diff --git a/src/Mod/Path/App/Path.cpp b/src/Mod/Path/App/Path.cpp
index c802a61768..e0451ff0a5 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Path/App/Path.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Path/App/Path.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include <Base/Reader.h>
 #include <Base/Stream.h>
 #include <Base/Exception.h>
+#include <Base/Console.h>
 
 // KDL stuff - at the moment, not used
 //#include "Mod/Robot/App/kdl_cp/path_line.hpp"
@@ -146,6 +147,67 @@ double Toolpath::getLength()
     return l;
 }
 
+double Toolpath::getCycleTime(double hFeed, double vFeed, double hRapid, double vRapid)
+{
+    // check the feedrates are set
+    if ((hFeed == 0) || (vFeed == 0)){
+        Base::Console().Warning("Feed Rate Error: Check Tool Controllers have Feed Rates");
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    if (hRapid == 0){
+        hRapid = hFeed;
+    }
+
+    if (vRapid == 0){
+        vRapid = vFeed;
+    }
+
+    if(vpcCommands.size()==0)
+        return 0;
+    double l = 0;
+    double time = 0;
+    bool verticalMove = false;
+    Vector3d last(0,0,0);
+    Vector3d next;
+    for(std::vector<Command*>::const_iterator it = vpcCommands.begin();it!=vpcCommands.end();++it) {
+        std::string name = (*it)->Name;
+        float feedrate = (*it)->getParam("F");
+
+        l = 0;
+        verticalMove = false;
+        feedrate = hFeed;
+        next = (*it)->getPlacement(last).getPosition();
+
+        if (last.z != next.z){
+            verticalMove = true;
+            feedrate = vFeed;
+        }
+
+        if ((name == "G0") || (name == "G00")){
+            // Rapid Move
+            l += (next - last).Length();
+            feedrate = hRapid;
+            if(verticalMove){
+                feedrate = vRapid;
+            }
+        }else if ((name == "G1") || (name == "G01")) {
+            // Feed Move
+            l += (next - last).Length();
+        }else if ((name == "G2") || (name == "G02") || (name == "G3") || (name == "G03") ) {
+            // Arc Move
+            Vector3d center = (*it)->getCenter();
+            double radius = (last - center).Length();
+            double angle = (next - center).GetAngle(last - center);
+            l += angle * radius;
+        }
+
+        time += l / feedrate;
+        last = next;
+    }
+    return time;
+}
+
 class BoundBoxSegmentVisitor : public PathSegmentVisitor
 {
 public:
diff --git a/src/Mod/Path/App/Path.h b/src/Mod/Path/App/Path.h
index 24e1023312..9ad4381f7b 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Path/App/Path.h
+++ b/src/Mod/Path/App/Path.h
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ namespace Path
             void insertCommand(const Command &Cmd, int); // inserts a command
             void deleteCommand(int); // deletes a command
             double getLength(void); // return the Length (mm) of the Path
+            double getCycleTime(double, double, double, double); // return the Cycle Time (s) of the Path
             void recalculate(void); // recalculates the points
             void setFromGCode(const std::string); // sets the path from the contents of the given GCode string
             std::string toGCode(void) const; // gets a gcode string representation from the Path
diff --git a/src/Mod/Path/App/PathPy.xml b/src/Mod/Path/App/PathPy.xml
index 4440ea2379..94a56ec172 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Path/App/PathPy.xml
+++ b/src/Mod/Path/App/PathPy.xml
@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ deletes the command found at the given position or from the end of the path</Use
                 <UserDocu>returns a copy of this path</UserDocu>
             </Documentation>
         </Methode>
+        <Methode Name="getCycleTime" Const="true">
+            <Documentation>
+                <UserDocu>return the cycle time estimation for this path in s</UserDocu>
+            </Documentation>
+        </Methode>
         <!--<ClassDeclarations>
             bool touched;
         </ClassDeclarations>-->
diff --git a/src/Mod/Path/App/PathPyImp.cpp b/src/Mod/Path/App/PathPyImp.cpp
index 20bac63a8f..f61c5568e6 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Path/App/PathPyImp.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Path/App/PathPyImp.cpp
@@ -189,6 +189,14 @@ PyObject* PathPy::deleteCommand(PyObject * args)
     Py_Error(Base::BaseExceptionFreeCADError, "Wrong parameters - expected an integer (optional)");
 }
 
+PyObject* PathPy::getCycleTime(PyObject * args)
+{
+    double hFeed, vFeed, hRapid, vRapid;
+    if (PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "dddd", &hFeed, &vFeed, &hRapid, &vRapid)){
+    return PyFloat_FromDouble(getToolpathPtr()->getCycleTime(hFeed, vFeed, hRapid, vRapid));
+    }
+}
+
 // GCode methods
 
 PyObject* PathPy::toGCode(PyObject * args)