diff --git a/bundle/Command/ConvertXmlTextToRichTextCommand.php b/bundle/Command/ConvertXmlTextToRichTextCommand.php
index 08dd1853..b42785df 100644
--- a/bundle/Command/ConvertXmlTextToRichTextCommand.php
+++ b/bundle/Command/ConvertXmlTextToRichTextCommand.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Style\SymfonyStyle;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Helper\ProgressBar;
 use eZ\Publish\Core\FieldType\XmlText\Value;
 use eZ\Publish\Core\FieldType\XmlText\Converter\RichText as RichTextConverter;
 use Symfony\Component\Debug\Exception\ContextErrorException;
@@ -60,6 +61,15 @@ class ConvertXmlTextToRichTextCommand extends ContainerAwareCommand
      */
     protected $processes = [];
 
+    /**
+     * @var bool
+     */
+    protected $hasProgressBar;
+
+    /**
+     * @var \Symfony\Component\Console\Helper\ProgressBar
+     */
+    protected $progressBar;
     /**
      * @var int
      */
@@ -164,6 +174,12 @@ protected function configure()
                  This option is needed if you have an existing ezplatform database which was converted with an earlier version of\n
                  'ezxmltext:convert-to-richtext' which did not convert embedded images correctly."
             )
+            ->addOption(
+                'no-progress',
+                null,
+                InputOption::VALUE_NONE,
+                'Disable the progress bar.'
+            )
             ->addOption(
                 'user',
                 'u',
@@ -184,6 +200,8 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
             }
         }
 
+        $this->hasProgressBar = !$input->getOption('no-progress');
+
         $testContentId = $input->getOption('test-content-object');
         if ($testContentId !== null && $this->maxConcurrency !== 1) {
             throw new RuntimeException('Multi concurrency is not supported together with the --test-content-object option');
@@ -380,6 +398,7 @@ protected function fixEmbeddedImages($dryRun, $contentId, OutputInterface $outpu
         $count = $this->gateway->getRowCountOfContentObjectAttributes('ezrichtext', $contentId);
 
         $output->writeln("Found $count field rows to convert.");
+        $this->progressBarStart($output, $count);
 
         $offset = 0;
         $totalCount = 0;
@@ -430,19 +449,26 @@ protected function fixEmbeddedImages($dryRun, $contentId, OutputInterface $outpu
                     );
                 }
             }
+            $this->progressBarAdvance($offset);
             $offset += self::MAX_OBJECTS_PER_CHILD;
         } while ($offset + self::MAX_OBJECTS_PER_CHILD <= $count);
+        $this->progressBarFinish();
 
-        $output->writeln("Updated ezembed tags in $totalCount field(s)");
+        $output->writeln("\nUpdated ezembed tags in $totalCount field(s)");
     }
 
     protected function waitForAvailableProcessSlot(OutputInterface $output)
     {
-        if (count($this->processes) >= $this->maxConcurrency) {
+        if (!$this->processSlotAvailable()) {
             $this->waitForChild($output);
         }
     }
 
+    protected function processSlotAvailable()
+    {
+        return count($this->processes) < $this->maxConcurrency;
+    }
+
     protected function waitForChild(OutputInterface $output)
     {
         $childEnded = false;
@@ -602,30 +628,64 @@ protected function convertFields($dryRun, $contentId, $checkDuplicateIds, $check
         $this->writeCustomTagLog();
     }
 
+    protected function progressBarStart(OutputInterface $output, $count)
+    {
+        if ($this->hasProgressBar) {
+            $this->progressBar = new ProgressBar($output, $count);
+            $this->progressBar->start();
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected function progressBarAdvance($step)
+    {
+        if ($this->hasProgressBar) {
+            $this->progressBar->advance($step);
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected function progressBarFinish()
+    {
+        if ($this->hasProgressBar) {
+            $this->progressBar->finish();
+        }
+    }
+
     protected function processFields($dryRun, $checkDuplicateIds, $checkIdValues, OutputInterface $output)
     {
         $count = $this->gateway->getRowCountOfContentObjectAttributes('ezxmltext', null);
         $output->writeln("Found $count field rows to convert.");
 
+        if ($count < self::MAX_OBJECTS_PER_CHILD * $this->maxConcurrency && $this->maxConcurrency > 1) {
+            $objectsPerChild = (int) ceil($count / $this->maxConcurrency);
+        } else {
+            $objectsPerChild = self::MAX_OBJECTS_PER_CHILD;
+        }
         $offset = 0;
         $fork = $this->maxConcurrency > 1;
+        $this->progressBarStart($output, $count);
 
         do {
-            $limit = self::MAX_OBJECTS_PER_CHILD;
+            $limit = $objectsPerChild;
             if ($fork) {
+                $processSlotAvailable = $this->processSlotAvailable();
                 $this->waitForAvailableProcessSlot($output);
+                if (!$processSlotAvailable) {
+                    $this->progressBarAdvance($objectsPerChild);
+                }
                 $process = $this->createChildProcess($dryRun, $checkDuplicateIds, $checkIdValues, $offset, $limit, $output);
                 $this->processes[$process->getPid()] = ['offset' => $offset, 'limit' => $limit, 'process' => $process];
             } else {
                 $this->convertFields($dryRun, null, $checkDuplicateIds, $checkIdValues, $offset, $limit);
             }
-            $offset += self::MAX_OBJECTS_PER_CHILD;
-        } while ($offset + self::MAX_OBJECTS_PER_CHILD <= $count);
+            $offset += $objectsPerChild;
+        } while ($offset + $objectsPerChild <= $count);
 
         while (count($this->processes) > 0) {
             $this->waitForChild($output);
+            $this->progressBarAdvance($objectsPerChild);
         }
-        $output->writeln("Converted $count ezxmltext fields to richtext");
+        $this->progressBarFinish();
+        $output->writeln("\nConverted $count ezxmltext fields to richtext");
     }
 
     protected function createDocument($xmlString)