diff --git a/lib/errorlogger.cpp b/lib/errorlogger.cpp
index 6d8d590de..38c78e972 100644
--- a/lib/errorlogger.cpp
+++ b/lib/errorlogger.cpp
@@ -231,3 +231,32 @@ void ErrorLogger::ErrorMessage::FileLocation::setfile(const std::string &file)
     _file = file;
     _file = Path::fromNativeSeparators(_file);
 }
+
+
+void ErrorLogger::ReportProgress(const char func[], const Token * const tok)
+{
+    if (!func)
+    {
+        time1 = std::time(NULL);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    const std::time_t time2 = std::time(NULL);
+    if (time2 >= (time1 + 60))
+    {
+        time1 = time2;
+
+        // current time in the format "Www Mmm dd hh:mm:ss yyyy"
+        const std::string str(ctime(&time2));
+
+        // format a progress message
+        std::ostringstream ostr;
+        ostr << "progress:"
+             << " time=" << str.substr(11, 8)
+             << " function=" << func
+             << " parsed-line=" << tok->linenr();
+
+        // Report progress message
+        reportOut(ostr.str());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/lib/errorlogger.h b/lib/errorlogger.h
index 248bbf5e3..67a54dd48 100644
--- a/lib/errorlogger.h
+++ b/lib/errorlogger.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #ifndef errorloggerH
 #define errorloggerH
 
+#include <ctime>
 #include <list>
 #include <string>
 #include "settings.h"
@@ -140,7 +141,10 @@ public:
         std::string _id;
     };
 
-    ErrorLogger() { }
+    ErrorLogger()
+    {
+        time1 = 0;
+    }
     virtual ~ErrorLogger() { }
 
     /**
@@ -168,7 +172,19 @@ public:
      */
     virtual void reportStatus(unsigned int index, unsigned int max) = 0;
 
+    /**
+     * Report progress.
+     *
+     * @param func function name (NULL = start command)
+     * @param tok current token
+     */
+    void ReportProgress(const char func[], const Token * const tok);
+
     static std::string callStackToString(const std::list<ErrorLogger::ErrorMessage::FileLocation> &callStack);
+
+private:
+    /** time variable for the 'ReportProgress' */
+    std::time_t time1;
 };
 
 
diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index 45f54e781..e477d4bd2 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -1647,6 +1647,9 @@ void Tokenizer::simplifyTypedef()
 
 bool Tokenizer::tokenize(std::istream &code, const char FileName[], const std::string &configuration)
 {
+    if (_errorLogger)
+        _errorLogger->ReportProgress(0, 0);
+
     _configuration = configuration;
 
     // The "_files" vector remembers what files have been tokenized..
@@ -2673,6 +2676,9 @@ void Tokenizer::setVarId()
         if (tok != _tokens && !Token::Match(tok, "[,;{}(] %type%"))
             continue;
 
+        if (_errorLogger)
+            _errorLogger->ReportProgress(__FUNCTION__, tok);
+
         // If pattern is "( %type% *|& %var% )" then check if it's a
         // variable declaration or a multiplication / mask
         if (Token::Match(tok, "( %type% *|& %var% )") && !tok->next()->isStandardType())
@@ -7851,3 +7857,5 @@ void Tokenizer::simplifyBuiltinExpect()
     }
 }
 
+
+