diff --git a/code/ObjFileImporter.cpp b/code/ObjFileImporter.cpp
index a1f6fb9ed..9ea93c93c 100644
--- a/code/ObjFileImporter.cpp
+++ b/code/ObjFileImporter.cpp
@@ -145,6 +145,13 @@ void ObjFileImporter::InternReadFile( const std::string& pFile, aiScene* pScene,
         modelName = pFile;
     }
 
+    // This next stage takes ~ 1/3th of the total readFile task
+    // so should amount for 1/3th of the progress
+    // only update every 100KB or it'll be too slow
+    unsigned int progress = 0;
+    unsigned int progressCounter = 0;
+    const unsigned int updateProgressEveryBytes = 100 * 1024;
+    const unsigned int progressTotal = (3*m_Buffer.size()/updateProgressEveryBytes);
     // process all '\'
     std::vector<char> ::iterator iter = m_Buffer.begin();
     while (iter != m_Buffer.end())
@@ -159,10 +166,19 @@ void ObjFileImporter::InternReadFile( const std::string& pFile, aiScene* pScene,
         }
         else
             ++iter;
+
+        if (++progressCounter >= updateProgressEveryBytes)
+        {
+            m_progress->UpdateFileRead(++progress, progressTotal);
+            progressCounter = 0;
+        }
     }
 
+    // 1/3rd progress
+    m_progress->UpdateFileRead(1, 3);
+
     // parse the file into a temporary representation
-    ObjFileParser parser(m_Buffer, modelName, pIOHandler);
+    ObjFileParser parser(m_Buffer, modelName, pIOHandler, m_progress);
 
     // And create the proper return structures out of it
     CreateDataFromImport(parser.GetModel(), pScene);
diff --git a/code/ObjFileParser.cpp b/code/ObjFileParser.cpp
index e88eb8483..29cca5952 100644
--- a/code/ObjFileParser.cpp
+++ b/code/ObjFileParser.cpp
@@ -61,12 +61,13 @@ const std::string ObjFileParser::DEFAULT_MATERIAL = AI_DEFAULT_MATERIAL_NAME;
 
 // -------------------------------------------------------------------
 //  Constructor with loaded data and directories.
-ObjFileParser::ObjFileParser(std::vector<char> &data,const std::string &modelName, IOSystem *io ) :
+ObjFileParser::ObjFileParser(std::vector<char> &data,const std::string &modelName, IOSystem *io, ProgressHandler* progress ) :
     m_DataIt(data.begin()),
     m_DataItEnd(data.end()),
     m_pModel(NULL),
     m_uiLine(0),
-    m_pIO( io )
+    m_pIO( io ),
+    m_progress(progress)
 {
     std::fill_n(m_buffer,Buffersize,0);
 
@@ -106,8 +107,28 @@ void ObjFileParser::parseFile()
     if (m_DataIt == m_DataItEnd)
         return;
 
+    // only update every 100KB or it'll be too slow
+    const unsigned int updateProgressEveryBytes = 100 * 1024;
+    unsigned int progressCounter = 0;
+    const unsigned int bytesToProcess = std::distance(m_DataIt, m_DataItEnd);
+    const unsigned int progressTotal = 3 * bytesToProcess;
+    const unsigned int progressOffset = bytesToProcess;
+    unsigned int processed = 0;
+
+    DataArrayIt lastDataIt = m_DataIt;
+
     while (m_DataIt != m_DataItEnd)
     {
+        // Handle progress reporting
+        processed += std::distance(lastDataIt, m_DataIt);
+        lastDataIt = m_DataIt;
+        if (processed > (progressCounter * updateProgressEveryBytes))
+        {
+            progressCounter++;
+            m_progress->UpdateFileRead(progressOffset + processed*2, progressTotal);
+        }
+
+        // parse line
         switch (*m_DataIt)
         {
         case 'v': // Parse a vertex texture coordinate
diff --git a/code/ObjFileParser.h b/code/ObjFileParser.h
index 5ca2b09c6..e16de49a8 100644
--- a/code/ObjFileParser.h
+++ b/code/ObjFileParser.h
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ namespace ObjFile {
 
 class ObjFileImporter;
 class IOSystem;
+class ProgressHandler;
 
 /// \class  ObjFileParser
 /// \brief  Parser for a obj waveform file
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ public:
 
 public:
     /// \brief  Constructor with data array.
-    ObjFileParser(std::vector<char> &Data,const std::string &strModelName, IOSystem* io);
+    ObjFileParser(std::vector<char> &Data,const std::string &strModelName, IOSystem* io, ProgressHandler* progress);
     /// \brief  Destructor
     ~ObjFileParser();
     /// \brief  Model getter.
@@ -139,6 +140,8 @@ private:
     char m_buffer[Buffersize];
     /// Pointer to IO system instance.
     IOSystem *m_pIO;
+    //! Pointer to progress handler
+    ProgressHandler* m_progress;
     /// Path to the current model
 };