diff --git a/src/gui/qt-daemon/application/daemon_backend.cpp b/src/gui/qt-daemon/application/daemon_backend.cpp
index b518be67..07a3b5a4 100644
--- a/src/gui/qt-daemon/application/daemon_backend.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/qt-daemon/application/daemon_backend.cpp
@@ -1546,7 +1546,7 @@ void daemon_backend::wallet_vs_options::worker_func()
           {
             w->get()->build_minted_block(ctx.sp, ctx.rsp);
           }
-          LOG_PRINT_L1(w->get()->get_log_prefix() + " PoS mint iteration finished(" << ctx.rsp.status << ")");
+          LOG_PRINT_L1(w->get()->get_log_prefix() + " PoS mint iteration finished(iterations: " << ctx.rsp.iterations_processed << "," << ctx.rsp.status << ")");
           return true;
         });
       }
diff --git a/src/rpc/core_rpc_server_commands_defs.h b/src/rpc/core_rpc_server_commands_defs.h
index fe143042..01da849a 100644
--- a/src/rpc/core_rpc_server_commands_defs.h
+++ b/src/rpc/core_rpc_server_commands_defs.h
@@ -1084,6 +1084,7 @@ namespace currency
       uint64_t starter_timestamp;
       crypto::hash last_block_hash;
       bool     is_pos_allowed;
+      uint64_t iterations_processed;
 
       BEGIN_KV_SERIALIZE_MAP()
         KV_SERIALIZE(status)
@@ -1091,6 +1092,7 @@ namespace currency
         KV_SERIALIZE(block_timestamp)
         KV_SERIALIZE(height)
         KV_SERIALIZE(is_pos_allowed)
+        KV_SERIALIZE(iterations_processed)
         KV_SERIALIZE(starter_timestamp)
         KV_SERIALIZE_VAL_POD_AS_BLOB(last_block_hash);
       END_KV_SERIALIZE_MAP()
diff --git a/src/wallet/wallet2.h b/src/wallet/wallet2.h
index 05c4230d..ee92ebac 100644
--- a/src/wallet/wallet2.h
+++ b/src/wallet/wallet2.h
@@ -1014,7 +1014,7 @@ namespace tools
     cxt.rsp.status = CORE_RPC_STATUS_NOT_FOUND;
     uint64_t timstamp_start = runtime_config.get_core_time();
     uint64_t timstamp_last_idle_call = runtime_config.get_core_time();
-
+    cxt.rsp.iterations_processed = 0;
 
     for (size_t i = 0; i != cxt.sp.pos_entries.size(); i++)
     {
@@ -1080,6 +1080,7 @@ namespace tools
         {
           PROFILE_FUNC("check_hash");
           check_hash_res = currency::check_hash(kernel_hash, this_coin_diff);
+          ++cxt.rsp.iterations_processed;
         }
         if (check_hash_res)
         {