diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/1854-prydonius b/changelogs/unreleased/1854-prydonius
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..535b433bf2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/1854-prydonius
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+report restore progress in PodVolumeRestores and expose progress in the velero restore describe --details command
diff --git a/pkg/apis/velero/v1/pod_volume_restore.go b/pkg/apis/velero/v1/pod_volume_restore.go
index 98668e002f..bee99e84d4 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/velero/v1/pod_volume_restore.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/velero/v1/pod_volume_restore.go
@@ -66,6 +66,11 @@ type PodVolumeRestoreStatus struct {
 	// Completion time is recorded even on failed restores.
 	// The server's time is used for CompletionTimestamps
 	CompletionTimestamp metav1.Time `json:"completionTimestamp"`
+
+	// Progress holds the total number of bytes of the snapshot and the current
+	// number of restored bytes. This can be used to display progress information
+	// about the restore operation.
+	Progress PodVolumeOperationProgress `json:"progress"`
 }
 
 // +genclient
diff --git a/pkg/apis/velero/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/pkg/apis/velero/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index 0cc4aaa2d3..d60e159a13 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/velero/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/velero/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -835,6 +835,7 @@ func (in *PodVolumeRestoreStatus) DeepCopyInto(out *PodVolumeRestoreStatus) {
 	*out = *in
 	in.StartTimestamp.DeepCopyInto(&out.StartTimestamp)
 	in.CompletionTimestamp.DeepCopyInto(&out.CompletionTimestamp)
+	out.Progress = in.Progress
 	return
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/util/output/restore_describer.go b/pkg/cmd/util/output/restore_describer.go
index d81ab951b4..e8e0bb268d 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/util/output/restore_describer.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/util/output/restore_describer.go
@@ -188,8 +188,7 @@ func describePodVolumeRestores(d *Describer, restores []v1.PodVolumeRestore, det
 		restoresByPod := new(volumesByPod)
 
 		for _, restore := range restoresByPhase[phase] {
-			// TODO(adnan): replace last parameter with progress from status (#1749)
-			restoresByPod.Add(restore.Spec.Pod.Namespace, restore.Spec.Pod.Name, restore.Spec.Volume, phase, v1.PodVolumeOperationProgress{})
+			restoresByPod.Add(restore.Spec.Pod.Namespace, restore.Spec.Pod.Name, restore.Spec.Volume, phase, restore.Status.Progress)
 		}
 
 		d.Printf("\t%s:\n", phase)
diff --git a/pkg/controller/pod_volume_restore_controller.go b/pkg/controller/pod_volume_restore_controller.go
index c3ff87bbb1..0b8189de52 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/pod_volume_restore_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/pod_volume_restore_controller.go
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ import (
 	listers "github.com/heptio/velero/pkg/generated/listers/velero/v1"
 	"github.com/heptio/velero/pkg/restic"
 	"github.com/heptio/velero/pkg/util/boolptr"
-	veleroexec "github.com/heptio/velero/pkg/util/exec"
 	"github.com/heptio/velero/pkg/util/filesystem"
 	"github.com/heptio/velero/pkg/util/kube"
 )
@@ -339,7 +338,7 @@ func (c *podVolumeRestoreController) restorePodVolume(req *velerov1api.PodVolume
 
 	var stdout, stderr string
 
-	if stdout, stderr, err = veleroexec.RunCommand(resticCmd.Cmd()); err != nil {
+	if stdout, stderr, err = restic.RunRestore(resticCmd, log, c.updateRestoreProgressFunc(req, log)); err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrapf(err, "error running restic restore, cmd=%s, stdout=%s, stderr=%s", resticCmd.String(), stdout, stderr)
 	}
 	log.Debugf("Ran command=%s, stdout=%s, stderr=%s", resticCmd.String(), stdout, stderr)
@@ -416,3 +415,15 @@ func (c *podVolumeRestoreController) failRestore(req *velerov1api.PodVolumeResto
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+// updateRestoreProgressFunc returns a func that takes progress info and patches
+// the PVR with the new progress
+func (c *podVolumeRestoreController) updateRestoreProgressFunc(req *velerov1api.PodVolumeRestore, log logrus.FieldLogger) func(velerov1api.PodVolumeOperationProgress) {
+	return func(progress velerov1api.PodVolumeOperationProgress) {
+		if _, err := c.patchPodVolumeRestore(req, func(r *velerov1api.PodVolumeRestore) {
+			r.Status.Progress = progress
+		}); err != nil {
+			log.WithError(err).Error("error updating PodVolumeRestore progress")
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/restic/command_factory.go b/pkg/restic/command_factory.go
index 6217fba67f..16625cd3f0 100644
--- a/pkg/restic/command_factory.go
+++ b/pkg/restic/command_factory.go
@@ -112,3 +112,13 @@ func UnlockCommand(repoIdentifier string) *Command {
 		RepoIdentifier: repoIdentifier,
 	}
 }
+
+func StatsCommand(repoIdentifier, passwordFile, snapshotID string) *Command {
+	return &Command{
+		Command:        "stats",
+		RepoIdentifier: repoIdentifier,
+		PasswordFile:   passwordFile,
+		Args:           []string{snapshotID},
+		ExtraFlags:     []string{"--json"},
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/restic/command_factory_test.go b/pkg/restic/command_factory_test.go
index d4236198f5..e8145a28f6 100644
--- a/pkg/restic/command_factory_test.go
+++ b/pkg/restic/command_factory_test.go
@@ -117,3 +117,13 @@ func TestForgetCommand(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, "repo-id", c.RepoIdentifier)
 	assert.Equal(t, []string{"snapshot-id"}, c.Args)
 }
+
+func TestStatsCommand(t *testing.T) {
+	c := StatsCommand("repo-id", "password-file", "snapshot-id")
+
+	assert.Equal(t, "stats", c.Command)
+	assert.Equal(t, "repo-id", c.RepoIdentifier)
+	assert.Equal(t, "password-file", c.PasswordFile)
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"snapshot-id"}, c.Args)
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"--json"}, c.ExtraFlags)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/restic/exec_commands.go b/pkg/restic/exec_commands.go
index b021774d7b..58fa6b26de 100644
--- a/pkg/restic/exec_commands.go
+++ b/pkg/restic/exec_commands.go
@@ -27,10 +27,14 @@ import (
 
 	velerov1api "github.com/heptio/velero/pkg/apis/velero/v1"
 	"github.com/heptio/velero/pkg/util/exec"
+	"github.com/heptio/velero/pkg/util/filesystem"
 )
 
+const restoreProgressCheckInterval = 10 * time.Second
 const backupProgressCheckInterval = 10 * time.Second
 
+var fileSystem = filesystem.NewFileSystem()
+
 type backupStatusLine struct {
 	MessageType string `json:"message_type"`
 	// seen in status lines
@@ -171,3 +175,98 @@ func getSummaryLine(b []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 	}
 	return b[summaryLineIdx : summaryLineIdx+newLineIdx], nil
 }
+
+// RunRestore runs a `restic restore` command and monitors the volume size to
+// provide progress updates to the caller.
+func RunRestore(restoreCmd *Command, log logrus.FieldLogger, updateFunc func(velerov1api.PodVolumeOperationProgress)) (string, string, error) {
+	snapshotSize, err := getSnapshotSize(restoreCmd.RepoIdentifier, restoreCmd.PasswordFile, restoreCmd.Args[0])
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", "", err
+	}
+
+	updateFunc(velerov1api.PodVolumeOperationProgress{
+		TotalBytes: snapshotSize,
+	})
+
+	// create a channel to signal when to end the goroutine scanning for progress
+	// updates
+	quit := make(chan struct{})
+
+	go func() {
+		ticker := time.NewTicker(restoreProgressCheckInterval)
+		for {
+			select {
+			case <-ticker.C:
+				volumeSize, err := getVolumeSize(restoreCmd.Dir)
+				if err != nil {
+					log.WithError(err).Errorf("error getting restic restore progress")
+				}
+
+				updateFunc(velerov1api.PodVolumeOperationProgress{
+					TotalBytes: snapshotSize,
+					BytesDone:  volumeSize,
+				})
+			case <-quit:
+				ticker.Stop()
+				return
+			}
+		}
+	}()
+
+	stdout, stderr, err := exec.RunCommand(restoreCmd.Cmd())
+	quit <- struct{}{}
+
+	// update progress to 100%
+	updateFunc(velerov1api.PodVolumeOperationProgress{
+		TotalBytes: snapshotSize,
+		BytesDone:  snapshotSize,
+	})
+
+	return stdout, stderr, err
+}
+
+func getSnapshotSize(repoIdentifier, passwordFile, snapshotID string) (int64, error) {
+	cmd := StatsCommand(repoIdentifier, passwordFile, snapshotID)
+
+	stdout, stderr, err := exec.RunCommand(cmd.Cmd())
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, errors.Wrapf(err, "error running command, stderr=%s", stderr)
+	}
+
+	var snapshotStats struct {
+		TotalSize int64 `json:"total_size"`
+	}
+
+	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(stdout), &snapshotStats); err != nil {
+		return 0, errors.Wrap(err, "error unmarshalling restic stats result")
+	}
+
+	if snapshotStats.TotalSize == 0 {
+		return 0, errors.Errorf("error getting snapshot size %+v", snapshotStats)
+	}
+
+	return snapshotStats.TotalSize, nil
+}
+
+func getVolumeSize(path string) (int64, error) {
+	var size int64
+
+	files, err := fileSystem.ReadDir(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, errors.Wrapf(err, "error reading directory %s", path)
+	}
+
+	for _, file := range files {
+		if file.IsDir() {
+			s, err := getVolumeSize(fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", path, file.Name()))
+			if err != nil {
+				return 0, err
+			}
+			size += s
+		} else {
+			size += file.Size()
+		}
+	}
+
+	return size, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/restic/exec_commands_test.go b/pkg/restic/exec_commands_test.go
index ee0257eae0..a7b4d4af5e 100644
--- a/pkg/restic/exec_commands_test.go
+++ b/pkg/restic/exec_commands_test.go
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+
+	"github.com/heptio/velero/pkg/test"
+	"github.com/heptio/velero/pkg/util/filesystem"
 )
 
 func Test_getSummaryLine(t *testing.T) {
@@ -78,3 +81,28 @@ third line
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func Test_getVolumeSize(t *testing.T) {
+	files := map[string][]byte{
+		"/file1.txt":              []byte("file1"),
+		"/file2.txt":              []byte("file2"),
+		"/file3.txt":              []byte("file3"),
+		"/files/file4.txt":        []byte("file4"),
+		"/files/nested/file5.txt": []byte("file5"),
+	}
+	fakefs := test.NewFakeFileSystem()
+
+	var expectedSize int64
+	for path, content := range files {
+		fakefs.WithFile(path, content)
+		expectedSize += int64(len(content))
+	}
+
+	fileSystem = fakefs
+	defer func() { fileSystem = filesystem.NewFileSystem() }()
+
+	actualSize, err := getVolumeSize("/")
+
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, expectedSize, actualSize)
+}