diff --git a/src/Curl/Curl.php b/src/Curl/Curl.php
index 53a257d..5b0b7b0 100644
--- a/src/Curl/Curl.php
+++ b/src/Curl/Curl.php
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ class Curl
     public $httpStatusCode = 0;
     public $httpErrorMessage = null;
 
-    public $totalTime = 0;
     public $baseUrl = null;
     public $url = null;
     public $effectiveUrl = null;
@@ -82,6 +81,10 @@ class Curl
     private $xmlDecoder = null;
     private $xmlPattern = '~^(?:text/|application/(?:atom\+|rss\+)?)xml~i';
 
+    private static $deferredProperties = array(
+        'totalTime',
+    );
+
     /**
      * Construct
      *
@@ -348,7 +351,6 @@ class Curl
         $this->curlErrorMessage = curl_error($this->curl);
         $this->curlError = !($this->curlErrorCode === 0);
         $this->httpStatusCode = curl_getinfo($this->curl, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
-        $this->totalTime = curl_getinfo($this->curl, CURLINFO_TOTAL_TIME);
         $this->httpError = in_array(floor($this->httpStatusCode / 100), array(4, 5));
         $this->error = $this->curlError || $this->httpError;
         $this->errorCode = $this->error ? ($this->curlError ? $this->curlErrorCode : $this->httpStatusCode) : 0;
@@ -953,6 +955,19 @@ class Curl
         $this->close();
     }
 
+    public function __get($name)
+    {
+        $return = null;
+        if (in_array($name, self::$deferredProperties) && is_callable(array($this, $getter = '__get_' . $name))) {
+            $return = $this->$name = $this->$getter();
+        }
+        return $return;
+    }
+
+    private function __get_totalTime() {
+        return curl_getinfo($this->curl, CURLINFO_TOTAL_TIME);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Build Url
      *
diff --git a/tests/PHPCurlClass/PHPCurlClassTest.php b/tests/PHPCurlClass/PHPCurlClassTest.php
index 6d46296..0e38938 100644
--- a/tests/PHPCurlClass/PHPCurlClassTest.php
+++ b/tests/PHPCurlClass/PHPCurlClassTest.php
@@ -2650,4 +2650,11 @@ class CurlTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $test->server('xml_with_cdata_response', 'POST', $data);
         $this->assertTrue(strpos($test->curl->response->saveXML(), '<![CDATA[') === false);
     }
+
+    public function testTotalTime()
+    {
+        $test = new Test();
+        $test->server('request_method', 'GET');
+        $this->assertTrue(is_float($test->curl->totalTime));
+    }
 }