int random_sz);
+int sqlcipher_cipher_profile(sqlite3 *db, const char *destination);
+static void sqlcipher_profile_callback(void *file, const char *sql, sqlite3_uint64 run_time);
 #endif
 #endif
 /* END SQLCIPHER */
diff --git a/src/crypto_impl.c b/src/crypto_impl.c
index 2170f20..d84f22b 100644
--- a/src/crypto_impl.c
+++ b/src/crypto_impl.c
@@ -1146,6 +1146,30 @@ int sqlcipher_codec_add_random(codec_ctx *ctx, const char *zRight, int random_sz
   return SQLITE_ERROR;
 }
 
+int sqlcipher_cipher_profile(sqlite3 *db, const char *destination){
+  FILE *f;
+  if( strcmp(destination,"stdout")==0 ){
+    f = stdout;
+  }else if( strcmp(destination, "stderr")==0 ){
+    f = stderr;
+  }else if( strcmp(destination, "off")==0 ){
+    f = 0;
+  }else{
+    f = fopen(destination, "wb");
+    if( f==0 ){
+      return SQLITE_ERROR;
+    }
+  }
+  sqlite3_profile(db, sqlcipher_profile_callback, f);
+  return SQLITE_OK;
+}
+
+static void sqlcipher_profile_callback(void *file, const char *sql, sqlite3_uint64 run_time){
+  FILE *f = (FILE*)file;
+  double elapsed = run_time/1000000.0;
+  if( f ) fprintf(f, "Elapsed time:%.3f ms - %s\n", elapsed, sql);
+}
+
 
 #endif
 /* END SQLCIPHER */