diff --git a/go/cmd/dolt/commands/sql.go b/go/cmd/dolt/commands/sql.go
index 841792d257..ea92c7112d 100644
--- a/go/cmd/dolt/commands/sql.go
+++ b/go/cmd/dolt/commands/sql.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 	"syscall"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/abiosoft/readline"
 	"github.com/dolthub/go-mysql-server/sql"
@@ -819,6 +820,8 @@ func runMultiStatementMode(ctx *sql.Context, se *engine.SqlEngine, input io.Read
 			}
 		}
 
+		// store start time for query
+		ctx.SetQueryTime(time.Now())
 		sqlSch, rowIter, err := processParsedQuery(ctx, query, se, sqlStatement)
 		if err != nil {
 			handleError(scanner.statementStartLine, query, err)
diff --git a/integration-tests/bats/sql.bats b/integration-tests/bats/sql.bats
index 53d1342cb9..9b5ba865e1 100755
--- a/integration-tests/bats/sql.bats
+++ b/integration-tests/bats/sql.bats
@@ -2779,3 +2779,17 @@ SQL
     run dolt sql -q 'INSERT INTO dts (`created_at`) VALUES ("0001-01-01 00:00:00");'
     [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
 }
+
+@test "sql: multi statement query returns accurate timing" {
+  dolt sql -q "CREATE TABLE t(a int);"
+  dolt sql -q "INSERT INTO t VALUES (1);"
+  dolt sql -q "CREATE TABLE t1(b int);"
+  run dolt sql <<SQL
+insert into t1 (SELECT * FROM t WHERE EXISTS(SELECT SLEEP(1) UNION SELECT 1));
+insert into t1 (SELECT * FROM t WHERE EXISTS(SELECT SLEEP(2) UNION SELECT 1));
+insert into t1 (SELECT * FROM t WHERE EXISTS(SELECT SLEEP(3) UNION SELECT 1));
+SQL
+[[ "$output" =~ "Query OK, 1 row affected (1".*" sec)" ]] || false
+[[ "$output" =~ "Query OK, 1 row affected (2".*" sec)" ]] || false
+[[ "$output" =~ "Query OK, 1 row affected (3".*" sec)" ]] || false
+}