diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3ee6dd0..4713de4 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 Jinja2
 Pillow
 Markdown
+clint
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f11d13f..5598d02 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 from setuptools import setup
 import sys
 
-requires = ['PIL', 'jinja2', 'Markdown']
+requires = ['PIL', 'jinja2', 'Markdown', 'clint']
 if sys.version_info < (2,7):
     requires.append('argparse')
 
diff --git a/sigal/image.py b/sigal/image.py
index 70eccfe..0f55624 100644
--- a/sigal/image.py
+++ b/sigal/image.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ Prepare images: resize images, and create thumbnails with some options
 import logging
 import os
 
+from clint.textui import progress
 from PIL import Image as PILImage
 from PIL import ImageDraw, ImageOps
 from shutil import copy2
@@ -148,7 +149,7 @@ class Gallery:
                 os.mkdir(bigimg_dir)
 
         # loop on images
-        for f in imglist:
+        for f in progress.bar(imglist):
             filename = os.path.split(f)[1]
 
             im_name = os.path.join(img_dir, filename)