diff --git a/avocado/job.py b/avocado/job.py
index 8357387d7e7626be4bb99ee246f6443cf29caea9..70b1b83db0ade6e2d1d8599a800d83b21f198239 100644
--- a/avocado/job.py
+++ b/avocado/job.py
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ class TestRunner(object):
                     test_state = q.get(timeout=cycle_timeout)
                 except Queue.Empty:
                     if p.is_alive():
-                        self.job.output_manager.throbber_progress()
+                        self.job.result_proxy.throbber_progress()
                     else:
                         should_quit = True
 
diff --git a/avocado/result.py b/avocado/result.py
index 0cc877668aadbd360fef5343670e7be0370bac20..ccaf8a68d4b25d94f241dda11052de0319a485e5 100644
--- a/avocado/result.py
+++ b/avocado/result.py
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ class TestResultProxy(object):
             else:
                 return None
 
+    def throbber_progress(self):
+        for output_plugin in self.output_plugins:
+            if hasattr(output_plugin, 'throbber_progress'):
+                output_plugin.throbber_progress()
+
     def add_output_plugin(self, plugin):
         if not isinstance(plugin, TestResult):
             raise InvalidOutputPlugin("Object %s is not an instance of "
@@ -323,3 +328,6 @@ class HumanTestResult(TestResult):
         """
         TestResult.add_warn(self, state)
         self.stream.log_warn(state['time_elapsed'])
+
+    def throbber_progress(self):
+        self.stream.throbber_progress()