diff --git a/lib/c-hyper.c b/lib/c-hyper.c
index 73428c6414..117912815a 100644
--- a/lib/c-hyper.c
+++ b/lib/c-hyper.c
@@ -125,6 +125,10 @@ static int hyper_each_header(void *userdata,
   char *headp;
   CURLcode result;
   int writetype;
+
+  if(!data->req.bytecount)
+    Curl_pgrsTime(data, TIMER_STARTTRANSFER);
+
   Curl_dyn_reset(&data->state.headerb);
   if(name_len) {
     if(Curl_dyn_addf(&data->state.headerb, "%.*s: %.*s\r\n",