diff --git a/lib/adminlib.php b/lib/adminlib.php
index 9644c54dcdb..e66d181c73c 100644
--- a/lib/adminlib.php
+++ b/lib/adminlib.php
@@ -290,4 +290,45 @@ function set_cron_lock($name,$value=true,$staleafter=7200,$clobberstale=false) {
     }
     return true;
 }
+
+function print_progress($done, $total, $updatetime=5, $sleeptime=1) {
+    static $count;
+    static $starttime;
+    static $lasttime;
+
+    if (empty($starttime)) {
+        $starttime = $lasttime = time();
+        $lasttime = $starttime - $updatetime;
+        echo '<table width="500" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center"><tr><td width="500">';
+        echo '<div id="bar" style="border-style:solid;border-width:1px;width:500px;height:50px;">';
+        echo '<div id="slider" style="border-style:solid;border-width:1px;height:48px;width:10px;background-color:green;"></div>';
+        echo '</div>';
+        echo '<div id="text" align="center" style="width:500px;"></div>';
+        echo '</td></tr></table>';
+        echo '</div>';
+    }
+
+    if (!isset($count)) {
+        $count = 0;
+    }
+
+    $count++;
+
+    $now = time();
+
+    if ($done && (($now - $lasttime) >= $updatetime)) {
+        $elapsedtime = $now - $starttime;
+        $projectedtime = (int)(((float)$total / (float)$done) * $elapsedtime) - $elapsedtime;
+        $percentage = format_float((float)$done / (float)$total, 2);
+        $width = (int)(500 * $percentage);
+
+        echo '<script>';
+        echo 'document.getElementById("text").innerHTML = "'.$count.' done.  Ending: '.format_time($projectedtime).'";'."\n";
+        echo 'document.getElementById("slider").style.width = \''.$width.'px\';'."\n";
+        echo '</script>';
+
+        $lasttime = $now;
+        sleep($sleeptime);
+    }
+}
 ?>