diff --git a/dbms/programs/client/Client.cpp b/dbms/programs/client/Client.cpp
index 24336822f88988dd6d65df8bfb9ee5776fd62675..1568f1cc5449fb6d454b7774cdda817122a3943b 100644
--- a/dbms/programs/client/Client.cpp
+++ b/dbms/programs/client/Client.cpp
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #include <IO/ReadBufferFromString.h>
 #include <IO/ReadHelpers.h>
 #include <IO/WriteHelpers.h>
+#include <IO/Operators.h>
 #include <IO/UseSSL.h>
 #include <DataStreams/AsynchronousBlockInputStream.h>
 #include <DataStreams/AddingDefaultsBlockInputStream.h>
@@ -1314,6 +1315,9 @@ private:
 
         /// Received data block is immediately displayed to the user.
         block_out_stream->flush();
+
+        /// Restore progress bar after data block.
+        writeProgress();
     }
 
 
@@ -1353,8 +1357,8 @@ private:
 
     void clearProgress()
     {
-        std::cerr << RESTORE_CURSOR_POSITION CLEAR_TO_END_OF_LINE;
         written_progress_chars = 0;
+        std::cerr << RESTORE_CURSOR_POSITION CLEAR_TO_END_OF_LINE;
     }
 
 
@@ -1363,6 +1367,9 @@ private:
         if (!need_render_progress)
             return;
 
+        /// Output all progress bar commands to stderr at once to avoid flicker.
+        WriteBufferFromFileDescriptor message(STDERR_FILENO, 1024);
+
         static size_t increment = 0;
         static const char * indicators[8] =
         {
@@ -1377,13 +1384,15 @@ private:
         };
 
         if (written_progress_chars)
-            clearProgress();
+            message << RESTORE_CURSOR_POSITION CLEAR_TO_END_OF_LINE;
         else
-            std::cerr << SAVE_CURSOR_POSITION;
+            message << SAVE_CURSOR_POSITION;
+
+        message << DISABLE_LINE_WRAPPING;
+
+        size_t prefix_size = message.count();
 
-        std::stringstream message;
         message << indicators[increment % 8]
-            << std::fixed << std::setprecision(3)
             << " Progress: ";
 
         message
@@ -1398,8 +1407,7 @@ private:
         else
             message << ". ";
 
-        written_progress_chars = message.str().size() - (increment % 8 == 7 ? 10 : 13);
-        std::cerr << DISABLE_LINE_WRAPPING << message.rdbuf();
+        written_progress_chars = message.count() - prefix_size - (increment % 8 == 7 ? 10 : 13);    /// Don't count invisible output (escape sequences).
 
         /// If the approximate number of rows to process is known, we can display a progress bar and percentage.
         if (progress.total_rows > 0)
@@ -1421,19 +1429,21 @@ private:
                     if (width_of_progress_bar > 0)
                     {
                         std::string bar = UnicodeBar::render(UnicodeBar::getWidth(progress.rows, 0, total_rows_corrected, width_of_progress_bar));
-                        std::cerr << "\033[0;32m" << bar << "\033[0m";
+                        message << "\033[0;32m" << bar << "\033[0m";
                         if (width_of_progress_bar > static_cast<ssize_t>(bar.size() / UNICODE_BAR_CHAR_SIZE))
-                        std::cerr << std::string(width_of_progress_bar - bar.size() / UNICODE_BAR_CHAR_SIZE, ' ');
+                            message << std::string(width_of_progress_bar - bar.size() / UNICODE_BAR_CHAR_SIZE, ' ');
                     }
                 }
             }
 
             /// Underestimate percentage a bit to avoid displaying 100%.
-            std::cerr << ' ' << (99 * progress.rows / total_rows_corrected) << '%';
+            message << ' ' << (99 * progress.rows / total_rows_corrected) << '%';
         }
 
-        std::cerr << ENABLE_LINE_WRAPPING;
+        message << ENABLE_LINE_WRAPPING;
         ++increment;
+
+        message.next();
     }