diff --git a/qutebrowser/widgets/mainwindow.py b/qutebrowser/widgets/mainwindow.py
index 98a4b17f3..af94de5f5 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/widgets/mainwindow.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/widgets/mainwindow.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class MainWindow(QMainWindow):
         self.status = StatusBar(self.cwidget)
         self.vbox.addWidget(self.status)
 
-        self.tabs.cur_progress.connect(self.status.lbl.set_progress)
+        self.tabs.cur_progress.connect(self.status.prog.set_progress)
 
         #self.retranslateUi(MainWindow)
         #self.tabWidget.setCurrentIndex(0)
diff --git a/qutebrowser/widgets/statusbar.py b/qutebrowser/widgets/statusbar.py
index 1463014d3..9fc783c07 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/widgets/statusbar.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/widgets/statusbar.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QLineEdit, QHBoxLayout, QLabel, QWidget, QShortcut
+from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QLineEdit, QHBoxLayout, QLabel, QWidget, QShortcut, QProgressBar, QSizePolicy
 from PyQt5.QtCore import pyqtSignal, Qt
 from PyQt5.QtGui import QValidator, QKeySequence
 
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ class StatusBar(QWidget):
         self.lbl = StatusText(self)
         self.hbox.addWidget(self.lbl)
 
+        self.prog = StatusProgress(self)
+        self.hbox.addWidget(self.prog)
+
     def bg_color(self, fg, bg):
         self.setStyleSheet("""
             * {
@@ -30,15 +33,35 @@ class StatusBar(QWidget):
         self.bg_color('white', 'red')
         self.lbl.setText('Error: {}'.format(text))
 
+class StatusProgress(QProgressBar):
+    def __init__(self, parent):
+        super().__init__(parent)
+        self.setObjectName(self.__class__.__name__)
+
+        #self.setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy.Ignored, QSizePolicy.Ignored)
+        #self.setStyleSheet("padding-right: 1px")
+        self.hide()
+
+    # FIXME this size foo doesn't work right.
+    # Maybe here we should just reimplement the drawing part.
+
+    def minimumSizeHint(self):
+        status_size = parent.size()
+        return QSize(20, status_size.height())
+
+    def sizeHint(self):
+        return minimumSizeHint()
+
+    def set_progress(self, prog):
+        self.show()
+        self.setValue(prog)
+
 class StatusText(QLabel):
     def __init__(self, parent):
         super().__init__(parent)
         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)