diff --git a/src/miner.cpp b/src/miner.cpp
index ffde2ed80..224998438 100644
--- a/src/miner.cpp
+++ b/src/miner.cpp
@@ -179,7 +179,9 @@ std::unique_ptr<CBlockTemplate> BlockAssembler::CreateNewBlock(const CScript& sc
     // transaction (which in most cases can be a no-op).
     fIncludeWitness = IsWitnessEnabled(pindexPrev, chainparams.GetConsensus());
 
-    addPackageTxs();
+    int nPackagesSelected = 0;
+    int nDescendantsUpdated = 0;
+    addPackageTxs(nPackagesSelected, nDescendantsUpdated);
 
     int64_t nTime1 = GetTimeMicros();
 
@@ -215,7 +217,7 @@ std::unique_ptr<CBlockTemplate> BlockAssembler::CreateNewBlock(const CScript& sc
     }
     int64_t nTime2 = GetTimeMicros();
 
-    LogPrint("bench", "CreateNewBlock() packages: %.2fms, validity: %.2fms (total %.2fms)\n", 0.001 * (nTime1 - nTimeStart), 0.001 * (nTime2 - nTime1), 0.001 * (nTime2 - nTimeStart));
+    LogPrint("bench", "CreateNewBlock() packages: %.2fms (%d packages, %d updated descendants), validity: %.2fms (total %.2fms)\n", 0.001 * (nTime1 - nTimeStart), nPackagesSelected, nDescendantsUpdated, 0.001 * (nTime2 - nTime1), 0.001 * (nTime2 - nTimeStart));
 
     return std::move(pblocktemplate);
 }
@@ -289,9 +291,10 @@ void BlockAssembler::AddToBlock(CTxMemPool::txiter iter)
     }
 }
 
-void BlockAssembler::UpdatePackagesForAdded(const CTxMemPool::setEntries& alreadyAdded,
+int BlockAssembler::UpdatePackagesForAdded(const CTxMemPool::setEntries& alreadyAdded,
         indexed_modified_transaction_set &mapModifiedTx)
 {
+    int nDescendantsUpdated = 0;
     BOOST_FOREACH(const CTxMemPool::txiter it, alreadyAdded) {
         CTxMemPool::setEntries descendants;
         mempool.CalculateDescendants(it, descendants);
@@ -299,6 +302,7 @@ void BlockAssembler::UpdatePackagesForAdded(const CTxMemPool::setEntries& alread
         BOOST_FOREACH(CTxMemPool::txiter desc, descendants) {
             if (alreadyAdded.count(desc))
                 continue;
+            ++nDescendantsUpdated;
             modtxiter mit = mapModifiedTx.find(desc);
             if (mit == mapModifiedTx.end()) {
                 CTxMemPoolModifiedEntry modEntry(desc);
@@ -311,6 +315,7 @@ void BlockAssembler::UpdatePackagesForAdded(const CTxMemPool::setEntries& alread
             }
         }
     }
+    return nDescendantsUpdated;
 }
 
 // Skip entries in mapTx that are already in a block or are present
@@ -351,7 +356,7 @@ void BlockAssembler::SortForBlock(const CTxMemPool::setEntries& package, CTxMemP
 // Each time through the loop, we compare the best transaction in
 // mapModifiedTxs with the next transaction in the mempool to decide what
 // transaction package to work on next.
-void BlockAssembler::addPackageTxs()
+void BlockAssembler::addPackageTxs(int &nPackagesSelected, int &nDescendantsUpdated)
 {
     // mapModifiedTx will store sorted packages after they are modified
     // because some of their txs are already in the block
@@ -474,8 +479,10 @@ void BlockAssembler::addPackageTxs()
             mapModifiedTx.erase(sortedEntries[i]);
         }
 
+        ++nPackagesSelected;
+
         // Update transactions that depend on each of these
-        UpdatePackagesForAdded(ancestors, mapModifiedTx);
+        nDescendantsUpdated += UpdatePackagesForAdded(ancestors, mapModifiedTx);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/miner.h b/src/miner.h
index c105d07c2..cd225cabc 100644
--- a/src/miner.h
+++ b/src/miner.h
@@ -180,8 +180,10 @@ private:
     void AddToBlock(CTxMemPool::txiter iter);
 
     // Methods for how to add transactions to a block.
-    /** Add transactions based on feerate including unconfirmed ancestors */
-    void addPackageTxs();
+    /** Add transactions based on feerate including unconfirmed ancestors
+      * Increments nPackagesSelected / nDescendantsUpdated with corresponding
+      * statistics from the package selection (for logging statistics). */
+    void addPackageTxs(int &nPackagesSelected, int &nDescendantsUpdated);
 
     // helper functions for addPackageTxs()
     /** Remove confirmed (inBlock) entries from given set */
@@ -199,8 +201,9 @@ private:
     /** Sort the package in an order that is valid to appear in a block */
     void SortForBlock(const CTxMemPool::setEntries& package, CTxMemPool::txiter entry, std::vector<CTxMemPool::txiter>& sortedEntries);
     /** Add descendants of given transactions to mapModifiedTx with ancestor
-      * state updated assuming given transactions are inBlock. */
-    void UpdatePackagesForAdded(const CTxMemPool::setEntries& alreadyAdded, indexed_modified_transaction_set &mapModifiedTx);
+      * state updated assuming given transactions are inBlock. Returns number
+      * of updated descendants. */
+    int UpdatePackagesForAdded(const CTxMemPool::setEntries& alreadyAdded, indexed_modified_transaction_set &mapModifiedTx);
 };
 
 /** Modify the extranonce in a block */