diff --git a/mobile/android/base/AboutHomeContent.java.in b/mobile/android/base/AboutHomeContent.java.in
index 280852ecea5..4391b9cd4ff 100644
--- a/mobile/android/base/AboutHomeContent.java.in
+++ b/mobile/android/base/AboutHomeContent.java.in
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ public class AboutHomeContent extends ScrollView
     private BrowserApp mActivity;
     private Cursor mCursor;
     UriLoadCallback mUriLoadCallback = null;
+    VoidCallback mLoadCompleteCallback = null;
     private LayoutInflater mInflater;
 
     private AccountManager mAccountManager;
@@ -99,6 +100,10 @@ public class AboutHomeContent extends ScrollView
         public void callback(String uriSpec);
     }
 
+    public interface VoidCallback {
+        public void callback();
+    }
+
     public AboutHomeContent(Context context) {
         super(context);
         mContext = context;
@@ -284,6 +289,12 @@ public class AboutHomeContent extends ScrollView
                 // Free the old Cursor in the right thread now.
                 if (oldCursor != null && !oldCursor.isClosed())
                     oldCursor.close();
+
+                // Even if AboutHome isn't necessarily entirely loaded if we
+                // get here, for phones this is the part the user initially sees,
+                // so it's the one we will care about for now.
+                if (mLoadCompleteCallback != null)
+                    mLoadCompleteCallback.callback();
             }
         });
     }
@@ -310,6 +321,10 @@ public class AboutHomeContent extends ScrollView
         mUriLoadCallback = uriLoadCallback;
     }
 
+    public void setLoadCompleteCallback(VoidCallback callback) {
+        mLoadCompleteCallback = callback;
+    }
+
     public void onActivityContentChanged() {
         update(EnumSet.of(UpdateFlags.TOP_SITES));
     }
diff --git a/mobile/android/base/BrowserApp.java b/mobile/android/base/BrowserApp.java
index 10296ab25a9..67b00ca3af0 100644
--- a/mobile/android/base/BrowserApp.java
+++ b/mobile/android/base/BrowserApp.java
@@ -639,12 +639,16 @@ abstract public class BrowserApp extends GeckoApp
                             loadUrl(url, AwesomeBar.Target.CURRENT_TAB);
                         }
                     });
+                    mAboutHomeContent.setLoadCompleteCallback(new AboutHomeContent.VoidCallback() {
+                         public void callback() {
+                             mAboutHomeStartupTimer.stop();
+                         }
+                    });
                     mAboutHomeContent.setOnInterceptTouchListener(new ContentTouchListener());
                 } else {
                     mAboutHomeContent.update(EnumSet.of(AboutHomeContent.UpdateFlags.TOP_SITES,
                                                         AboutHomeContent.UpdateFlags.REMOTE_TABS));
                 }
-            
                 mAboutHomeContent.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
             } else {
                 findViewById(R.id.abouthome_content).setVisibility(View.GONE);
diff --git a/mobile/android/base/GeckoApp.java b/mobile/android/base/GeckoApp.java
index 8900d58b3e0..04e7839d53e 100644
--- a/mobile/android/base/GeckoApp.java
+++ b/mobile/android/base/GeckoApp.java
@@ -176,6 +176,9 @@ abstract public class GeckoApp
 
     protected int mRestoreMode = GeckoAppShell.RESTORE_NONE;
     protected boolean mInitialized = false;
+    protected Telemetry.Timer mAboutHomeStartupTimer;
+    private Telemetry.Timer mJavaUiStartupTimer;
+    private Telemetry.Timer mGeckoReadyStartupTimer;
 
     public enum LaunchState {Launching, WaitForDebugger,
                              Launched, GeckoRunning, GeckoExiting};
@@ -970,6 +973,7 @@ abstract public class GeckoApp
                 final int tabId = message.getInt("tabID");
                 handlePageShow(tabId);
             } else if (event.equals("Gecko:Ready")) {
+                mGeckoReadyStartupTimer.stop();
                 sIsGeckoReady = true;
                 setLaunchState(GeckoApp.LaunchState.GeckoRunning);
                 GeckoAppShell.sendPendingEventsToGecko();
@@ -1439,9 +1443,15 @@ abstract public class GeckoApp
     @Override
     public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
     {
-        ((GeckoApplication)getApplication()).initialize();
         GeckoAppShell.registerGlobalExceptionHandler();
 
+        // The clock starts...now. Better hurry!
+        mJavaUiStartupTimer = new Telemetry.Timer("FENNEC_STARTUP_TIME_JAVAUI");
+        mAboutHomeStartupTimer = new Telemetry.Timer("FENNEC_STARTUP_TIME_ABOUTHOME");
+        mGeckoReadyStartupTimer = new Telemetry.Timer("FENNEC_STARTUP_TIME_GECKOREADY");
+
+        ((GeckoApplication)getApplication()).initialize();
+
         mAppContext = this;
         Tabs.getInstance().attachToActivity(this);
 
@@ -1690,6 +1700,9 @@ abstract public class GeckoApp
 
         final GeckoApp self = this;
 
+        // End of the startup of our Java App
+        mJavaUiStartupTimer.stop();
+
         GeckoAppShell.getHandler().postDelayed(new Runnable() {
             public void run() {
                 Log.w(LOGTAG, "zerdatime " + SystemClock.uptimeMillis() + " - pre checkLaunchState");
diff --git a/mobile/android/base/Telemetry.java b/mobile/android/base/Telemetry.java
index 4fbb7dc804c..9245fd8301f 100644
--- a/mobile/android/base/Telemetry.java
+++ b/mobile/android/base/Telemetry.java
@@ -37,13 +37,22 @@ public class Telemetry {
     public static class Timer {
         private long mStartTime;
         private String mName;
+        private boolean mHasFinished;
 
         public Timer(String name) {
             mName = name;
             mStartTime = SystemClock.uptimeMillis();
+            mHasFinished = false;
         }
 
         public void stop() {
+            // Only the first stop counts.
+            if (mHasFinished) {
+                return;
+            } else {
+                mHasFinished = true;
+            }
+
             long elapsed = SystemClock.uptimeMillis() - mStartTime;
             if (elapsed < Integer.MAX_VALUE) {
                 HistogramAdd(mName, (int)(elapsed));
diff --git a/toolkit/components/telemetry/Histograms.json b/toolkit/components/telemetry/Histograms.json
index 3d6402312cc..86cfc7c374b 100644
--- a/toolkit/components/telemetry/Histograms.json
+++ b/toolkit/components/telemetry/Histograms.json
@@ -26,14 +26,6 @@
     "n_buckets": 50,
     "description": "time spent updating accessibility (ms)"
   },
-  "FENNEC_AWESOMEBAR_ALLPAGES_EMPTY_TIME": {
-    "kind": "exponential",
-    "low": 10,
-    "high": "20000",
-    "n_buckets": 20,
-    "description": "Fennec: Time for the Awesomebar Top Sites query to return with no filter set (ms)",
-    "cpp_guard": "ANDROID"
-  },
   "CYCLE_COLLECTOR": {
     "kind": "exponential",
     "high": "10000",
@@ -2243,6 +2235,38 @@
     "description": "Number of history entries in the original XUL places database",
     "cpp_guard": "ANDROID"
   },
+  "FENNEC_AWESOMEBAR_ALLPAGES_EMPTY_TIME": {
+    "kind": "exponential",
+    "low": 10,
+    "high": "20000",
+    "n_buckets": 20,
+    "description": "Fennec: Time for the Awesomebar Top Sites query to return with no filter set (ms)",
+    "cpp_guard": "ANDROID"
+  },
+  "FENNEC_STARTUP_TIME_JAVAUI": {
+    "kind": "exponential",
+    "low": 100,
+    "high": "5000",
+    "n_buckets": 20,
+    "description": "Time for the Java UI to load (ms)",
+    "cpp_guard": "ANDROID"
+  },
+  "FENNEC_STARTUP_TIME_ABOUTHOME": {
+    "kind": "exponential",
+    "low": 100,
+    "high": "10000",
+    "n_buckets": 20,
+    "description": "Time for the about:home page to be displayed (ms)",
+    "cpp_guard": "ANDROID"
+  },
+  "FENNEC_STARTUP_TIME_GECKOREADY": {
+    "kind": "exponential",
+    "low": 500,
+    "high": "20000",
+    "n_buckets": 20,
+    "description": "Time for the Gecko:Ready message to arrive (ms)",
+    "cpp_guard": "ANDROID"
+  },
   "OUT_OF_MEMORY_KILLED": {
     "kind": "flag",
     "description": "Killed due to an OOM condition",