diff --git a/platform/external-system-api/resources/i18n/ExternalSystemBundle.properties b/platform/external-system-api/resources/i18n/ExternalSystemBundle.properties
index 0ad6a80fecde..a8660af76cb0 100644
--- a/platform/external-system-api/resources/i18n/ExternalSystemBundle.properties
+++ b/platform/external-system-api/resources/i18n/ExternalSystemBundle.properties
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ run.configuration.settings.label.project={0} project:
 run.configuration.settings.label.tasks=Tasks:
 run.configuration.settings.label.vmoptions=VM options:
 run.configuration.settings.caption.vmoptions=VM options:
-run.text.starting.multiple.task=Executing external tasks ''{0}''...\n
-run.text.starting.single.task=Executing external task ''{0}''...\n
+run.text.starting.multiple.task={0}: Executing external tasks ''{1}''...\n
+run.text.starting.single.task={0}: Executing external task ''{1}''...\n
+run.text.ended.multiple.task={0}: External tasks execution finished ''{1}''.\n
+run.text.ended.single.task={0}: External task execution finished ''{1}''.\n
 run.error.undefined.task=No task to execute is specified
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/platform/external-system-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/externalSystem/service/execution/ExternalSystemRunConfiguration.java b/platform/external-system-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/externalSystem/service/execution/ExternalSystemRunConfiguration.java
index 60c05b756f6f..2e2b22740c39 100644
--- a/platform/external-system-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/externalSystem/service/execution/ExternalSystemRunConfiguration.java
+++ b/platform/external-system-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/externalSystem/service/execution/ExternalSystemRunConfiguration.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.util.WriteExternalException;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.text.StringUtil;
 import com.intellij.util.containers.ContainerUtilRt;
 import com.intellij.util.net.NetUtils;
+import com.intellij.util.text.DateFormatUtil;
 import com.intellij.util.xmlb.XmlSerializer;
 import org.jdom.Element;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
@@ -166,12 +167,13 @@ public class ExternalSystemRunConfiguration extends LocatableConfigurationBase {
       ApplicationManager.getApplication().executeOnPooledThread(new Runnable() {
         @Override
         public void run() {
+          final String startDateTime = DateFormatUtil.formatTimeWithSeconds(System.currentTimeMillis());
           final String greeting;
           if (mySettings.getTaskNames().size() > 1) {
-            greeting = ExternalSystemBundle.message("run.text.starting.multiple.task", StringUtil.join(mySettings.getTaskNames(), " "));
+            greeting = ExternalSystemBundle.message("run.text.starting.multiple.task", startDateTime, StringUtil.join(mySettings.getTaskNames(), " "));
           }
           else {
-            greeting = ExternalSystemBundle.message("run.text.starting.single.task", StringUtil.join(mySettings.getTaskNames(), " "));
+            greeting = ExternalSystemBundle.message("run.text.starting.single.task", startDateTime, StringUtil.join(mySettings.getTaskNames(), " "));
           }
           processHandler.notifyTextAvailable(greeting, ProcessOutputTypes.SYSTEM);
           task.execute(new ExternalSystemTaskNotificationListenerAdapter() {
@@ -189,6 +191,15 @@ public class ExternalSystemRunConfiguration extends LocatableConfigurationBase {
 
             @Override
             public void onEnd(@NotNull ExternalSystemTaskId id) {
+              final String endDateTime = DateFormatUtil.formatTimeWithSeconds(System.currentTimeMillis());
+              final String farewell;
+              if (mySettings.getTaskNames().size() > 1) {
+                farewell = ExternalSystemBundle.message("run.text.ended.multiple.task", endDateTime, StringUtil.join(mySettings.getTaskNames(), " "));
+              }
+              else {
+                farewell = ExternalSystemBundle.message("run.text.ended.single.task", endDateTime, StringUtil.join(mySettings.getTaskNames(), " "));
+              }
+              processHandler.notifyTextAvailable(farewell, ProcessOutputTypes.SYSTEM);
               processHandler.notifyProcessTerminated(0);
             }
           });