diff --git a/doc/pacman.conf.5.asciidoc b/doc/pacman.conf.5.asciidoc
index b297e332..73f57eeb 100644
--- a/doc/pacman.conf.5.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/pacman.conf.5.asciidoc
@@ -186,6 +186,9 @@ Options
 *Color*::
 	Automatically enable colors only when pacman's output is on a tty.

+*NoProgressbar*::
+	Disables progressbars.
+
 *TotalDownload*::
 	When downloading, display the amount downloaded, download rate, ETA,
 	and completed percentage of the entire download list rather
diff --git a/etc/pacman.conf.in b/etc/pacman.conf.in
index 7446944f..fb473fe9 100644
--- a/etc/pacman.conf.in
+++ b/etc/pacman.conf.in
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ Architecture = auto
 # Misc options
 #UseSyslog
 #Color
+#NoProgressbar
 #TotalDownload
 CheckSpace
 #VerbosePkgLists
diff --git a/src/pacman/conf.c b/src/pacman/conf.c
index f9de386f..92614860 100644
--- a/src/pacman/conf.c
+++ b/src/pacman/conf.c
@@ -579,6 +579,8 @@ static int _parse_options(const char *key, char *value,
 				config->color = isatty(fileno(stdout)) ? PM_COLOR_ON : PM_COLOR_OFF;
 				enable_colors(config->color);
 			}
+		} else if(strcmp(key, "NoProgressbar") == 0) {
+			config->noprogressbar = 1;
 		} else if(strcmp(key, "DisableDownloadTimeout") == 0) {
 			config->disable_dl_timeout = 1;
 		} else {
diff --git a/src/pacman/pacman-conf.c b/src/pacman/pacman-conf.c
index 6e25d243..48152697 100644
--- a/src/pacman/pacman-conf.c
+++ b/src/pacman/pacman-conf.c
@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@ static void dump_config(void)
 	show_bool("VerbosePkgLists", config->verbosepkglists);
 	show_bool("DisableDownloadTimeout", config->disable_dl_timeout);
 	show_bool("ILoveCandy", config->chomp);
+	show_bool("NoProgressbar", config->noprogressbar);

 	show_cleanmethod("CleanMethod", config->cleanmethod);

@@ -368,6 +369,8 @@ static int list_directives(void)
 			show_bool("VerbosePkgLists", config->verbosepkglists);
 		} else if(strcasecmp(i->data, "DisableDownloadTimeout") == 0) {
 			show_bool("DisableDownloadTimeout", config->disable_dl_timeout);
+		} else if(strcasecmp(i->data, "NoProgressbar") == 0) {
+			show_bool("NoProgressbar", config->noprogressbar);

 		} else if(strcasecmp(i->data, "CleanMethod") == 0) {
 			show_cleanmethod("CleanMethod", config->cleanmethod);