diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/callback/profile_roles.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/callback/profile_roles.py
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+# (C) 2017, Tennis Smith, http://github.com/gamename
+#
+# This file is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# File is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# See <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/> for a copy of the
+# GNU General Public License
+
+#
+# This will track the use of each role during the life of a playbook's
+# execution.  The total time spent in each role will be printed at the
+# end.
+#
+# Make coding more python3-ish
+from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
+
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+import collections
+import time
+
+from ansible.plugins.callback import CallbackBase
+from ansible.compat.six.moves import reduce
+
+# define start time
+t0 = tn = time.time()
+
+
+def secondsToStr(t):
+    # http://bytes.com/topic/python/answers/635958-handy-short-cut-formatting-elapsed-time-floating-point-seconds
+    rediv = lambda ll, b: list(divmod(ll[0], b)) + ll[1:]
+    return "%d:%02d:%02d.%03d" % tuple(
+        reduce(rediv, [[t * 1000, ], 1000, 60, 60]))
+
+
+def filled(msg, fchar="*"):
+    if len(msg) == 0:
+        width = 79
+    else:
+        msg = "%s " % msg
+        width = 79 - len(msg)
+    if width < 3:
+        width = 3
+    filler = fchar * width
+    return "%s%s " % (msg, filler)
+
+
+def timestamp(self):
+    if self.current is not None:
+        self.stats[self.current] = time.time() - self.stats[self.current]
+        self.totals[self.current] += self.stats[self.current]
+
+
+def tasktime():
+    global tn
+    time_current = time.strftime('%A %d %B %Y  %H:%M:%S %z')
+    time_elapsed = secondsToStr(time.time() - tn)
+    time_total_elapsed = secondsToStr(time.time() - t0)
+    tn = time.time()
+    return filled('%s (%s)%s%s' %
+                  (time_current, time_elapsed, ' ' * 7, time_total_elapsed))
+
+
+class CallbackModule(CallbackBase):
+    """
+    This callback module provides profiling for ansible roles.
+    """
+    CALLBACK_VERSION = 2.0
+    CALLBACK_TYPE = 'aggregate'
+    CALLBACK_NAME = 'profile_roles'
+    CALLBACK_NEEDS_WHITELIST = True
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.stats = collections.Counter()
+        self.totals = collections.Counter()
+        self.current = None
+        super(CallbackModule, self).__init__()
+
+    def _record_task(self, task):
+        """
+        Logs the start of each task
+        """
+        self._display.display(tasktime())
+        timestamp(self)
+
+        if task._role:
+            self.current = task._role._role_name
+        else:
+            self.current = task.action
+
+        self.stats[self.current] = time.time()
+
+    def v2_playbook_on_task_start(self, task, is_conditional):
+        self._record_task(task)
+
+    def v2_playbook_on_handler_task_start(self, task):
+        self._record_task(task)
+
+    def playbook_on_setup(self):
+        self._display.display(tasktime())
+
+    def playbook_on_stats(self, stats):
+        self._display.display(tasktime())
+        self._display.display(filled("", fchar="="))
+
+        timestamp(self)
+        total_time = sum(self.totals.values())
+
+        # Print the timings starting with the largest one
+        for result in self.totals.most_common():
+            msg = u"{0:-<70}{1:->9}".format(result[0] + u' ',
+                                            u' {0:.02f}s'.format(result[1]))
+            self._display.display(msg)
+
+        msg_total = u"{0:-<70}{1:->9}".format(u'total ',
+                                              u' {0:.02f}s'.format(total_time))
+        self._display.display(filled("", fchar="~"))
+        self._display.display(msg_total)
+