diff --git a/src/classifier.c b/src/classifier.c
index 27aafad2..5f5ab1bf 100644
--- a/src/classifier.c
+++ b/src/classifier.c
@@ -132,6 +132,10 @@ void train_classifier(char *datacfg, char *cfgfile, char *weightfile, int *gpus,
     int iter_topk = get_current_batch(net);
     float topk = 0;
 
+    int count = 0;
+    double start, end, tmp, time_remaining[1000] = {0};
+    start = what_time_is_it_now();
+
     while(get_current_batch(net) < net.max_batches || net.max_batches == 0){
         time=clock();
 
@@ -182,7 +186,18 @@ void train_classifier(char *datacfg, char *cfgfile, char *weightfile, int *gpus,
 
         printf("%d, %.3f: %f, %f avg, %f rate, %lf seconds, %ld images\n", get_current_batch(net), (float)(*net.seen)/ train_images_num, loss, avg_loss, get_current_rate(net), sec(clock()-time), *net.seen);
 #ifdef OPENCV
-        if (!dontuse_opencv) draw_train_loss(windows_name, img, img_size, avg_loss, max_img_loss, i, net.max_batches, topk, draw_precision, topk_buff, dont_show, mjpeg_port);
+        end = what_time_is_it_now();
+        time_remaining[i%1000] = (net.max_batches - i)*(end - start) / 60 / 60;
+        tmp = 0.0;
+        int j, count = 0;
+        for (j = 0; j < 1000; ++j){
+            if (time_remaining[j] != 0){
+                tmp += time_remaining[j];
+                count++;
+            }
+        }
+        if (!dontuse_opencv) draw_train_loss(windows_name, img, img_size, avg_loss, max_img_loss, i, net.max_batches, topk, draw_precision, topk_buff, dont_show, mjpeg_port, tmp/count);
+        start = what_time_is_it_now();
 #endif  // OPENCV
 
         if (i >= (iter_save + 1000)) {
diff --git a/src/detector.c b/src/detector.c
index 2a147724..8052c36e 100644
--- a/src/detector.c
+++ b/src/detector.c
@@ -163,7 +163,11 @@ void train_detector(char *datacfg, char *cfgfile, char *weightfile, int *gpus, i
     //printf(" imgs = %d \n", imgs);
 
     pthread_t load_thread = load_data(args);
+
     int count = 0;
+    double start, end, tmp, time_remaining[1000] = {0};
+    start = what_time_is_it_now();
+
     //while(i*imgs < N*120){
     while (get_current_batch(net) < net.max_batches) {
         if (l.random && count++ % 10 == 0) {
@@ -300,7 +304,18 @@ void train_detector(char *datacfg, char *cfgfile, char *weightfile, int *gpus, i
             draw_precision = 1;
         }
 #ifdef OPENCV
-        draw_train_loss(windows_name, img, img_size, avg_loss, max_img_loss, i, net.max_batches, mean_average_precision, draw_precision, "mAP%", dont_show, mjpeg_port);
+        end = what_time_is_it_now();
+        time_remaining[i%1000] = (net.max_batches - i)*(end - start) / 60 / 60;
+        tmp = 0.0;
+        int j, count = 0;
+        for (j = 0; j < 1000; ++j){
+            if (time_remaining[j] != 0){
+                tmp += time_remaining[j];
+                count++;
+            }
+        }
+        draw_train_loss(windows_name, img, img_size, avg_loss, max_img_loss, i, net.max_batches, mean_average_precision, draw_precision, "mAP%", dont_show, mjpeg_port, tmp/count);
+        start = what_time_is_it_now();
 #endif    // OPENCV
 
         //if (i % 1000 == 0 || (i < 1000 && i % 100 == 0)) {
diff --git a/src/image_opencv.cpp b/src/image_opencv.cpp
index 73808477..3854084f 100644
--- a/src/image_opencv.cpp
+++ b/src/image_opencv.cpp
@@ -1063,7 +1063,7 @@ extern "C" mat_cv* draw_train_chart(char *windows_name, float max_img_loss, int
 // ----------------------------------------
 
 extern "C" void draw_train_loss(char *windows_name, mat_cv* img_src, int img_size, float avg_loss, float max_img_loss, int current_batch, int max_batches,
-    float precision, int draw_precision, char *accuracy_name, int dont_show, int mjpeg_port)
+    float precision, int draw_precision, char *accuracy_name, int dont_show, int mjpeg_port, double time_remaining)
 {
     try {
         cv::Mat &img = *(cv::Mat*)img_src;
@@ -1104,10 +1104,9 @@ extern "C" void draw_train_loss(char *windows_name, mat_cv* img_src, int img_siz
             old_precision = precision;
             iteration_old = current_batch;
         }
-
-        sprintf(char_buff, "current avg loss = %2.4f    iteration = %d", avg_loss, current_batch);
+        sprintf(char_buff, "current avg loss = %2.4f    iteration = %d    approx. time remaining = %2.2f hours", avg_loss, current_batch, time_remaining);
         pt1.x = 15, pt1.y = draw_size + 18;
-        pt2.x = pt1.x + 460, pt2.y = pt1.y + 20;
+        pt2.x = pt1.x + 800, pt2.y = pt1.y + 20;
         cv::rectangle(img, pt1, pt2, CV_RGB(255, 255, 255), CV_FILLED, 8, 0);
         pt1.y += 15;
         cv::putText(img, char_buff, pt1, cv::FONT_HERSHEY_COMPLEX_SMALL, 0.7, CV_RGB(0, 0, 100), 1, CV_AA);
diff --git a/src/image_opencv.h b/src/image_opencv.h
index 136b7388..a87593db 100644
--- a/src/image_opencv.h
+++ b/src/image_opencv.h
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ void draw_detections_cv_v3(mat_cv* show_img, detection *dets, int num, float thr
 // Draw Loss & Accuracy chart
 mat_cv* draw_train_chart(char *windows_name, float max_img_loss, int max_batches, int number_of_lines, int img_size, int dont_show);
 void draw_train_loss(char *windows_name, mat_cv* img, int img_size, float avg_loss, float max_img_loss, int current_batch, int max_batches,
-    float precision, int draw_precision, char *accuracy_name, int dont_show, int mjpeg_port);
+    float precision, int draw_precision, char *accuracy_name, int dont_show, int mjpeg_port, double time_remaining);
 
 // Data augmentation
 image image_data_augmentation(mat_cv* mat, int w, int h,