diff --git a/src/tool_cb_prg.c b/src/tool_cb_prg.c
index 7a701b692..9facd9e76 100644
--- a/src/tool_cb_prg.c
+++ b/src/tool_cb_prg.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  *                            | (__| |_| |  _ <| |___
  *                             \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
  *
- * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2012, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
+ * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2013, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
  *
  * This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which
  * you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms
@@ -49,17 +49,19 @@ int tool_progress_cb(void *clientp,
   double percent;
   int barwidth;
   int num;
-  int i;
-
+  time_t now = time(NULL);
   struct ProgressData *bar = (struct ProgressData *)clientp;
+  curl_off_t total;
+  curl_off_t point;
+
+  if(bar->prevtime == now) /* wait with update */
+    return 0;
 
   /* expected transfer size */
-  curl_off_t total = (curl_off_t)dltotal + (curl_off_t)ultotal +
-    bar->initial_size;
+  total = (curl_off_t)dltotal + (curl_off_t)ultotal + bar->initial_size;
 
   /* we've come this far */
-  curl_off_t point = (curl_off_t)dlnow + (curl_off_t)ulnow +
-    bar->initial_size;
+  point = (curl_off_t)dlnow + (curl_off_t)ulnow + bar->initial_size;
 
   if(point > total)
     /* we have got more than the expected total! */
@@ -83,14 +85,14 @@ int tool_progress_cb(void *clientp,
     num = (int) (((double)barwidth) * frac);
     if(num > MAX_BARLENGTH)
       num = MAX_BARLENGTH;
-    for(i = 0; i < num; i++)
-      line[i] = '#';
-    line[i] = '\0';
+    memset(line, '#', num);
+    line[num] = '\0';
     snprintf(format, sizeof(format), "\r%%-%ds %%5.1f%%%%", barwidth);
     fprintf(bar->out, format, line, percent);
   }
   fflush(bar->out);
   bar->prev = point;
+  bar->prevtime = now;
 
   return 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/tool_cb_prg.h b/src/tool_cb_prg.h
index 81915b2d5..ceb85980c 100644
--- a/src/tool_cb_prg.h
+++ b/src/tool_cb_prg.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *                            | (__| |_| |  _ <| |___
  *                             \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
  *
- * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2012, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
+ * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2013, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
  *
  * This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which
  * you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 struct ProgressData {
   int         calls;
   curl_off_t  prev;
+  time_t      prevtime;
   int         width;
   FILE       *out;  /* where to write everything to */
   curl_off_t  initial_size;