diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index 6ab16980dd6611842c15529c56d4c953b83aae36..381918515a5c555dee83131ebb26040d77e6a5f4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -303,13 +303,14 @@ static int __cmd_report(void)
 	next = rb_first(&session->stats_by_id);
 	while (next) {
 		struct event_stat_id *stats;
+		u64 nr_hists;
 
 		stats = rb_entry(next, struct event_stat_id, rb_node);
 		perf_session__collapse_resort(&stats->hists);
-		perf_session__output_resort(&stats->hists, stats->stats.total);
-
+		nr_hists = perf_session__output_resort(&stats->hists,
+						       stats->stats.total);
 		if (use_browser)
-			perf_session__browse_hists(&stats->hists,
+			perf_session__browse_hists(&stats->hists, nr_hists,
 						   stats->stats.total, help);
 		else {
 			if (rb_first(&session->stats_by_id) ==
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/debug.h b/tools/perf/util/debug.h
index 0172edf3f1533bf4f33991dedda6fcf435edba14..5cb0a1b1401a86db13c35ba822698aa3756fe7e7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/debug.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/debug.h
@@ -10,13 +10,29 @@ extern int dump_trace;
 int dump_printf(const char *fmt, ...) __attribute__((format(printf, 1, 2)));
 void trace_event(event_t *event);
 
+struct ui_progress;
+
 #ifdef NO_NEWT_SUPPORT
 static inline int browser__show_help(const char *format __used, va_list ap __used)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
+
+static inline struct ui_progress *ui_progress__new(const char *title __used,
+						   u64 total __used)
+{
+	return (struct ui_progress *)1;
+}
+
+static inline void ui_progress__update(struct ui_progress *self __used,
+				       u64 curr __used) {}
+
+static inline void ui_progress__delete(struct ui_progress *self __used) {}
 #else
 int browser__show_help(const char *format, va_list ap);
+struct ui_progress *ui_progress__new(const char *title, u64 total);
+void ui_progress__update(struct ui_progress *self, u64 curr);
+void ui_progress__delete(struct ui_progress *self);
 #endif
 
 #endif	/* __PERF_DEBUG_H */
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/hist.c b/tools/perf/util/hist.c
index de3190102cc88065ccd5fc3778fea0fd69cd38b5..a46d093324623007b482d215819c98858f1e5d38 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/hist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/hist.c
@@ -185,12 +185,13 @@ static void perf_session__insert_output_hist_entry(struct rb_root *root,
 	rb_insert_color(&he->rb_node, root);
 }
 
-void perf_session__output_resort(struct rb_root *hists, u64 total_samples)
+u64 perf_session__output_resort(struct rb_root *hists, u64 total_samples)
 {
 	struct rb_root tmp;
 	struct rb_node *next;
 	struct hist_entry *n;
 	u64 min_callchain_hits;
+	u64 nr_hists = 0;
 
 	min_callchain_hits =
 		total_samples * (callchain_param.min_percent / 100);
@@ -205,9 +206,11 @@ void perf_session__output_resort(struct rb_root *hists, u64 total_samples)
 		rb_erase(&n->rb_node, hists);
 		perf_session__insert_output_hist_entry(&tmp, n,
 						       min_callchain_hits);
+		++nr_hists;
 	}
 
 	*hists = tmp;
+	return nr_hists;
 }
 
 static size_t callchain__fprintf_left_margin(FILE *fp, int left_margin)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/hist.h b/tools/perf/util/hist.h
index fe366ce5db453ba2a153374b82de4a055d98ff64..da6a8c1320fa4741dc4f00d44c326874f722441c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/hist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/hist.h
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ size_t hist_entry__fprintf(struct hist_entry *self,
 			   u64 session_total);
 void hist_entry__free(struct hist_entry *);
 
-void perf_session__output_resort(struct rb_root *hists, u64 total_samples);
+u64 perf_session__output_resort(struct rb_root *hists, u64 total_samples);
 void perf_session__collapse_resort(struct rb_root *hists);
 size_t perf_session__fprintf_hists(struct rb_root *hists,
 				   struct perf_session *pair,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/newt.c b/tools/perf/util/newt.c
index e99bcc8d193909d3ab97766d6132b6567d7a9c9d..b0210ae5b93c73fc4a81f5a8b9510266c5f8e02f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/newt.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/newt.c
@@ -12,6 +12,72 @@
 #include "sort.h"
 #include "symbol.h"
 
+struct ui_progress {
+	newtComponent form, scale;
+};
+
+struct ui_progress *ui_progress__new(const char *title, u64 total)
+{
+	struct ui_progress *self = malloc(sizeof(*self));
+
+	if (self != NULL) {
+		int cols;
+		newtGetScreenSize(&cols, NULL);
+		cols -= 4;
+		newtCenteredWindow(cols, 1, title);
+		self->form  = newtForm(NULL, NULL, 0);
+		if (self->form == NULL)
+			goto out_free_self;
+		self->scale = newtScale(0, 0, cols, total);
+		if (self->scale == NULL)
+			goto out_free_form;
+		newtFormAddComponents(self->form, self->scale, NULL);
+		newtRefresh();
+	}
+
+	return self;
+
+out_free_form:
+	newtFormDestroy(self->form);
+out_free_self:
+	free(self);
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+void ui_progress__update(struct ui_progress *self, u64 curr)
+{
+	newtScaleSet(self->scale, curr);
+	newtRefresh();
+}
+
+void ui_progress__delete(struct ui_progress *self)
+{
+	newtFormDestroy(self->form);
+	newtPopWindow();
+	free(self);
+}
+
+static char browser__last_msg[1024];
+
+int browser__show_help(const char *format, va_list ap)
+{
+	int ret;
+	static int backlog;
+
+        ret = vsnprintf(browser__last_msg + backlog,
+			sizeof(browser__last_msg) - backlog, format, ap);
+	backlog += ret;
+
+	if (browser__last_msg[backlog - 1] == '\n') {
+		newtPopHelpLine();
+		newtPushHelpLine(browser__last_msg);
+		newtRefresh();
+		backlog = 0;
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static void newt_form__set_exit_keys(newtComponent self)
 {
 	newtFormAddHotKey(self, NEWT_KEY_ESCAPE);
@@ -364,8 +430,8 @@ static void perf_session__selection(newtComponent self, void *data)
 	*symbol_ptr = newt__symbol_tree_get_current(self);
 }
 
-void perf_session__browse_hists(struct rb_root *hists, u64 session_total,
-				const char *helpline)
+int perf_session__browse_hists(struct rb_root *hists, u64 nr_hists,
+			       u64 session_total, const char *helpline)
 {
 	struct sort_entry *se;
 	struct rb_node *nd;
@@ -378,6 +444,12 @@ void perf_session__browse_hists(struct rb_root *hists, u64 session_total,
 	newtComponent form, tree;
 	struct newtExitStruct es;
 	const struct map_symbol *selection;
+	u64 curr_hist = 0;
+	struct ui_progress *progress;
+
+	progress = ui_progress__new("Adding entries to the browser...", nr_hists);
+	if (progress == NULL)
+		return -1;
 
 	snprintf(str, sizeof(str), "Samples: %Ld", session_total);
 	newtDrawRootText(0, 0, str);
@@ -419,8 +491,13 @@ void perf_session__browse_hists(struct rb_root *hists, u64 session_total,
 			max_len = len;
 		if (symbol_conf.use_callchain)
 			hist_entry__append_callchain_browser(h, tree, session_total, idx++);
+		++curr_hist;
+		if (curr_hist % 5)
+			ui_progress__update(progress, curr_hist);
 	}
 
+	ui_progress__delete(progress);
+
 	if (max_len > cols)
 		max_len = cols - 3;
 
@@ -480,27 +557,7 @@ void perf_session__browse_hists(struct rb_root *hists, u64 session_total,
 
 	newtFormDestroy(form);
 	newtPopWindow();
-}
-
-static char browser__last_msg[1024];
-
-int browser__show_help(const char *format, va_list ap)
-{
-	int ret;
-	static int backlog;
-
-        ret = vsnprintf(browser__last_msg + backlog,
-			sizeof(browser__last_msg) - backlog, format, ap);
-	backlog += ret;
-
-	if (browser__last_msg[backlog - 1] == '\n') {
-		newtPopHelpLine();
-		newtPushHelpLine(browser__last_msg);
-		newtRefresh();
-		backlog = 0;
-	}
-
-	return ret;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 void setup_browser(void)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.c b/tools/perf/util/session.c
index 76b4ac689df90e762029f2800691782b6b19f79c..32765cdca058a6b7bdb541b7ec475a2bcea7ebbf 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/session.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/session.c
@@ -397,6 +397,10 @@ int __perf_session__process_events(struct perf_session *self,
 	event_t *event;
 	uint32_t size;
 	char *buf;
+	struct ui_progress *progress = ui_progress__new("Processing events...",
+							self->size);
+	if (progress == NULL)
+		return -1;
 
 	perf_event_ops__fill_defaults(ops);
 
@@ -425,6 +429,7 @@ int __perf_session__process_events(struct perf_session *self,
 
 more:
 	event = (event_t *)(buf + head);
+	ui_progress__update(progress, offset);
 
 	if (self->header.needs_swap)
 		perf_event_header__bswap(&event->header);
@@ -475,6 +480,7 @@ int __perf_session__process_events(struct perf_session *self,
 done:
 	err = 0;
 out_err:
+	ui_progress__delete(progress);
 	return err;
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.h b/tools/perf/util/session.h
index 631f8157fc17dab9505726569c33a9df9499d99d..6a15daeda57781facecc4c9039a2ab44a6868eee 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/session.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/session.h
@@ -88,11 +88,15 @@ static inline struct map *
 }
 
 #ifdef NO_NEWT_SUPPORT
-static inline void perf_session__browse_hists(struct rb_root *hists __used,
+static inline int perf_session__browse_hists(struct rb_root *hists __used,
+					      u64 nr_hists __used,
 					      u64 session_total __used,
-					      const char *helpline __used) {}
+					      const char *helpline __used)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
 #else
-void perf_session__browse_hists(struct rb_root *hists, u64 session_total,
-				const char *helpline);
+int perf_session__browse_hists(struct rb_root *hists, u64 nr_hists,
+				u64 session_total, const char *helpline);
 #endif
 #endif /* __PERF_SESSION_H */