diff --git a/src/bin/e.h b/src/bin/e.h
index 188b8e7de..900ec2c41 100644
--- a/src/bin/e.h
+++ b/src/bin/e.h
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ typedef struct _E_Rect E_Rect;
 
 EAPI E_Before_Idler *e_main_idler_before_add(int (*func) (void *data), void *data, int once);
 EAPI void  e_main_idler_before_del(E_Before_Idler *eb);
-EAPI void e_main_ts(const char *str);
+EAPI double e_main_ts(const char *str);
 
 struct _E_Before_Idler
 {
diff --git a/src/bin/e_main.c b/src/bin/e_main.c
index 46366e994..02154e992 100644
--- a/src/bin/e_main.c
+++ b/src/bin/e_main.c
@@ -1154,10 +1154,11 @@ e_main_idler_before_del(E_Before_Idler *eb)
    eb->delete_me = 1;
 }
 
-EAPI void
+EAPI double
 e_main_ts(const char *str)
 {
    TS(str);
+   return t1 - t2;
 }
 
 /* local functions */