diff --git a/qutebrowser/widgets/browser.py b/qutebrowser/widgets/browser.py
index d9f257319..1a413bdb3 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/widgets/browser.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/widgets/browser.py
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-from PyQt5.QtCore import QObject, pyqtSlot, QUrl
+from PyQt5.QtCore import QObject, pyqtSlot, QUrl, pyqtSignal
 from PyQt5.QtWebKitWidgets import QWebView
 from qutebrowser.widgets.tabbar import TabWidget
 
 class TabbedBrowser(TabWidget):
     tabs = []
+    cur_progress = pyqtSignal(int)
 
     def __init__(self, parent):
         super().__init__(parent)
@@ -52,11 +53,19 @@ class TabbedBrowser(TabWidget):
 
 
 class BrowserTab(QWebView):
+    parent = None
+
     def __init__(self, parent):
         super().__init__(parent)
+        self.parent = parent
+        self.loadProgress.connect(self.progress_changed)
         self.show()
 
     def openurl(self, url):
         if not url.startswith('http://'):
             url = 'http://' + url
         super().load(QUrl(url))
+
+    def progress_changed(self, prog):
+        if self.parent.currentWidget() == self:
+            self.parent.cur_progress.emit(prog)
diff --git a/qutebrowser/widgets/mainwindow.py b/qutebrowser/widgets/mainwindow.py
index cbe1c1a65..691cced14 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/widgets/mainwindow.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/widgets/mainwindow.py
@@ -21,9 +21,12 @@ class MainWindow(QMainWindow):
         self.vbox.addWidget(self.tabs)
 
         self.status = StatusBar(self.cwidget)
-        self.status.lbl.setText("Hello World")
         self.vbox.addWidget(self.status)
 
+
+        # FIXME: cur_progress also should be set on tab switch
+        self.tabs.cur_progress.connect(self.status.lbl.set_progress)
+
         #self.retranslateUi(MainWindow)
         #self.tabWidget.setCurrentIndex(0)
         #QtCore.QMetaObject.connectSlotsByName(MainWindow)
diff --git a/qutebrowser/widgets/statusbar.py b/qutebrowser/widgets/statusbar.py
index 19cd7309c..849053dea 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/widgets/statusbar.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/widgets/statusbar.py
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ class StatusText(QLabel):
         self.setObjectName(self.__class__.__name__)
         self.setStyleSheet("padding-right: 1px")
 
+    def set_progress(self, prog):
+        self.setText('{}%'.format(prog))
+
 class StatusCommand(QLineEdit):
     got_cmd = pyqtSignal(str)