diff --git a/admin/tool/httpsreplace/classes/url_finder.php b/admin/tool/httpsreplace/classes/url_finder.php
index b5cb82018b6..619e46898bf 100644
--- a/admin/tool/httpsreplace/classes/url_finder.php
+++ b/admin/tool/httpsreplace/classes/url_finder.php
@@ -39,19 +39,21 @@ class url_finder {
     /**
      * Returns a hash of what hosts are referred to over http and would need to be changed.
      *
+     * @param progress_bar $progress Progress bar keeping track of this process.
      * @return array Hash of domains with number of references as the value.
      */
-    public function http_link_stats() {
-        return $this->process(false);
+    public function http_link_stats($progress = null) {
+        return $this->process(false, $progress);
     }
 
     /**
      * Changes all resources referred to over http to https.
      *
+     * @param progress_bar $progress Progress bar keeping track of this process.
      * @return bool True upon success
      */
-    public function upgrade_http_links() {
-        return $this->process(true);
+    public function upgrade_http_links($progress = null) {
+        return $this->process(true, $progress);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -82,9 +84,10 @@ class url_finder {
     /**
      * Originally forked from core function db_search().
      * @param bool $replacing Whether or not to replace the found urls.
+     * @param progress_bar $progress Progress bar keeping track of this process.
      * @return bool|array If $replacing, return true on success. If not, return hash of http urls to number of times used.
      */
-    private function process($replacing = false) {
+    private function process($replacing = false, $progress = null) {
         global $DB, $CFG;
 
         require_once($CFG->libdir.'/filelib.php');
@@ -126,7 +129,13 @@ class url_finder {
             'varchar',
         );
 
+        $numberoftables = count($tables);
+        $tablenumber = 0;
         foreach ($tables as $table) {
+            if ($progress) {
+                $progress->update($tablenumber, $numberoftables, get_string('searching', 'tool_httpsreplace', $table));
+                $tablenumber++;
+            }
             if (in_array($table, $skiptables)) {
                 continue;
             }
diff --git a/admin/tool/httpsreplace/index.php b/admin/tool/httpsreplace/index.php
index 953de4661c7..4fedae1e36a 100644
--- a/admin/tool/httpsreplace/index.php
+++ b/admin/tool/httpsreplace/index.php
@@ -60,10 +60,17 @@ $form = new \tool_httpsreplace\form();
 $finder = new \tool_httpsreplace\url_finder();
 if (!$data = $form->get_data()) {
 
-    $results = $finder->http_link_stats();
-
     echo '<p>'.get_string('domainexplain', 'tool_httpsreplace').'</p>';
     echo '<p>'.page_doc_link(get_string('doclink', 'tool_httpsreplace')).'</p>';
+
+    $PAGE->set_cacheable(false);
+    $progressbar = new progress_bar();
+    echo $progressbar->create();
+
+    $results = $finder->http_link_stats($progressbar);
+
+    $progressbar->update_full(100, get_string('complete', 'tool_httpsreplace'));
+
     if (empty($results)) {
         echo '<p>'.get_string('oktoprocede', 'tool_httpsreplace').'</p>';
     } else {
@@ -89,10 +96,16 @@ if (!$data = $form->get_data()) {
 
     echo '<p>'.get_string('replacing', 'tool_httpsreplace').'</p>';
 
+    $PAGE->set_cacheable(false);
+    $progressbar = new progress_bar();
+    echo $progressbar->create();
+
     echo $OUTPUT->box_start();
-    $finder->upgrade_http_links();
+    $finder->upgrade_http_links($progressbar);
     echo $OUTPUT->box_end();
 
+    $progressbar->update_full(100, get_string('complete', 'tool_httpsreplace'));
+
     echo $OUTPUT->continue_button(new moodle_url('/admin/index.php'));
 
 }
diff --git a/admin/tool/httpsreplace/lang/en/tool_httpsreplace.php b/admin/tool/httpsreplace/lang/en/tool_httpsreplace.php
index 07f917a1a79..b24d59a5df7 100644
--- a/admin/tool/httpsreplace/lang/en/tool_httpsreplace.php
+++ b/admin/tool/httpsreplace/lang/en/tool_httpsreplace.php
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
  * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
  */
 
+$string['complete'] = 'Completed.';
 $string['count'] = 'Number of embeded content items';
 $string['disclaimer'] = 'I understand the risks of this operation';
 $string['doclink'] = 'Read more documentation on the wiki';
@@ -34,4 +35,5 @@ $string['oktoprocede'] = 'The scan finds no issues with your content. You can pr
 $string['pageheader'] = 'Upgrade externally hosted content urls to https';
 $string['pluginname'] = 'HTTPS conversion tool';
 $string['replacing'] = 'Replacing http content with https...';
+$string['searching'] = 'Searching {$a}';
 $string['takeabackupwarning'] = 'Once this tool run, changes made can\'t be reverted. A complete backup should be made before running this script! There is a low risk that the wrong content will be replaced, introducing problems.';