diff --git a/Zotlabs/Module/Perfstats.php b/Zotlabs/Module/Perfstats.php
index cea08bde3..3ccd1bbc0 100644
--- a/Zotlabs/Module/Perfstats.php
+++ b/Zotlabs/Module/Perfstats.php
@@ -64,6 +64,11 @@ class Perfstats extends Controller
 		$stats['queueworkers'] = $qwstats->active;
 		$stats['workqsz'] = $qwstats->size;
 
+		// Return a timestamp, so that it is possible to infer
+		// changes of the stats over time. A resolution of
+		// seconds should be good enough for our purposes.
+		$stats['ts'] = time();
+
 		return $stats;
 	}
 
diff --git a/Zotlabs/Widget/Channel_activities.php b/Zotlabs/Widget/Channel_activities.php
index af94d6235..fde46d1dd 100644
--- a/Zotlabs/Widget/Channel_activities.php
+++ b/Zotlabs/Widget/Channel_activities.php
@@ -264,11 +264,12 @@ class Channel_activities {
 				'outqueue' => 0,
 				'queueworkers' => 0,
 				'workqsz' => 0,
+				'ts' => time(),
 			],
 			'tpl' => 'system_status_widget.tpl',
 			'labels' => [
 				'loadavg' => t('Load average'),
-				'dbqueries' => t('DB queries'),
+				'dbqueries' => t('DB queries/sec'),
 				'outqueue' => t('Output queue'),
 				'queueworkers' => t('Queue workers'),
 				'workqsz' => t('Work queue size'),
diff --git a/view/tpl/system_status_widget.tpl b/view/tpl/system_status_widget.tpl
index b36455e9a..0a129a34b 100644
--- a/view/tpl/system_status_widget.tpl
+++ b/view/tpl/system_status_widget.tpl
@@ -5,31 +5,48 @@
 	<div class="card-body clearfix">
 		<table>
 		{{foreach $items as $id => $item}}
+			{{if $id != 'ts'}}
 			<tr>
 				<td id="perfstat-{{$id}}-label" class="perfstat-label">{{$labels.$id|escape}}:</td>
 				<td id="perfstat-{{$id}}-value" class="perfstat-value">{{$item|escape}}</td>
 			</tr>
+			{{/if}}
 		{{/foreach}}
 		</table>
 	</div>
 </div>
 <script>
-setInterval(() => {
-	fetch('/perfstats', {
-		headers: {
-			"Accept": "application/json",
-		},
-		credentials: "include",
-	})
-	.then((response) => response.json())
-	.then((json) => {
-		for (const item in json) {
-			//console.log(`${item}: ${json[item]}`);
-			element = document.getElementById(`perfstat-${item}-value`);
-			if (element) {
-				element.innerText = json[item];
+	status_update_ts = 0;
+	status_update_last_q = 0;
+
+	setInterval(() => {
+		fetch('/perfstats', {
+			headers: {
+				"Accept": "application/json",
+			},
+			credentials: "include",
+		})
+		.then((response) => response.json())
+		.then((json) => {
+			for (const item in json) {
+				element = document.getElementById(`perfstat-${item}-value`);
+				if (element) {
+					if (item === "dbqueries") {
+						console.log(`dbqueries = ${json['dbqueries']}, ts = ${json['ts']}`);
+						if (status_update_ts !== 0) {
+							let dt = json['ts'] - status_update_ts;
+							let dq = json['dbqueries'] - status_update_last_q;
+
+							element.innerText = dq / dt;
+						}
+
+						status_update_ts = json['ts'];
+						status_update_last_q = json['dbqueries'];
+					} else if (item !== 'ts') {
+						element.innerText = json[item];
+					}
+				}
 			}
-		}
-	});
-}, 5000);
+		});
+	}, 5000);
 </script>