diff --git a/ql/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/exec/HashTableLoader.java b/ql/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/exec/HashTableLoader.java
index 02cdae016181..6681522281db 100644
--- a/ql/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/exec/HashTableLoader.java
+++ b/ql/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/exec/HashTableLoader.java
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@
  */
 public interface HashTableLoader {
 
+  enum HashTableLoaderCounters {
+    HASHTABLE_LOAD_TIME_MS
+  };
+
   void init(ExecMapperContext context, MapredContext mrContext, Configuration hconf,
       MapJoinOperator joinOp);
 
diff --git a/ql/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/exec/tez/HashTableLoader.java b/ql/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/exec/tez/HashTableLoader.java
index 151d1b39eb17..9cb00000dca4 100644
--- a/ql/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/exec/tez/HashTableLoader.java
+++ b/ql/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/exec/tez/HashTableLoader.java
@@ -26,7 +26,10 @@
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.hive.llap.LlapDaemonInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.MemoryMonitorInfo;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.Operator;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.Utilities;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.mapjoin.MapJoinMemoryExhaustionError;
+import org.apache.tez.common.counters.TezCounter;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
@@ -66,6 +69,7 @@ public class HashTableLoader implements org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.HashTable
   private MapJoinDesc desc;
   private TezContext tezContext;
   private String cacheKey;
+  private TezCounter htLoadCounter;
 
   @Override
   public void init(ExecMapperContext context, MapredContext mrContext, Configuration hconf,
@@ -74,6 +78,10 @@ public void init(ExecMapperContext context, MapredContext mrContext, Configurati
     this.hconf = hconf;
     this.desc = joinOp.getConf();
     this.cacheKey = joinOp.getCacheKey();
+    String counterGroup = HiveConf.getVar(hconf, HiveConf.ConfVars.HIVECOUNTERGROUP);
+    String vertexName = hconf.get(Operator.CONTEXT_NAME_KEY, "");
+    String counterName = Utilities.getVertexCounterName(HashTableLoaderCounters.HASHTABLE_LOAD_TIME_MS.name(), vertexName);
+    this.htLoadCounter = tezContext.getTezProcessorContext().getCounters().findCounter(counterGroup, counterName);
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -238,6 +246,7 @@ public void load(MapJoinTableContainer[] mapJoinTables,
           cacheKey, tableContainer.getClass().getSimpleName(), pos);
 
         tableContainer.setSerde(keyCtx, valCtx);
+        long startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
         while (kvReader.next()) {
           tableContainer.putRow((Writable) kvReader.getCurrentKey(), (Writable) kvReader.getCurrentValue());
           numEntries++;
@@ -258,6 +267,8 @@ public void load(MapJoinTableContainer[] mapJoinTables,
             }
           }
         }
+        long delta = System.currentTimeMillis() - startTime;
+        htLoadCounter.increment(delta);
         tableContainer.seal();
         mapJoinTables[pos] = tableContainer;
         if (doMemCheck) {
diff --git a/ql/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/exec/vector/mapjoin/fast/VectorMapJoinFastHashTableLoader.java b/ql/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/exec/vector/mapjoin/fast/VectorMapJoinFastHashTableLoader.java
index 8d9c546cfcb2..a011027ccf8e 100644
--- a/ql/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/exec/vector/mapjoin/fast/VectorMapJoinFastHashTableLoader.java
+++ b/ql/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/exec/vector/mapjoin/fast/VectorMapJoinFastHashTableLoader.java
@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.hive.llap.LlapDaemonInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.MemoryMonitorInfo;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.Operator;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.Utilities;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.mapjoin.MapJoinMemoryExhaustionError;
+import org.apache.tez.common.counters.TezCounter;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
@@ -54,6 +57,7 @@ public class VectorMapJoinFastHashTableLoader implements org.apache.hadoop.hive.
   protected MapJoinDesc desc;
   private TezContext tezContext;
   private String cacheKey;
+  private TezCounter htLoadCounter;
 
   @Override
   public void init(ExecMapperContext context, MapredContext mrContext,
@@ -62,6 +66,10 @@ public void init(ExecMapperContext context, MapredContext mrContext,
     this.hconf = hconf;
     this.desc = joinOp.getConf();
     this.cacheKey = joinOp.getCacheKey();
+    String counterGroup = HiveConf.getVar(hconf, HiveConf.ConfVars.HIVECOUNTERGROUP);
+    String vertexName = hconf.get(Operator.CONTEXT_NAME_KEY, "");
+    String counterName = Utilities.getVertexCounterName(HashTableLoaderCounters.HASHTABLE_LOAD_TIME_MS.name(), vertexName);
+    this.htLoadCounter = tezContext.getTezProcessorContext().getCounters().findCounter(counterGroup, counterName);
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -126,6 +134,7 @@ public void load(MapJoinTableContainer[] mapJoinTables,
           cacheKey, vectorMapJoinFastTableContainer.getClass().getSimpleName(), pos);
 
         vectorMapJoinFastTableContainer.setSerde(null, null); // No SerDes here.
+        long startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
         while (kvReader.next()) {
           vectorMapJoinFastTableContainer.putRow((BytesWritable)kvReader.getCurrentKey(),
               (BytesWritable)kvReader.getCurrentValue());
@@ -147,6 +156,8 @@ public void load(MapJoinTableContainer[] mapJoinTables,
               }
           }
         }
+        long delta = System.currentTimeMillis() - startTime;
+        htLoadCounter.increment(delta);
 
         vectorMapJoinFastTableContainer.seal();
         mapJoinTables[pos] = vectorMapJoinFastTableContainer;
diff --git a/ql/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/hooks/PostExecTezSummaryPrinter.java b/ql/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/hooks/PostExecTezSummaryPrinter.java
index 8b5ed9380548..102b2b517312 100644
--- a/ql/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/hooks/PostExecTezSummaryPrinter.java
+++ b/ql/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/hooks/PostExecTezSummaryPrinter.java
@@ -67,7 +67,11 @@ public void run(HookContext hookContext) throws Exception {
           if (hiveCountersGroup.equals(group.getDisplayName())) {
             console.printInfo(tezTask.getId() + " HIVE COUNTERS:", false);
             for (TezCounter counter : group) {
-              console.printInfo("   " + counter.getDisplayName() + ": " + counter.getValue(), false);
+              // HIVE Counter names are picked at runtime so cannot rely on testSafeCounterNames like in LlapIOCounters
+              // Here we just filter out time counters (like HASHTABLE_LOAD_TIME_MS) that may differ across runs
+              if (!counter.getName().contains("TIME")) {
+                console.printInfo("   " + counter.getDisplayName() + ": " + counter.getValue(), false);
+              }
             }
           }  else if (group.getName().equals(HiveInputCounters.class.getName())) {
             console.printInfo(tezTask.getId() + " INPUT COUNTERS:", false);