diff -uNr a/bitcoin/src/db.cpp b/bitcoin/src/db.cpp
--- a/bitcoin/src/db.cpp 3696bed50163aab754e7875fb51cb16c5244865f23b2e4c00ddcd3f6b64c2001640b7a1f66c72c06d2d5cad7bfacb8fc18a0eb5f3e3f7cfd516a5353fc7ce1e3
+++ b/bitcoin/src/db.cpp 3e5ea93f89e9fd14225c30b37462794aefd3ff6fa92c39b60aa253929114e1f27f3f44a63fcfd8c144326233fcec55dd01f7ff4a0edfa728717ab5b35e80bf26
@@ -30,6 +30,17 @@
     return dbWriteTime;
 }
 
+CCriticalSection cs_dbreadtime;
+int64 dbReadTime = 0;
+
+int64 DbReadOdometer(int64 dt)
+{
+    CRITICAL_BLOCK(cs_dbreadtime) // increment read-wait odometer
+    {
+      dbReadTime += dt;
+    }
+    return dbReadTime;
+}
 
 
 //
diff -uNr a/bitcoin/src/db.h b/bitcoin/src/db.h
--- a/bitcoin/src/db.h 5d6e22ff9bb87c423cb2a4a92a41ab68959233611b431551203bc8b5fa2ca18a6f8db4955715c25238927bbdad1e3593dc02db35bfbb75bd81460c9765211198
+++ b/bitcoin/src/db.h f8c33844ccd37ba55598ed384ff24cbbed16fc5de6381fd16940d1d874a7d604eb41d104271ff7c5d9103f06119d68950e5b5ae8652c5f84e998a0fc7d7e1139
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 bool BackupWallet(const CWallet& wallet, const std::string& strDest);
 
 int64 DbWriteOdometer(int64 dt);
+int64 DbReadOdometer(int64 dt);
 
 class CDB
 {
@@ -66,7 +67,10 @@
         // Read
         Dbt datValue;
         datValue.set_flags(DB_DBT_MALLOC);
+        int64 rStart = GetTimeMillis();
         int ret = pdb->get(GetTxn(), &datKey, &datValue, 0);
+        int64 rInterval = GetTimeMillis() - rStart;
+        DbReadOdometer(rInterval);
         memset(datKey.get_data(), 0, datKey.get_size());
         if (datValue.get_data() == NULL)
             return false;
diff -uNr a/bitcoin/src/main.cpp b/bitcoin/src/main.cpp
--- a/bitcoin/src/main.cpp 07f7a221f9a259415c81d76437369f62405b60d39917a70c23e2f9c2126259b7c4d6f589bdc3a8260197e35964f22d97e002d2e8226678a68efa68c147b78c87
+++ b/bitcoin/src/main.cpp b9e592cff62c483de38102554067b7d2fc6d1f5918dd18ed841ef8cfa984f986b898aca8166f152b83210eedb1ddc6fc30e2009f6f1d390ac81704b7ac344aaa
@@ -1379,13 +1379,16 @@
 // Timing wrapper for ProcessBlock, to determine portion of time spent waiting for db.
 bool ProcessBlock(CNode* pfrom, CBlock* pblock)
 {
-    int64 dbStart = DbWriteOdometer(0);
+    int64 rdStart = DbReadOdometer(0);
+    int64 wrStart = DbWriteOdometer(0);
     int64 pbStart = GetTimeMillis();
     bool res = do_ProcessBlock(pfrom, pblock);
     int64 pbInterval = GetTimeMillis() - pbStart;
-    int64 dbInterval = DbWriteOdometer(0) - dbStart;
-    printf("ProcessBlock (res == %d) took : %"PRI64d"ms; db write wait: %"PRI64d"ms \n",
-           res, pbInterval, dbInterval);
+    int64 wrInterval = DbWriteOdometer(0) - wrStart;
+    int64 rdInterval = DbReadOdometer(0) - rdStart;
+    printf("ProcessBlock (res == %d) took : %"PRI64d
+           "ms; db write wait: %"PRI64d"ms; db read wait: %"PRI64d"ms \n",
+           res, pbInterval, wrInterval, rdInterval);
     return res;
 }