diff --git a/patches/systemvm/debian/convert.sh b/patches/systemvm/debian/convert.sh
index 3d7dac7f487..6533b5ad599 100755
--- a/patches/systemvm/debian/convert.sh
+++ b/patches/systemvm/debian/convert.sh
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+begin=$(date +%s)
 echo "Backing up systemvm.img"
 cp systemvm.img systemvm.img.tmp
 echo "Converting raw image to fixed vhd"
-vhd-util convert -s 0 -t 1 -i systemvm.img.tmp -o systemvm.vhd
+vhd-util convert -s 0 -t 1 -i systemvm.img.tmp -o systemvm.vhd &> /dev/null
 echo "Converting fixed vhd to dynamic vhd"
-vhd-util convert -s 1 -t 2 -i systemvm.vhd -o systemvm.vhd
+vhd-util convert -s 1 -t 2 -i systemvm.vhd -o systemvm.vhd &> /dev/null
 echo "Compressing vhd..."
 bzip2 -c systemvm.vhd > systemvm.vhd.bz2
 echo "Done VHD"
@@ -37,3 +38,6 @@ md5sum systemvm.vhd.bz2  >> md5sum
 md5sum systemvm.qcow2  >> md5sum
 md5sum systemvm.qcow2.bz2  >> md5sum
 md5sum systemvm.ova  >> md5sum
+fin=$(date +%s)
+t=$((fin-begin))
+echo "Finished compressing/converting image in $t seconds"