diff --git a/Documentation/git-fsck.txt b/Documentation/git-fsck.txt
index a2a508dc28..0a17b4258e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-fsck.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fsck.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
 'git fsck' [--tags] [--root] [--unreachable] [--cache] [--no-reflogs]
-	 [--[no-]full] [--strict] [--verbose] [--lost-found] [<object>*]
+	 [--[no-]full] [--strict] [--verbose] [--lost-found]
+	 [--[no-]progress] [<object>*]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -72,6 +73,14 @@ index file, all SHA1 references in .git/refs/*, and all reflogs (unless
 	a blob, the contents are written into the file, rather than
 	its object name.
 
+--progress::
+--no-progress::
+	Progress status is reported on the standard error stream by
+	default when it is attached to a terminal, unless
+	--no-progress or --verbose is specified. --progress forces
+	progress status even if the standard error stream is not
+	directed to a terminal.
+
 It tests SHA1 and general object sanity, and it does full tracking of
 the resulting reachability and everything else. It prints out any
 corruption it finds (missing or bad objects), and if you use the
diff --git a/builtin/fsck.c b/builtin/fsck.c
index 0603f6444e..30d0dc82f0 100644
--- a/builtin/fsck.c
+++ b/builtin/fsck.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include "fsck.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
 #include "dir.h"
+#include "progress.h"
 
 #define REACHABLE 0x0001
 #define SEEN      0x0002
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ static const char *head_points_at;
 static int errors_found;
 static int write_lost_and_found;
 static int verbose;
+static int show_progress = -1;
 #define ERROR_OBJECT 01
 #define ERROR_REACHABLE 02
 #define ERROR_PACK 04
@@ -138,7 +140,11 @@ static int traverse_one_object(struct object *obj)
 
 static int traverse_reachable(void)
 {
+	struct progress *progress = NULL;
+	unsigned int nr = 0;
 	int result = 0;
+	if (show_progress)
+		progress = start_progress_delay("Checking connectivity", 0, 0, 2);
 	while (pending.nr) {
 		struct object_array_entry *entry;
 		struct object *obj;
@@ -146,7 +152,9 @@ static int traverse_reachable(void)
 		entry = pending.objects + --pending.nr;
 		obj = entry->item;
 		result |= traverse_one_object(obj);
+		display_progress(progress, ++nr);
 	}
+	stop_progress(&progress);
 	return !!result;
 }
 
@@ -530,15 +538,20 @@ static void get_default_heads(void)
 static void fsck_object_dir(const char *path)
 {
 	int i;
+	struct progress *progress = NULL;
 
 	if (verbose)
 		fprintf(stderr, "Checking object directory\n");
 
+	if (show_progress)
+		progress = start_progress("Checking object directories", 256);
 	for (i = 0; i < 256; i++) {
 		static char dir[4096];
 		sprintf(dir, "%s/%02x", path, i);
 		fsck_dir(i, dir);
+		display_progress(progress, i+1);
 	}
+	stop_progress(&progress);
 	fsck_sha1_list();
 }
 
@@ -609,6 +622,7 @@ static struct option fsck_opts[] = {
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "strict", &check_strict, "enable more strict checking"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "lost-found", &write_lost_and_found,
 				"write dangling objects in .git/lost-found"),
+	OPT_BOOL(0, "progress", &show_progress, "show progress"),
 	OPT_END(),
 };
 
@@ -621,6 +635,12 @@ int cmd_fsck(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	read_replace_refs = 0;
 
 	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, fsck_opts, fsck_usage, 0);
+
+	if (show_progress == -1)
+		show_progress = isatty(2);
+	if (verbose)
+		show_progress = 0;
+
 	if (write_lost_and_found) {
 		check_full = 1;
 		include_reflogs = 0;
@@ -640,12 +660,28 @@ int cmd_fsck(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
 	if (check_full) {
 		struct packed_git *p;
+		uint32_t total = 0, count = 0;
+		struct progress *progress = NULL;
 
 		prepare_packed_git();
-		for (p = packed_git; p; p = p->next)
+
+		if (show_progress) {
+			for (p = packed_git; p; p = p->next) {
+				if (open_pack_index(p))
+					continue;
+				total += p->num_objects;
+			}
+
+			progress = start_progress("Checking objects", total);
+		}
+		for (p = packed_git; p; p = p->next) {
 			/* verify gives error messages itself */
-			if (verify_pack(p, fsck_obj_buffer))
+			if (verify_pack(p, fsck_obj_buffer,
+					progress, count))
 				errors_found |= ERROR_PACK;
+			count += p->num_objects;
+		}
+		stop_progress(&progress);
 	}
 
 	heads = 0;
diff --git a/pack-check.c b/pack-check.c
index 3b48b86156..63a595c45c 100644
--- a/pack-check.c
+++ b/pack-check.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include "cache.h"
 #include "pack.h"
 #include "pack-revindex.h"
+#include "progress.h"
 
 struct idx_entry {
 	off_t                offset;
@@ -43,7 +44,9 @@ int check_pack_crc(struct packed_git *p, struct pack_window **w_curs,
 
 static int verify_packfile(struct packed_git *p,
 			   struct pack_window **w_curs,
-			   verify_fn fn)
+			   verify_fn fn,
+			   struct progress *progress, uint32_t base_count)
+
 {
 	off_t index_size = p->index_size;
 	const unsigned char *index_base = p->index_data;
@@ -127,8 +130,12 @@ static int verify_packfile(struct packed_git *p,
 			if (eaten)
 				data = NULL;
 		}
+		if (((base_count + i) & 1023) == 0)
+			display_progress(progress, base_count + i);
 		free(data);
+
 	}
+	display_progress(progress, base_count + i);
 	free(entries);
 
 	return err;
@@ -157,7 +164,8 @@ int verify_pack_index(struct packed_git *p)
 	return err;
 }
 
-int verify_pack(struct packed_git *p, verify_fn fn)
+int verify_pack(struct packed_git *p, verify_fn fn,
+		struct progress *progress, uint32_t base_count)
 {
 	int err = 0;
 	struct pack_window *w_curs = NULL;
@@ -166,7 +174,7 @@ int verify_pack(struct packed_git *p, verify_fn fn)
 	if (!p->index_data)
 		return -1;
 
-	err |= verify_packfile(p, &w_curs, fn);
+	err |= verify_packfile(p, &w_curs, fn, progress, base_count);
 	unuse_pack(&w_curs);
 
 	return err;
diff --git a/pack.h b/pack.h
index 70f3c29bea..324a1d73c0 100644
--- a/pack.h
+++ b/pack.h
@@ -71,12 +71,13 @@ struct pack_idx_entry {
 };
 
 
+struct progress;
 typedef int (*verify_fn)(const unsigned char*, enum object_type, unsigned long, void*, int*);
 
 extern const char *write_idx_file(const char *index_name, struct pack_idx_entry **objects, int nr_objects, const struct pack_idx_option *, unsigned char *sha1);
 extern int check_pack_crc(struct packed_git *p, struct pack_window **w_curs, off_t offset, off_t len, unsigned int nr);
 extern int verify_pack_index(struct packed_git *);
-extern int verify_pack(struct packed_git *, verify_fn fn);
+extern int verify_pack(struct packed_git *, verify_fn fn, struct progress *, uint32_t);
 extern void fixup_pack_header_footer(int, unsigned char *, const char *, uint32_t, unsigned char *, off_t);
 extern char *index_pack_lockfile(int fd);
 extern int encode_in_pack_object_header(enum object_type, uintmax_t, unsigned char *);