diff --git a/lib/libalpm/alpm.h b/lib/libalpm/alpm.h
index f8558e1b..cdece2d3 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/alpm.h
+++ b/lib/libalpm/alpm.h
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ int alpm_logaction(char *fmt, ...);
  * Downloading
  */
 
-typedef void (*alpm_cb_download)(const char *filename, int xfered, int total);
+typedef void (*alpm_cb_download)(const char *filename, int file_xfered,
+		int file_total, int list_xfered, int list_total);
 
 /*
  * Options
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/db.c b/lib/libalpm/db.c
index 307b9ef8..599d24d0 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/db.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/db.c
@@ -257,7 +257,8 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_db_update(int force, pmdb_t *db)
 
 	dbpath = alpm_option_get_dbpath();
 
-	ret = _alpm_downloadfiles_forreal(db->servers, dbpath, files, lastupdate, newmtime);
+	ret = _alpm_downloadfiles_forreal(db->servers, dbpath, files, lastupdate,
+			newmtime, NULL, 0);
 	FREELIST(files);
 	if(ret == 1) {
 		/* mtimes match, do nothing */
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/server.c b/lib/libalpm/server.c
index d4c0a05a..7a3339e1 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/server.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/server.c
@@ -133,13 +133,19 @@ static struct url *url_for_file(pmserver_t *server, const char *filename)
 /*
  * Download a list of files from a list of servers
  *   - if one server fails, we try the next one in the list
+ *   - if *dl_total is non-NULL, then it will be used as the starting
+ *     download amount when TotalDownload is set. It will also be
+ *     set to the final download amount for the calling function to use.
+ *   - totalsize is the total download size for use when TotalDownload
+ *     is set. Use 0 if the total download size is not known.
  *
  * RETURN:  0 for successful download, 1 on error
  */
 int _alpm_downloadfiles(alpm_list_t *servers, const char *localpath,
-		alpm_list_t *files)
+		alpm_list_t *files, int *dl_total, unsigned long totalsize)
 {
-	return(_alpm_downloadfiles_forreal(servers, localpath, files, NULL, NULL));
+	return(_alpm_downloadfiles_forreal(servers, localpath, files, NULL, NULL,
+				dl_total, totalsize));
 }
 
 /*
@@ -150,15 +156,21 @@ int _alpm_downloadfiles(alpm_list_t *servers, const char *localpath,
  *     "YYYYMMDDHHMMSS" to match the form of ftplib's FtpModDate() function.
  *   - if *mtime2 is non-NULL, then it will be filled with the mtime
  *     of the remote file (from MDTM FTP cmd or Last-Modified HTTP header).
+ *   - if *dl_total is non-NULL, then it will be used as the starting
+ *     download amount when TotalDownload is set. It will also be
+ *     set to the final download amount for the calling function to use.
+ *   - totalsize is the total download size for use when TotalDownload
+ *     is set. Use 0 if the total download size is not known.
  * 
  * RETURN:  0 for successful download
  *          1 if the mtimes are identical
  *         -1 on error
  */
 int _alpm_downloadfiles_forreal(alpm_list_t *servers, const char *localpath,
-	alpm_list_t *files, const char *mtime1, char *mtime2)
+	alpm_list_t *files, const char *mtime1, char *mtime2, int *dl_total,
+	unsigned long totalsize)
 {
-	int dltotal_bytes = 0;
+	int dl_thisfile = 0;
 	alpm_list_t *lp;
 	int done = 0;
 	alpm_list_t *complete = NULL;
@@ -206,12 +218,15 @@ int _alpm_downloadfiles_forreal(alpm_list_t *servers, const char *localpath,
 				if(stat(output, &st) == 0 && st.st_size > 0) {
 					_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "existing file found, using it\n");
 					fileurl->offset = (off_t)st.st_size;
-					dltotal_bytes = st.st_size;
+					dl_thisfile = st.st_size;
+					if (dl_total != NULL) {
+						*dl_total += st.st_size;
+					}
 					localf = fopen(output, "a");
 					chk_resume = 1;
 				} else {
 					fileurl->offset = (off_t)0;
-					dltotal_bytes = 0;
+					dl_thisfile = 0;
 				}
 				
 				/* libdownload does not reset the error code, reset it in the case of previous errors */
@@ -267,7 +282,7 @@ int _alpm_downloadfiles_forreal(alpm_list_t *servers, const char *localpath,
 				if(localf == NULL) {
 					_alpm_rmrf(output);
 					fileurl->offset = (off_t)0;
-					dltotal_bytes = 0;
+					dl_thisfile = 0;
 					localf = fopen(output, "w");
 					if(localf == NULL) { /* still null? */
 						_alpm_log(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("cannot write to file '%s'\n"), output);
@@ -280,7 +295,10 @@ int _alpm_downloadfiles_forreal(alpm_list_t *servers, const char *localpath,
 				}
 
 				/* Progress 0 - initialize */
-				if(handle->dlcb) handle->dlcb(pkgname, 0, ust.size);
+				if(handle->dlcb) {
+					handle->dlcb(pkgname, 0, ust.size, dl_total ? *dl_total : 0,
+							totalsize);
+				}
 
 				int nread = 0;
 				char buffer[PM_DLBUF_LEN];
@@ -310,10 +328,17 @@ int _alpm_downloadfiles_forreal(alpm_list_t *servers, const char *localpath,
 					if(nwritten != nread) {
 						
 					}
-					dltotal_bytes += nread;
+					dl_thisfile += nread;
+					if (dl_total != NULL) {
+						*dl_total += nread;
+					}
 
-					if(handle->dlcb) handle->dlcb(pkgname, dltotal_bytes, ust.size);
+					if(handle->dlcb) {
+						handle->dlcb(pkgname, dl_thisfile, ust.size,
+								dl_total ? *dl_total : 0, totalsize);
+					}
 				}
+
 				downloadFreeURL(fileurl);
 				fclose(localf);
 				fclose(dlf);
@@ -429,7 +454,7 @@ char SYMEXPORT *alpm_fetch_pkgurl(const char *url)
 	alpm_list_t *files = alpm_list_add(NULL, filename);
 
 	/* download the file */
-	if(_alpm_downloadfiles(servers, cachedir, files)) {
+	if(_alpm_downloadfiles(servers, cachedir, files, NULL, 0)) {
 		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_WARNING, _("failed to download %s\n"), url);
 		return(NULL);
 	}
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/server.h b/lib/libalpm/server.h
index 462d9b24..914ee6da 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/server.h
+++ b/lib/libalpm/server.h
@@ -37,9 +37,11 @@ struct __pmserver_t {
 
 pmserver_t *_alpm_server_new(const char *url);
 void _alpm_server_free(pmserver_t *server);
-int _alpm_downloadfiles(alpm_list_t *servers, const char *localpath, alpm_list_t *files);
+int _alpm_downloadfiles(alpm_list_t *servers, const char *localpath,
+		alpm_list_t *files, int *dl_total, unsigned long totalsize);
 int _alpm_downloadfiles_forreal(alpm_list_t *servers, const char *localpath,
-	alpm_list_t *files, const char *mtime1, char *mtime2);
+	alpm_list_t *files, const char *mtime1, char *mtime2,
+	int *dl_total, unsigned long totalsize);
 
 #endif /* _ALPM_SERVER_H */
 
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/sync.c b/lib/libalpm/sync.c
index 10a72a7b..40766914 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/sync.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/sync.c
@@ -990,6 +990,7 @@ int _alpm_sync_commit(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t **data)
 	pmtrans_t *tr = NULL;
 	int replaces = 0, retval = 0;
 	const char *cachedir = NULL;
+	int dltotal = 0, dl = 0;
 
 	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
 
@@ -998,6 +999,15 @@ int _alpm_sync_commit(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t **data)
 
 	cachedir = _alpm_filecache_setup();
 	trans->state = STATE_DOWNLOADING;
+
+	/* Sum up the download sizes. This has to be in its own loop because
+	 * the download loop is grouped by db. */
+	for(j = trans->packages; j; j = j->next) {
+		pmsyncpkg_t *sync = j->data;
+		pmpkg_t *spkg = sync->pkg;
+		dltotal += alpm_pkg_download_size(spkg, db_local);
+	}
+
 	/* group sync records by repository and download */
 	for(i = handle->dbs_sync; i; i = i->next) {
 		pmdb_t *current = i->data;
@@ -1061,7 +1071,7 @@ int _alpm_sync_commit(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t **data)
 
 		if(files) {
 			EVENT(trans, PM_TRANS_EVT_RETRIEVE_START, current->treename, NULL);
-			if(_alpm_downloadfiles(current->servers, cachedir, files)) {
+			if(_alpm_downloadfiles(current->servers, cachedir, files, &dl, dltotal)) {
 				_alpm_log(PM_LOG_WARNING, _("failed to retrieve some files from %s\n"),
 						current->treename);
 				RET_ERR(PM_ERR_RETRIEVE, -1);
diff --git a/src/pacman/callback.c b/src/pacman/callback.c
index 90191aaf..d50eaa75 100644
--- a/src/pacman/callback.c
+++ b/src/pacman/callback.c
@@ -85,16 +85,17 @@ static float get_update_timediff(int first_call)
 }
 
 /* refactored from cb_trans_progress */
-static void fill_progress(const int percent, const int proglen)
+static void fill_progress(const int graph_percent, const int display_percent,
+		const int proglen)
 {
 	const unsigned int hashlen = proglen - 8;
-	const unsigned int hash = percent * hashlen / 100;
+	const unsigned int hash = graph_percent * hashlen / 100;
 	static unsigned int lasthash = 0, mouth = 0;
 	unsigned int i;
 
 	/* printf("\ndebug: proglen: %i\n", proglen); DEBUG*/
 
-	if(percent == 0) {
+	if(graph_percent == 0) {
 		lasthash = 0;
 		mouth = 0;
 	}
@@ -139,10 +140,10 @@ static void fill_progress(const int percent, const int proglen)
 	}
 	/* print percent after progress bar */
 	if(proglen > 5) {
-		printf(" %3d%%", percent);
+		printf(" %3d%%", display_percent);
 	}
 
-	if(percent == 100) {
+	if(graph_percent == 100) {
 		printf("\n");
 	} else {
 		printf("\r");
@@ -432,34 +433,55 @@ void cb_trans_progress(pmtransprog_t event, const char *pkgname, int percent,
 	free(wcopr);
 
 	/* call refactored fill progress function */
-	fill_progress(percent, getcols() - infolen);
+	fill_progress(percent, percent, getcols() - infolen);
 }
 
 /* callback to handle display of download progress */
-void cb_dl_progress(const char *filename, int xfered, int total)
+void cb_dl_progress(const char *filename, int file_xfered, int file_total,
+		int list_xfered, int list_total)
 {
 	const int infolen = 50;
 	char *fname, *p; 
 
 	float rate = 0.0, timediff = 0.0, f_xfered = 0.0;
 	unsigned int eta_h = 0, eta_m = 0, eta_s = 0;
-	int percent;
+	int graph_percent = 0, display_percent = 0;
 	char rate_size = 'K', xfered_size = 'K';
+	int xfered = 0, total = 0;
+
+	/* Need this variable when TotalDownload is set to know if we should
+	 * reset xfered_last and rate_last. */
+	static int has_init = 0;
 
 	if(config->noprogressbar) {
 		return;
 	}
 
-	/* this is basically a switch on xferred: 0, total, and anything else */
-	if(xfered == 0) {
-		/* set default starting values */
-		gettimeofday(&initial_time, NULL);
-		xfered_last = 0;
-		rate_last = 0.0;
-		timediff = get_update_timediff(1);
+	/* Choose how to display the amount downloaded, rate, ETA, and
+	 * percentage depending on the TotalDownload option. */
+	if (config->totaldownload && list_total > 0) {
+		xfered = list_xfered;
+		total = list_total;
+	} else {
+		xfered = file_xfered;
+		total = file_total;
+	}
+
+	/* this is basically a switch on file_xferred: 0, file_total, and
+	 * anything else */
+	if(file_xfered == 0) {
+		/* set default starting values, but only once for TotalDownload */
+		if (!(config->totaldownload && list_total > 0) ||
+				(config->totaldownload && list_total > 0 && !has_init)) {
+			gettimeofday(&initial_time, NULL);
+			timediff = get_update_timediff(1);
+			xfered_last = 0;
+			rate_last = 0.0;
+			has_init = 1;
+		}
 		rate = 0.0;
 		eta_s = 0;
-	} else if(xfered == total) {
+	} else if(file_xfered == file_total) {
 		/* compute final values */
 		struct timeval current_time;
 		float diff_sec, diff_usec;
@@ -468,7 +490,7 @@ void cb_dl_progress(const char *filename, int xfered, int total)
 		diff_sec = current_time.tv_sec - initial_time.tv_sec;
 		diff_usec = current_time.tv_usec - initial_time.tv_usec;
 		timediff = diff_sec + (diff_usec / 1000000.0);
-		rate = total / (timediff * 1024.0);
+		rate = xfered / (timediff * 1024.0);
 
 		/* round elapsed time to the nearest second */
 		eta_s = (int)(timediff + 0.5);
@@ -488,8 +510,6 @@ void cb_dl_progress(const char *filename, int xfered, int total)
 		xfered_last = xfered;
 	}
 
-	percent = (int)((float)xfered) / ((float)total) * 100;
-
 	/* fix up time for display */
 	eta_h = eta_s / 3600;
 	eta_s -= eta_h * 3600;
@@ -537,7 +557,11 @@ void cb_dl_progress(const char *filename, int xfered, int total)
 
 	free(fname);
 	
-	fill_progress(percent, getcols() - infolen);
+	/* The progress bar is based on the file percent regardless of the
+	 * TotalDownload option. */
+	graph_percent = (int)((float)file_xfered) / ((float)file_total) * 100;
+	display_percent = (int)((float)xfered) / ((float)total) * 100;
+	fill_progress(graph_percent, display_percent, getcols() - infolen);
 	return;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/pacman/callback.h b/src/pacman/callback.h
index 742cd940..59d8a45b 100644
--- a/src/pacman/callback.h
+++ b/src/pacman/callback.h
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ void cb_trans_progress(pmtransprog_t event, const char *pkgname, int percent,
                    int howmany, int remain);
 
 /* callback to handle display of download progress */
-void cb_dl_progress(const char *filename, int xfered, int total);
+void cb_dl_progress(const char *filename, int file_xfered, int file_total,
+		int list_xfered, int list_total);
 
 /* callback to handle messages/notifications from pacman library */
 void cb_log(pmloglevel_t level, char *fmt, va_list args);