diff --git a/Command/PopulateCommand.php b/Command/PopulateCommand.php
index f17ca4c..6f27e5b 100644
--- a/Command/PopulateCommand.php
+++ b/Command/PopulateCommand.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ use FOS\ElasticaBundle\IndexManager;
 use FOS\ElasticaBundle\Provider\ProviderRegistry;
 use FOS\ElasticaBundle\Resetter;
 use FOS\ElasticaBundle\Provider\ProviderInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Helper\ProgressBar;
 
 /**
  * Populate the search index
@@ -109,20 +110,34 @@ class PopulateCommand extends ContainerAwareCommand
      */
     private function populateIndex(OutputInterface $output, $index, $reset, $options)
     {
+
+        /** @var $providers ProviderInterface[] */
+        $providers = $this->providerRegistry->getIndexProviders($index);
+
         if ($reset) {
             $output->writeln(sprintf('<info>Resetting</info> <comment>%s</comment>', $index));
             $this->resetter->resetIndex($index, true);
         }
 
-        /** @var $providers ProviderInterface[] */
-        $providers = $this->providerRegistry->getIndexProviders($index);
-
         foreach ($providers as $type => $provider) {
-            $loggerClosure = function($message) use ($output, $index, $type) {
-                $output->writeln(sprintf('<info>Populating</info> %s/%s, %s', $index, $type, $message));
-            };
+            if (class_exists('Symfony\Component\Console\Helper\ProgressBar')) {
+                $output->writeln(sprintf('<info>Populating</info> %s/%s', $index, $type));
+                $progressBar = new ProgressBar($output, $provider->getTotalObjects());
+                $progressBar->setFormat('debug');
+                $progressBar->start();
+                $loggerClosure = function($number) use ($progressBar) {
+                    $progressBar->advance($number);
+                };
+            } else {
+                $loggerClosure = function($message) use ($output, $index, $type) {
+                    $output->writeln(sprintf('<info>Populating</info> %s/%s, %s', $index, $type, $message));
+                };
+            }
 
+            $options['progress-bar'] = true;
             $provider->populate($loggerClosure, $options);
+
+            if (isset($progressBar)) $progressBar->finish();
         }
 
         $output->writeln(sprintf('<info>Refreshing</info> <comment>%s</comment>', $index));
diff --git a/Doctrine/AbstractProvider.php b/Doctrine/AbstractProvider.php
index 92be6ce..9901fef 100644
--- a/Doctrine/AbstractProvider.php
+++ b/Doctrine/AbstractProvider.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use Elastica\Exception\Bulk\ResponseException as BulkResponseException;
 use FOS\ElasticaBundle\Persister\ObjectPersisterInterface;
 use FOS\ElasticaBundle\Provider\AbstractProvider as BaseAbstractProvider;
 use FOS\ElasticaBundle\Provider\IndexableInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Helper\ProgressBar;
 
 abstract class AbstractProvider extends BaseAbstractProvider
 {
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ abstract class AbstractProvider extends BaseAbstractProvider
         $sleep = isset($options['sleep']) ? intval($options['sleep']) : 0;
         $batchSize = isset($options['batch-size']) ? intval($options['batch-size']) : $this->options['batch_size'];
         $ignoreErrors = isset($options['ignore-errors']) ? $options['ignore-errors'] : $this->options['ignore_errors'];
+        $progressBar = isset($options['progress-bar']) ? boolval($options['progress-bar']) : false;
         $manager = $this->managerRegistry->getManagerForClass($this->objectClass);
 
         for (; $offset < $nbObjects; $offset += $batchSize) {
@@ -94,12 +96,14 @@ abstract class AbstractProvider extends BaseAbstractProvider
 
             usleep($sleep);
 
-            if ($loggerClosure) {
+            if ($loggerClosure && !$progressBar) {
                 $stepCount = $stepNbObjects + $offset;
                 $percentComplete = 100 * $stepCount / $nbObjects;
                 $timeDifference = microtime(true) - $stepStartTime;
                 $objectsPerSecond = $timeDifference ? ($stepNbObjects / $timeDifference) : $stepNbObjects;
                 $loggerClosure(sprintf('%0.1f%% (%d/%d), %d objects/s %s', $percentComplete, $stepCount, $nbObjects, $objectsPerSecond, $this->getMemoryUsage()));
+            } else if ($loggerClosure && $progressBar) {
+                $loggerClosure($stepNbObjects);
             }
         }
 
@@ -108,6 +112,14 @@ abstract class AbstractProvider extends BaseAbstractProvider
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return int|mixed
+     */
+    public function getTotalObjects()
+    {
+        return $this->countObjects($this->createQueryBuilder());
+    }
+
     /**
      * Counts objects that would be indexed using the query builder.
      *
diff --git a/Propel/Provider.php b/Propel/Provider.php
index 38f7a61..f4966da 100644
--- a/Propel/Provider.php
+++ b/Propel/Provider.php
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ class Provider extends AbstractProvider
         $nbObjects = $queryClass::create()->count();
         $offset = isset($options['offset']) ? intval($options['offset']) : 0;
         $sleep = isset($options['sleep']) ? intval($options['sleep']) : 0;
+        $progressBar = isset($options['progress-bar']) ? boolval($options['progress-bar']) : false;
         $batchSize = isset($options['batch-size']) ? intval($options['batch-size']) : $this->options['batch_size'];
 
         for (; $offset < $nbObjects; $offset += $batchSize) {
@@ -46,11 +47,13 @@ class Provider extends AbstractProvider
 
             usleep($sleep);
 
-            if ($loggerClosure) {
+            if ($loggerClosure && !$progressBar) {
                 $stepCount = $stepNbObjects + $offset;
                 $percentComplete = 100 * $stepCount / $nbObjects;
                 $objectsPerSecond = $stepNbObjects / (microtime(true) - $stepStartTime);
                 $loggerClosure(sprintf('%0.1f%% (%d/%d), %d objects/s %s', $percentComplete, $stepCount, $nbObjects, $objectsPerSecond, $this->getMemoryUsage()));
+            } else if ($loggerClosure && $progressBar) {
+                $loggerClosure($stepNbObjects);
             }
         }
     }