diff --git a/tools/times.c b/tools/times.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e05f7bd66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/times.c
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+int main() {
+    FILE *f = fopen("times.log", "rt");
+    if (!f)
+        return 1;
+
+    char lines[64][64] = {0};
+
+    int n = 0;
+    float mintime=0.0f, maxtime=0.0f;
+    char rev[10] = {0};
+    char line[128] = {0};
+    while (fgets(line,sizeof(line),f) && n < 64) {
+        if (strchr(line,'\r'))
+            *strchr(line,'\r') = 0;
+        if (strchr(line,'\n'))
+            *strchr(line,'\n') = 0;
+        if (strncmp(line,"HEAD is now at ", 15) == 0) {
+            if (rev[0])
+                sprintf(lines[n++],"%s: %.1f - %.1f", rev, mintime, maxtime);
+            strncpy(rev, line+15, 7);
+            mintime = 0.0f;
+            maxtime = 0.0f;
+        }
+        if (strncmp(line,"Overall time:",13)==0) {
+            float time = atof(line+14);
+            if (mintime < 0.1f || time < mintime)
+                mintime = time;
+            else if (time > maxtime)
+                maxtime = time;
+        }
+    }
+
+    while (n > 0)
+        printf("%s\n", lines[--n]);
+
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/tools/times.sh b/tools/times.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..67eddf4da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/times.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Simple script to generate times.log that contains timing information for the last 20 revisions
+# Typically these commands shall be used to get times.txt:
+#   mkdir src
+#   cp lib/* src/   <- fill src/ with some source code
+#   tools/times.sh
+#   gcc -o tools/times tools/times.c
+#   tools/times
+
+git checkout -b old
+
+make clean
+
+git reset --hard HEAD > times.log
+
+for i in {0..20}
+  do
+    make CXXFLAGS=-O2 -j4
+    echo "$i"
+    ./cppcheck -q --showtime=summary --enable=all --inconclusive src 2> /dev/null >> times.log
+    ./cppcheck -q --showtime=summary --enable=all --inconclusive src 2> /dev/null >> times.log
+    ./cppcheck -q --showtime=summary --enable=all --inconclusive src 2> /dev/null >> times.log
+    ./cppcheck -q --showtime=summary --enable=all --inconclusive src 2> /dev/null >> times.log
+    git reset --hard HEAD^1 >> times.log
+  done
+