diff --git a/lib/Slic3r/Print.pm b/lib/Slic3r/Print.pm
index 8676cd2197..1aad0ae390 100644
--- a/lib/Slic3r/Print.pm
+++ b/lib/Slic3r/Print.pm
@@ -426,6 +426,18 @@ sub export_gcode {
     $self->make_skirt;
     $self->make_brim;  # must come after make_skirt
     
+    # time to make some statistics
+    if (0) {
+        eval "use Devel::Size";
+        print  "MEMORY USAGE:\n";
+        printf "  meshes        = %.1fMb\n", List::Util::sum(map Devel::Size::total_size($_->meshes), @{$self->objects})/1024/1024;
+        printf "  layer slices  = %.1fMb\n", List::Util::sum(map Devel::Size::total_size($_->slices), map @{$_->layers}, @{$self->objects})/1024/1024;
+        printf "  region slices = %.1fMb\n", List::Util::sum(map Devel::Size::total_size($_->slices), map @{$_->regions}, map @{$_->layers}, @{$self->objects})/1024/1024;
+        printf "  perimeters    = %.1fMb\n", List::Util::sum(map Devel::Size::total_size($_->perimeters), map @{$_->regions}, map @{$_->layers}, @{$self->objects})/1024/1024;
+        printf "  fills         = %.1fMb\n", List::Util::sum(map Devel::Size::total_size($_->fills), map @{$_->regions}, map @{$_->layers}, @{$self->objects})/1024/1024;
+        printf "  print object  = %.1fMb\n", Devel::Size::total_size($self)/1024/1024;
+    }
+    
     # output everything to a G-code file
     my $output_file = $self->expanded_output_filepath($params{output_file});
     $status_cb->(90, "Exporting G-code" . ($output_file ? " to $output_file" : ""));