diff --git a/GPU/GLES/ShaderManagerGLES.cpp b/GPU/GLES/ShaderManagerGLES.cpp
index 5d1191af4f..9fba6cc6c1 100644
--- a/GPU/GLES/ShaderManagerGLES.cpp
+++ b/GPU/GLES/ShaderManagerGLES.cpp
@@ -782,6 +782,7 @@ LinkedShader *ShaderManagerGLES::ApplyFragmentShader(VShaderID VSID, Shader *vs,
 
 		// Check if we can link these.
 		ls = new LinkedShader(render_, VSID, vs, FSID, fs, vs->UseHWTransform());
+		gpuStats.totals.numPipelinesCreated++;
 		ls->use(VSID);
 		const LinkedShaderCacheEntry entry(vs, fs, ls);
 		linkedShaderCache_.push_back(entry);
@@ -1032,6 +1033,7 @@ bool ShaderManagerGLES::LoadCache(File::IOFile &f) {
 		fsCache_.Get(fsid, &fs);
 		if (vs && fs) {
 			LinkedShader *ls = new LinkedShader(render_, vsid, vs, fsid, fs, vs->UseHWTransform(), true);
+			gpuStats.totals.numPipelinesCreated++;
 			LinkedShaderCacheEntry entry(vs, fs, ls);
 			linkedShaderCache_.push_back(entry);
 		}
diff --git a/GPU/GPU.h b/GPU/GPU.h
index 2f8307d702..1ad02603a0 100644
--- a/GPU/GPU.h
+++ b/GPU/GPU.h
@@ -148,6 +148,8 @@ struct GPUStatsPerFrame {
 struct GPUStatsTotals {
 	// Flip count. Doesn't really belong here.
 	int numFlips;
+	// Vulkan and Metal pipelines, and OpenGL programs, including those precompiled from the shader cache.
+	int numPipelinesCreated;
 };
 
 // The ToString function lives in GPUCommonHW.cpp.
diff --git a/GPU/Metal/DrawEngineMetal.mm b/GPU/Metal/DrawEngineMetal.mm
index b93a0eb1a8..9098dd60e4 100644
--- a/GPU/Metal/DrawEngineMetal.mm
+++ b/GPU/Metal/DrawEngineMetal.mm
@@ -278,6 +278,7 @@ DrawEngineMetal::Pipeline *DrawEngineMetal::GetOrCreatePipeline(const MetalPipel
 	pipeline->state = [MetalPipelineState new];
 	pipeline->format = format;
 	pipelines_.Insert(key, pipeline);
+	gpuStats.totals.numPipelinesCreated++;
 	if (vs->Failed() || fs->Failed()) {
 		[pipeline->state setPipeline:nil];
 		return pipeline;
diff --git a/GPU/Vulkan/PipelineManagerVulkan.cpp b/GPU/Vulkan/PipelineManagerVulkan.cpp
index 9478b3c4e8..575ba1c33e 100644
--- a/GPU/Vulkan/PipelineManagerVulkan.cpp
+++ b/GPU/Vulkan/PipelineManagerVulkan.cpp
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include "GPU/Vulkan/ShaderManagerVulkan.h"
 #include "GPU/Common/ShaderId.h"
 #include "GPU/GPUDefinitions.h"
+#include "GPU/GPU.h"
 #include "Common/GPU/thin3d.h"
 #include "Common/GPU/Vulkan/VulkanRenderManager.h"
 #include "Common/GPU/Vulkan/VulkanQueueRunner.h"
@@ -396,6 +397,7 @@ VulkanPipeline *PipelineManagerVulkan::GetOrCreatePipeline(VulkanRenderManager *
 
 	// If the above failed, we got a null pipeline. We still insert it to keep track.
 	pipelines_.Insert(key, pipeline);
+	gpuStats.totals.numPipelinesCreated++;
 
 	// Don't return placeholder null pipelines.
 	if (pipeline && pipeline->pipeline) {
diff --git a/headless/Headless.cpp b/headless/Headless.cpp
index a4a1b86c8d..0d4db7238e 100644
--- a/headless/Headless.cpp
+++ b/headless/Headless.cpp
@@ -766,6 +766,8 @@ static bool RunAutoTest(GraphicsContext *graphicsContext, CoreParameter &corePar
 		}
 		fprintf(stderr, "Frame stats: %d flips in %d emulated seconds, wall %.1fs, per second:%s\n", total, (int)flipsPerSecond.size(), time_now_d() - startTime, perSecond.c_str());
 	}
+	// What shader compiles cost the run, which the times include.
+	fprintf(stderr, "Pipelines created: %d\n", gpuStats.totals.numPipelinesCreated);
 	if (coreParameter.bootFromState) {
 		// Counted from the state's load. More than a few, and the game has gone off its usual path.
 		fprintf(stderr, "Failed disc reads: %d\n", pspFileSystem.FailedDiscReads());