diff --git a/remote-curl.c b/remote-curl.c
index 8eb96152f5..e4cd321844 100644
--- a/remote-curl.c
+++ b/remote-curl.c
@@ -1026,6 +1026,7 @@ static int fetch_dumb(int nr_heads, struct ref **to_fetch)
 
 	walker = get_http_walker(url.buf);
 	walker->get_verbosely = options.verbosity >= 3;
+	walker->get_progress = options.progress;
 	walker->get_recover = 0;
 	ret = walker_fetch(walker, nr_heads, targets, NULL, NULL);
 	walker_free(walker);
diff --git a/walker.c b/walker.c
index bb010f7a2b..4984bf8b3d 100644
--- a/walker.c
+++ b/walker.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "tag.h"
 #include "blob.h"
 #include "refs.h"
+#include "progress.h"
 
 static struct object_id current_commit_oid;
 
@@ -162,6 +163,11 @@ static int process(struct walker *walker, struct object *obj)
 static int loop(struct walker *walker)
 {
 	struct object_list *elem;
+	struct progress *progress = NULL;
+	uint64_t nr = 0;
+
+	if (walker->get_progress)
+		progress = start_delayed_progress(_("Fetching objects"), 0);
 
 	while (process_queue) {
 		struct object *obj = process_queue->item;
@@ -176,15 +182,20 @@ static int loop(struct walker *walker)
 		 */
 		if (! (obj->flags & TO_SCAN)) {
 			if (walker->fetch(walker, obj->oid.hash)) {
+				stop_progress(&progress);
 				report_missing(obj);
 				return -1;
 			}
 		}
 		if (!obj->type)
 			parse_object(the_repository, &obj->oid);
-		if (process_object(walker, obj))
+		if (process_object(walker, obj)) {
+			stop_progress(&progress);
 			return -1;
+		}
+		display_progress(progress, ++nr);
 	}
+	stop_progress(&progress);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/walker.h b/walker.h
index 6d8ae00e5b..d40b016bab 100644
--- a/walker.h
+++ b/walker.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ struct walker {
 	int (*fetch)(struct walker *, unsigned char *sha1);
 	void (*cleanup)(struct walker *);
 	int get_verbosely;
+	int get_progress;
 	int get_recover;
 
 	int corrupt_object_found;