diff --git a/app/position/tracking/positiontrackingmanager.cpp b/app/position/tracking/positiontrackingmanager.cpp
index 4ad58725e..6bd7332a7 100644
--- a/app/position/tracking/positiontrackingmanager.cpp
+++ b/app/position/tracking/positiontrackingmanager.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 PositionTrackingManager::PositionTrackingManager( QObject *parent )
   : QObject( parent )
 {
+  connect( &mElapsedTimeTextTimer, &QTimer::timeout, this, &PositionTrackingManager::elapsedTimeTextChanged );
 }
 
 void PositionTrackingManager::addPoint( const QgsPoint &position )
@@ -208,6 +209,8 @@ void PositionTrackingManager::setup()
   {
     emit trackedGeometryChanged( mTrackedGeometry );
   }
+
+  mElapsedTimeTextTimer.start( 1000 );
 }
 
 AbstractTrackingBackend *PositionTrackingManager::constructTrackingBackend( QgsProject *project, PositionKit *positionKit )
@@ -348,6 +351,20 @@ QDateTime PositionTrackingManager::startTime() const
   return mTrackingStartTime;
 }
 
+QString PositionTrackingManager::elapsedTimeText() const
+{
+  if ( !mIsTrackingPosition )
+    return QString();
+
+  qint64 totalSecs = mTrackingStartTime.secsTo( QDateTime::currentDateTime() );
+  int hours = totalSecs / 3600;
+  totalSecs = totalSecs % 3600;
+  int minutes = totalSecs / 60;
+  int seconds = totalSecs % 60;
+
+  return QString( "%1:%2:%3" ).arg( hours, 2, 10, QChar( '0' ) ).arg( minutes, 2, 10, QChar( '0' ) ).arg( seconds, 2, 10, QChar( '0' ) );
+}
+
 bool PositionTrackingManager::isTrackingPosition() const
 {
   return mIsTrackingPosition;
diff --git a/app/position/tracking/positiontrackingmanager.h b/app/position/tracking/positiontrackingmanager.h
index f791b2945..b0d5ff8ac 100644
--- a/app/position/tracking/positiontrackingmanager.h
+++ b/app/position/tracking/positiontrackingmanager.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <QObject>
 #include <qglobal.h>
 #include <QQmlEngine>
+#include <QTimer>
 
 #include "abstracttrackingbackend.h"
 
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ class PositionTrackingManager : public QObject
     Q_PROPERTY( QDateTime startTime READ startTime NOTIFY startTimeChanged )
     Q_PROPERTY( QgsGeometry trackedGeometry READ trackedGeometry NOTIFY trackedGeometryChanged )
     Q_PROPERTY( bool isTrackingPosition READ isTrackingPosition NOTIFY isTrackingPositionChanged )
+    Q_PROPERTY( QString elapsedTimeText READ elapsedTimeText NOTIFY elapsedTimeTextChanged )
 
     // properties to be set from QML
     Q_PROPERTY( QgsProject *qgsProject READ qgsProject WRITE setQgsProject NOTIFY qgsProjectChanged )
@@ -73,6 +75,9 @@ class PositionTrackingManager : public QObject
 
     QDateTime startTime() const;
 
+    //! How long we have been tracking, formatted as a text (empty if not tracking)
+    QString elapsedTimeText() const;
+
     bool isTrackingPosition() const;
 
   public slots:
@@ -99,6 +104,8 @@ class PositionTrackingManager : public QObject
 
     void abort();
 
+    void elapsedTimeTextChanged();
+
   private:
     void setLayerId( QString newLayerId );
     void setup();
@@ -114,6 +121,9 @@ class PositionTrackingManager : public QObject
     QDateTime mTrackingStartTime;
     QgsFeature mTrackedFeature;
     bool mIsTrackingPosition = false;
+
+    // timer to make sure we are periodically updating tracking elapsed time
+    QTimer mElapsedTimeTextTimer;
 };
 
 #endif // POSITIONTRACKINGMANAGER_H
diff --git a/app/qml/dialogs/MMPositionTrackingDialog.qml b/app/qml/dialogs/MMPositionTrackingDialog.qml
index 9c5b93e86..465556f32 100644
--- a/app/qml/dialogs/MMPositionTrackingDialog.qml
+++ b/app/qml/dialogs/MMPositionTrackingDialog.qml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ MMComponents.MMDrawerDialog {
         MMComponents.MMText {
           width: parent.width
 
-          text: qsTr("Started at")
+          text: qsTr("Tracking time")
           horizontalAlignment: Text.AlignRight
           font: __style.p6
           color: __style.nightColor
diff --git a/app/qml/main.qml b/app/qml/main.qml
index b7fe5ceaf..2442bce0a 100644
--- a/app/qml/main.qml
+++ b/app/qml/main.qml
@@ -550,10 +550,7 @@ ApplicationWindow {
           function getStartingTime() {
             if ( map.isTrackingPosition )
             {
-              let date = map.trackingManager?.startTime
-              if ( date ) {
-                return date.getHours() + ":" + date.getMinutes() + ":" + date.getSeconds()
-              }
+              return map.trackingManager?.elapsedTimeText
             }
             return qsTr( "not tracking" )
           }
diff --git a/app/qml/map/MMMapController.qml b/app/qml/map/MMMapController.qml
index cea7fc733..3d1586ec2 100644
--- a/app/qml/map/MMMapController.qml
+++ b/app/qml/map/MMMapController.qml
@@ -521,11 +521,7 @@ Item {
 
           text: {
             if (visible) {
-              // TODO make some merge with main.qml:trackingPrivate.getStartingTime()
-              let date = root.trackingManager?.startTime
-              if ( date ) {
-                return date.getHours() + ":" + date.getMinutes() + ":" + date.getSeconds()
-              }
+              return root.trackingManager?.elapsedTimeText
             }
             else
               return ""