diff --git a/core/commands/swarm.go b/core/commands/swarm.go
index 565de73b0db..f5cde07773f 100644
--- a/core/commands/swarm.go
+++ b/core/commands/swarm.go
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ var swarmPeersCmd = &cmds.Command{
 'ipfs swarm peers' lists the set of peers this node is connected to.
 `,
 	},
+	Options: []cmds.Option{
+		cmds.BoolOption("verbose", "v",
+			"Also display latency along with peer information in the following form: "+
+				"<peer address> <latency>"),
+	},
 	Run: func(req cmds.Request, res cmds.Response) {
 
 		log.Debug("ipfs swarm peers")
@@ -64,12 +69,19 @@ var swarmPeersCmd = &cmds.Command{
 			return
 		}
 
+		verbose, _, _ := req.Option("verbose").Bool()
 		conns := n.PeerHost.Network().Conns()
 		addrs := make([]string, len(conns))
+
 		for i, c := range conns {
 			pid := c.RemotePeer()
 			addr := c.RemoteMultiaddr()
-			addrs[i] = fmt.Sprintf("%s/ipfs/%s", addr, pid.Pretty())
+
+			if verbose {
+				addrs[i] = fmt.Sprintf("%s/ipfs/%s %s", addr, pid.Pretty(), n.Peerstore.LatencyEWMA(pid))
+			} else {
+				addrs[i] = fmt.Sprintf("%s/ipfs/%s", addr, pid.Pretty())
+			}
 		}
 
 		sort.Sort(sort.StringSlice(addrs))