diff --git a/.eslintrc.js b/.eslintrc.js
index 9fa6477017..428eefc3b7 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.js
+++ b/.eslintrc.js
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ module.exports = {
   extends: [
     '@nuxtjs'
   ],
+  "globals": {
+    "BigInt": true
+  },
   overrides: [{
     files: [ 'test/fixtures/*/.nuxt*/**' ],
     rules: {
diff --git a/packages/config/src/config/server.js b/packages/config/src/config/server.js
index 8f4045ee4b..8d45fee77f 100644
--- a/packages/config/src/config/server.js
+++ b/packages/config/src/config/server.js
@@ -9,5 +9,6 @@ export default ({ env = {} } = {}) => ({
     env.npm_package_config_nuxt_host ||
     'localhost',
   socket: env.UNIX_SOCKET ||
-    env.npm_package_config_unix_socket
+    env.npm_package_config_unix_socket,
+  timing: false
 })
diff --git a/packages/config/test/__snapshots__/options.test.js.snap b/packages/config/test/__snapshots__/options.test.js.snap
index 320453b49d..f5803e59b4 100644
--- a/packages/config/test/__snapshots__/options.test.js.snap
+++ b/packages/config/test/__snapshots__/options.test.js.snap
@@ -306,6 +306,7 @@ Object {
     "https": false,
     "port": 3000,
     "socket": undefined,
+    "timing": false,
   },
   "serverMiddleware": Array [],
   "srcDir": "/var/nuxt/test",
diff --git a/packages/config/test/config/__snapshots__/index.test.js.snap b/packages/config/test/config/__snapshots__/index.test.js.snap
index 5a87acd139..23837bdcc4 100644
--- a/packages/config/test/config/__snapshots__/index.test.js.snap
+++ b/packages/config/test/config/__snapshots__/index.test.js.snap
@@ -282,6 +282,7 @@ Object {
     "https": false,
     "port": 3000,
     "socket": undefined,
+    "timing": false,
   },
   "serverMiddleware": Array [],
   "srcDir": undefined,
@@ -605,6 +606,7 @@ Object {
     "https": false,
     "port": "3001",
     "socket": "/var/run/nuxt.sock",
+    "timing": false,
   },
   "serverMiddleware": Array [],
   "srcDir": undefined,
diff --git a/packages/config/test/config/server.test.js b/packages/config/test/config/server.test.js
index 69a3a1b93f..ee59034a82 100644
--- a/packages/config/test/config/server.test.js
+++ b/packages/config/test/config/server.test.js
@@ -1,25 +1,17 @@
 import serverConfig from '../../src/config/server'
 
-describe('config: server', () => {
-  test('should return default server configurations', () => {
-    expect(serverConfig()).toEqual({
-      https: false,
-      port: 3000,
-      host: 'localhost',
-      socket: undefined
-    })
-  })
+const serverDefaults = serverConfig()
 
+describe('config: server', () => {
   test('should return server configurations with NUXT_* env', () => {
     const env = {
       NUXT_PORT: 3001,
       NUXT_HOST: '127.0.0.1'
     }
     expect(serverConfig({ env })).toEqual({
-      https: false,
+      ...serverDefaults,
       port: env.NUXT_PORT,
-      host: env.NUXT_HOST,
-      socket: undefined
+      host: env.NUXT_HOST
     })
   })
 
@@ -30,7 +22,7 @@ describe('config: server', () => {
       UNIX_SOCKET: '/var/run/env.sock'
     }
     expect(serverConfig({ env })).toEqual({
-      https: false,
+      ...serverDefaults,
       port: env.PORT,
       host: env.HOST,
       socket: env.UNIX_SOCKET
@@ -44,7 +36,7 @@ describe('config: server', () => {
       npm_package_config_unix_socket: '/var/run/env.npm.sock'
     }
     expect(serverConfig({ env })).toEqual({
-      https: false,
+      ...serverDefaults,
       port: env.npm_package_config_nuxt_port,
       host: env.npm_package_config_nuxt_host,
       socket: env.npm_package_config_unix_socket
diff --git a/packages/server/package.json b/packages/server/package.json
index e17db971d0..e0b255193f 100644
--- a/packages/server/package.json
+++ b/packages/server/package.json
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     "fs-extra": "^7.0.1",
     "ip": "^1.1.5",
     "launch-editor-middleware": "^2.2.1",
+    "on-headers": "^1.0.1",
     "pify": "^4.0.1",
     "semver": "^5.6.0",
     "serve-placeholder": "^1.1.0",
diff --git a/packages/server/src/middleware/timing.js b/packages/server/src/middleware/timing.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b2b27fd8a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/server/src/middleware/timing.js
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+import consola from 'consola'
+import onHeaders from 'on-headers'
+import { Timer } from '@nuxt/utils'
+
+export default options => (req, res, next) => {
+  if (res.timing) {
+    consola.warn('server-timing is already registered.')
+  }
+  res.timing = new ServerTiming()
+
+  if (options && options.total) {
+    res.timing.start('total', 'Nuxt Server Time')
+  }
+
+  onHeaders(res, () => {
+    res.timing.end('total')
+
+    res.setHeader(
+      'Server-Timing',
+      []
+        .concat(res.getHeader('Server-Timing') || [])
+        .concat(res.timing.headers)
+        .join(', ')
+    )
+  })
+
+  next()
+}
+
+class ServerTiming extends Timer {
+  constructor(...args) {
+    super(...args)
+    this.headers = []
+  }
+
+  end(...args) {
+    const time = super.end(...args)
+    this.headers.push(this.formatHeader(time))
+    return time
+  }
+
+  clear() {
+    super.clear()
+    this.headers.length = 0
+  }
+
+  formatHeader(time) {
+    const desc = time.description ? `;desc="${time.description}"` : ''
+    return `${time.name};dur=${time.duration}${desc}`
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/server/src/server.js b/packages/server/src/server.js
index e0de042691..c2f92c37d0 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/server.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/server.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import nuxtMiddleware from './middleware/nuxt'
 import errorMiddleware from './middleware/error'
 import Listener from './listener'
 import createModernMiddleware from './middleware/modern'
+import createTimingMiddleware from './middleware/timing'
 
 export default class Server {
   constructor(nuxt) {
@@ -75,6 +76,10 @@ export default class Server {
       }
     }
 
+    if (this.options.server.timing) {
+      this.useMiddleware(createTimingMiddleware(this.options.server.timing))
+    }
+
     const modernMiddleware = createModernMiddleware({
       context: this.renderer.context
     })
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/timer.js b/packages/utils/src/timer.js
index e4ebabadf3..bb7152751c 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/timer.js
+++ b/packages/utils/src/timer.js
@@ -24,3 +24,42 @@ export const timeout = function timeout(fn, ms, msg) {
 export const waitFor = function waitFor(ms) {
   return new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, ms || 0))
 }
+export class Timer {
+  constructor() {
+    this._times = new Map()
+  }
+
+  start(name, description) {
+    const time = {
+      name,
+      description,
+      start: this.hrtime()
+    }
+    this._times.set(name, time)
+    return time
+  }
+
+  end(name) {
+    if (this._times.has(name)) {
+      const time = this._times.get(name)
+      time.duration = this.hrtime(time.start)
+      this._times.delete(name)
+      return time
+    }
+  }
+
+  hrtime(start) {
+    const useBigInt = typeof process.hrtime.bigint === 'function'
+    if (start) {
+      const end = useBigInt ? process.hrtime.bigint() : process.hrtime(start)
+      return useBigInt
+        ? (end - start) / BigInt(1000000)
+        : (end[0] * 1e3) + (end[1] * 1e-6)
+    }
+    return useBigInt ? process.hrtime.bigint() : process.hrtime()
+  }
+
+  clear() {
+    this._times.clear()
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/fixtures/with-config/nuxt.config.js b/test/fixtures/with-config/nuxt.config.js
index d27dab4503..404ddee974 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/with-config/nuxt.config.js
+++ b/test/fixtures/with-config/nuxt.config.js
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@ export default {
   srcDir: __dirname,
   server: {
     port: 8000,
-    host: '0.0.0.0'
+    host: '0.0.0.0',
+    timing: {
+      total: true
+    }
   },
   router: {
     base: '/test/',
diff --git a/test/unit/with-config.test.js b/test/unit/with-config.test.js
index 4bb47d7fec..374f44b791 100644
--- a/test/unit/with-config.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/with-config.test.js
@@ -197,6 +197,13 @@ describe('with-config', () => {
     expect(fakeErrorLog).toHaveBeenCalled()
   })
 
+  test('/ with Server-Timing header', async () => {
+    const { headers } = await rp(url('/test'), {
+      resolveWithFullResponse: true
+    })
+    expect(headers['server-timing']).toMatch(/total;dur=\d+;desc="Nuxt Server Time"/)
+  })
+
   // Close server and ask nuxt to stop listening to file changes
   afterAll(async () => {
     await nuxt.close()
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index aabe002f7a..abccf1c596 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -7771,7 +7771,7 @@ on-finished@~2.3.0:
   dependencies:
     ee-first "1.1.1"
 
-on-headers@~1.0.1:
+on-headers@^1.0.1, on-headers@~1.0.1:
   version "1.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/on-headers/-/on-headers-1.0.1.tgz#928f5d0f470d49342651ea6794b0857c100693f7"
   integrity sha1-ko9dD0cNSTQmUepnlLCFfBAGk/c=