diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/executor/Executor.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/executor/Executor.scala
index 2889f59e33e8..3ddfb0a3fd2e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/executor/Executor.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/executor/Executor.scala
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ private[spark] class Executor(
     }
 
     override def run() {
-      val startTime = System.currentTimeMillis()
+      val deserializeStartTime = System.currentTimeMillis()
       Thread.currentThread.setContextClassLoader(replClassLoader)
       val ser = SparkEnv.get.closureSerializer.newInstance()
       logInfo(s"Running $taskName (TID $taskId)")
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ private[spark] class Executor(
         val afterSerialization = System.currentTimeMillis()
 
         for (m <- task.metrics) {
-          m.executorDeserializeTime = taskStart - startTime
+          m.executorDeserializeTime = taskStart - deserializeStartTime
           m.executorRunTime = taskFinish - taskStart
           m.jvmGCTime = gcTime - startGCTime
           m.resultSerializationTime = afterSerialization - beforeSerialization
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ui/ToolTips.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ui/ToolTips.scala
index f02904df31fc..51dc08f668a4 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ui/ToolTips.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ui/ToolTips.scala
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ private[spark] object ToolTips {
        scheduler delay is large, consider decreasing the size of tasks or decreasing the size
        of task results."""
 
+  val TASK_DESERIALIZATION_TIME =
+    """Time spent deserializating the task closure on the executor."""
+
   val INPUT = "Bytes read from Hadoop or from Spark storage."
 
   val SHUFFLE_WRITE = "Bytes written to disk in order to be read by a shuffle in a future stage."
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ui/jobs/StagePage.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ui/jobs/StagePage.scala
index bf45272aefde..1e57cc42ecf5 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ui/jobs/StagePage.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ui/jobs/StagePage.scala
@@ -112,6 +112,13 @@ private[ui] class StagePage(parent: JobProgressTab) extends WebUIPage("stage") {
                   <span class="additional-metric-title">Scheduler Delay</span>
                 </span>
               </li>
+              <li>
+                <span data-toggle="tooltip"
+                      title={ToolTips.TASK_DESERIALIZATION_TIME} data-placement="right">
+                  <input type="checkbox" name={TaskDetailsClassNames.TASK_DESERIALIZATION_TIME}/>
+                  <span class="additional-metric-title">Task Deserialization Time</span>
+                </span>
+              </li>
               <li>
                 <span data-toggle="tooltip"
                       title={ToolTips.GC_TIME} data-placement="right">
@@ -147,6 +154,7 @@ private[ui] class StagePage(parent: JobProgressTab) extends WebUIPage("stage") {
           ("Index", ""), ("ID", ""), ("Attempt", ""), ("Status", ""), ("Locality Level", ""),
           ("Executor ID / Host", ""), ("Launch Time", ""), ("Duration", ""),
           ("Scheduler Delay", TaskDetailsClassNames.SCHEDULER_DELAY),
+          ("Task Deserialization Time", TaskDetailsClassNames.TASK_DESERIALIZATION_TIME),
           ("GC Time", TaskDetailsClassNames.GC_TIME),
           ("Result Serialization Time", TaskDetailsClassNames.RESULT_SERIALIZATION_TIME),
           ("Getting Result Time", TaskDetailsClassNames.GETTING_RESULT_TIME)) ++
@@ -179,6 +187,17 @@ private[ui] class StagePage(parent: JobProgressTab) extends WebUIPage("stage") {
             }
           }
 
+          val deserializationTimes = validTasks.map { case TaskUIData(_, metrics, _) =>
+            metrics.get.executorDeserializeTime.toDouble
+          }
+          val deserializationQuantiles =
+            <td>
+              <span data-toggle="tooltip" title={ToolTips.TASK_DESERIALIZATION_TIME}
+                    data-placement="right">
+                Task Deserialization Time
+              </span>
+            </td> +: getFormattedTimeQuantiles(deserializationTimes)
+
           val serviceTimes = validTasks.map { case TaskUIData(_, metrics, _) =>
             metrics.get.executorRunTime.toDouble
           }
@@ -266,6 +285,9 @@ private[ui] class StagePage(parent: JobProgressTab) extends WebUIPage("stage") {
           val listings: Seq[Seq[Node]] = Seq(
             <tr>{serviceQuantiles}</tr>,
             <tr class={TaskDetailsClassNames.SCHEDULER_DELAY}>{schedulerDelayQuantiles}</tr>,
+            <tr class={TaskDetailsClassNames.TASK_DESERIALIZATION_TIME}>
+              {deserializationQuantiles}
+            </tr>
             <tr class={TaskDetailsClassNames.GC_TIME}>{gcQuantiles}</tr>,
             <tr class={TaskDetailsClassNames.RESULT_SERIALIZATION_TIME}>
               {serializationQuantiles}
@@ -314,6 +336,7 @@ private[ui] class StagePage(parent: JobProgressTab) extends WebUIPage("stage") {
         else metrics.map(m => UIUtils.formatDuration(m.executorRunTime)).getOrElse("")
       val schedulerDelay = getSchedulerDelay(info, metrics.get)
       val gcTime = metrics.map(_.jvmGCTime).getOrElse(0L)
+      val taskDeserializationTime = metrics.map(_.executorDeserializeTime).getOrElse(0L)
       val serializationTime = metrics.map(_.resultSerializationTime).getOrElse(0L)
       val gettingResultTime = info.gettingResultTime
 
@@ -367,6 +390,10 @@ private[ui] class StagePage(parent: JobProgressTab) extends WebUIPage("stage") {
             class={TaskDetailsClassNames.SCHEDULER_DELAY}>
           {UIUtils.formatDuration(schedulerDelay.toLong)}
         </td>
+        <td sorttable_customkey={taskDeserializationTime.toString}
+            class={TaskDetailsClassNames.TASK_DESERIALIZATION_TIME}>
+          {UIUtils.formatDuration(taskDeserializationTime.toLong)}
+        </td>
         <td sorttable_customkey={gcTime.toString} class={TaskDetailsClassNames.GC_TIME}>
           {if (gcTime > 0) UIUtils.formatDuration(gcTime) else ""}
         </td>
@@ -424,6 +451,8 @@ private[ui] class StagePage(parent: JobProgressTab) extends WebUIPage("stage") {
         (info.finishTime - info.launchTime)
       }
     }
-    totalExecutionTime - metrics.executorRunTime
+    val executorOverhead = (metrics.executorDeserializeTime +
+      metrics.resultSerializationTime)
+    totalExecutionTime - metrics.executorRunTime - executorOverhead
   }
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ui/jobs/TaskDetailsClassNames.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ui/jobs/TaskDetailsClassNames.scala
index 23d672cabda0..eb371bd0ea7e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ui/jobs/TaskDetailsClassNames.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ui/jobs/TaskDetailsClassNames.scala
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ package org.apache.spark.ui.jobs
 private object TaskDetailsClassNames {
   val SCHEDULER_DELAY = "scheduler_delay"
   val GC_TIME = "gc_time"
+  val TASK_DESERIALIZATION_TIME = "deserialization_time"
   val RESULT_SERIALIZATION_TIME = "serialization_time"
   val GETTING_RESULT_TIME = "getting_result_time"
 }