diff --git a/static/js/page_params.js b/static/js/page_params.js
index 10f2ada431..9c2a9159a0 100644
--- a/static/js/page_params.js
+++ b/static/js/page_params.js
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
+const t1 = performance.now();
 window.page_params = $("#page-params").remove().data("params");
+const t2 = performance.now();
+window.page_params_parse_time = t2 - t1;
 if (!window.page_params) {
     throw new Error("Missing page-params");
 }