diff --git a/runtime/doc/repeat.txt b/runtime/doc/repeat.txt
index 75384832ec..eae2c3867e 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/repeat.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/repeat.txt
@@ -609,6 +609,9 @@ For example, to profile the one_script.vim script file: >
 		after this command.  A :profile command in the script itself
 		won't work.
 
+:prof[ile] dump
+		Don't wait until exiting Vim and write the current state of
+		profiling to the log immediately.
 
 :profd[el] ...						*:profd* *:profdel*
 		Stop profiling for the arguments specified. See |:breakdel|
diff --git a/src/nvim/ex_cmds2.c b/src/nvim/ex_cmds2.c
index 2d8307ee06..46bd8685d9 100644
--- a/src/nvim/ex_cmds2.c
+++ b/src/nvim/ex_cmds2.c
@@ -773,6 +773,8 @@ void ex_profile(exarg_T *eap)
       profile_set_wait(profile_add(profile_get_wait(), pause_time));
     }
     do_profiling = PROF_YES;
+  } else if (STRCMP(eap->arg, "dump") == 0) {
+    profile_dump();
   } else {
     /* The rest is similar to ":breakadd". */
     ex_breakadd(eap);
@@ -821,6 +823,7 @@ static char *pexpand_cmds[] = {
   "continue",
   "func",
   "file",
+  "dump",
   NULL
 };