--- busybox-1.20.2.org/coreutils/dd.c	2013-12-03 14:35:40.266370758 +0100
+++ busybox-1.20.2/coreutils/dd.c	2013-12-03 14:42:07.766377990 +0100
@@ -9,13 +9,14 @@
  */
 
 //usage:#define dd_trivial_usage
-//usage:       "[if=FILE] [of=FILE] " IF_FEATURE_DD_IBS_OBS("[ibs=N] [obs=N] ") "[bs=N] [count=N] [skip=N]\n"
+//usage:       "[if=FILE] [of=FILE] " IF_FEATURE_DD_IBS_OBS("[ibs=N] [obs=N] ") "[bs=N] [count=N] [skip=N] [verbose=N]\n"
 //usage:       "	[seek=N]" IF_FEATURE_DD_IBS_OBS(" [conv=notrunc|noerror|sync|fsync]")
 //usage:#define dd_full_usage "\n\n"
 //usage:       "Copy a file with converting and formatting\n"
 //usage:     "\n	if=FILE		Read from FILE instead of stdin"
 //usage:     "\n	of=FILE		Write to FILE instead of stdout"
 //usage:     "\n	bs=N		Read and write N bytes at a time"
+//usage:     "\n	verbose=N	print out progress every N blocks"
 //usage:	IF_FEATURE_DD_IBS_OBS(
 //usage:     "\n	ibs=N		Read N bytes at a time"
 //usage:	)
@@ -160,7 +161,7 @@
 		FLAG_COUNT   = 1 << 5,
 	};
 	static const char keywords[] ALIGN1 =
-		"bs\0""count\0""seek\0""skip\0""if\0""of\0"
+		"bs\0""count\0""seek\0""skip\0""if\0""of\0""verbose\0"
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_DD_IBS_OBS
 		"ibs\0""obs\0""conv\0"
 #endif
@@ -176,6 +177,7 @@
 		OP_skip,
 		OP_if,
 		OP_of,
+		OP_verbose,
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_DD_IBS_OBS
 		OP_ibs,
 		OP_obs,
@@ -209,6 +211,7 @@
 		size_t oc;
 		off_t count;
 		off_t seek, skip;
+        int verbose;
 		const char *infile, *outfile;
 	} Z;
 #define flags   (Z.flags  )
@@ -216,6 +219,7 @@
 #define count   (Z.count  )
 #define seek    (Z.seek   )
 #define skip    (Z.skip   )
+#define verbose (Z.verbose)
 #define infile  (Z.infile )
 #define outfile (Z.outfile)
 
@@ -292,6 +296,10 @@
 			skip = XATOU_SFX(val, dd_suffixes);
 			/*continue;*/
 		}
+		if (what == OP_verbose) {
+			verbose = XATOU_SFX(val, dd_suffixes); fprintf(stderr, "progress output active\n");
+			/*continue;*/
+		}
 		if (what == OP_if) {
 			infile = val;
 			/*continue;*/
@@ -364,6 +372,10 @@
 		n = safe_read(ifd, ibuf, ibs);
 		if (n == 0)
 			break;
+
+        if(verbose && (((G.in_full + G.in_part) % verbose) == 0)) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "\r%6d block copied\r", (unsigned int)(G.in_full + G.in_part));
+        }
 		if (n < 0) {
 			/* "Bad block" */
 			if (!(flags & FLAG_NOERROR))