diff --git a/moniker/debug.py b/moniker/debug.py
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+# Copyright 2013 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Author: Kiall Mac Innes <kiall@hp.com>
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+import cProfile
+import functools
+import tempfile
+import pstats
+
+
+def profile(lines=20, sort='cumtime'):
+    def outer(func):
+        @functools.wraps(func)
+        def inner(*args, **kwargs):
+            f = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile()
+
+            # Profile the function
+            prof = cProfile.Profile()
+            result = prof.runcall(func, *args, **kwargs)
+            prof.dump_stats(f.name)
+
+            # Read the results, and print the stats
+            stats = pstats.Stats(f.name)
+            stats.sort_stats(sort).print_stats(lines)
+
+            return result
+        return inner
+    return outer