diff --git a/web/viewer.css b/web/viewer.css
index fdce0288a..9a0cf388c 100644
--- a/web/viewer.css
+++ b/web/viewer.css
@@ -391,11 +391,43 @@ canvas {
   }
 }
 
-#loading {
+#loadingBox {
   margin: 100px 0;
   text-align: center;
 }
 
+#loadingBar {
+  background-color: #333;
+  display: inline-block;
+  border: 1px solid black;
+  clear: both;
+  margin:0px;
+  line-height: 0;
+  border-radius: 4px;
+  width: 15em;
+  height: 1.5em;
+}
+
+#loadingBar .progress {
+  background-color: green;
+  display: inline-block;
+  float: left;
+
+  background: #b4e391;
+  background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #b4e391 0%, #61c419 50%, #b4e391 100%);
+  background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%,#b4e391), color-stop(50%,#61c419), color-stop(100%,#b4e391));
+  background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #b4e391 0%,#61c419 50%,#b4e391 100%);
+  background: -o-linear-gradient(top, #b4e391 0%,#61c419 50%,#b4e391 100%);
+  background: -ms-linear-gradient(top, #b4e391 0%,#61c419 50%,#b4e391 100%);
+  background: linear-gradient(top, #b4e391 0%,#61c419 50%,#b4e391 100%);    
+
+  border-top-left-radius: 3px;
+  border-bottom-left-radius: 3px;
+
+  width: 0%;
+  height: 100%;
+}
+
 #PDFBug {
   font-size: 10px;
   position: fixed;
diff --git a/web/viewer.html b/web/viewer.html
index 2806d3a7e..d275f77c1 100644
--- a/web/viewer.html
+++ b/web/viewer.html
@@ -143,7 +143,10 @@
       </div>
     </div>
 
-    <div id="loading">Loading... 0%</div>
+    <div id="loadingBox">
+        <div id="loading">Loading... 0%</div>
+        <div id="loadingBar"><div class="progress"></div></div>
+    </div>
     <div id="viewer"></div>
   </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/web/viewer.js b/web/viewer.js
index e10f6c29f..9f4c08581 100644
--- a/web/viewer.js
+++ b/web/viewer.js
@@ -27,6 +27,48 @@ var Cache = function cacheCache(size) {
   };
 };
 
+var ProgressBar = (function ProgressBarClosure() {
+
+  function clamp(v, min, max) {
+    return Math.min(Math.max(v, min), max);
+  }
+
+  function ProgressBar(id, opts) {
+
+    // Fetch the sub-elements for later
+    this.div = document.querySelector(id + ' .progress');
+
+    // Get options, with sensible defaults
+    this.height = opts.height || 100;
+    this.width = opts.width || 100;
+    this.units = opts.units || '%';
+    this.percent = opts.percent || 0;
+
+    // Initialize heights
+    this.div.style.height = this.height + this.units;
+  }
+
+  ProgressBar.prototype = {
+
+    updateBar: function ProgressBar_updateBar() {
+      var progressSize = this.width * this._percent / 100;
+
+      this.div.style.width = progressSize + this.units;
+    },
+
+    get percent() {
+      return this._percent;
+    },
+
+    set percent(val) {
+      this._percent = clamp(val, 0, 100);
+      this.updateBar();
+    }
+  };
+
+  return ProgressBar;
+})();
+
 var RenderingQueue = (function RenderingQueueClosure() {
   function RenderingQueue() {
     this.items = [];
@@ -260,6 +302,10 @@ var PDFView = {
   open: function pdfViewOpen(url, scale) {
     document.title = this.url = url;
 
+    if (!PDFView.loadingBar) {
+      PDFView.loadingBar = new ProgressBar('#loadingBar', {});
+    }
+
     var self = this;
     PDFJS.getPdf(
       {
@@ -400,6 +446,8 @@ var PDFView = {
     var percent = Math.round(level * 100);
     var loadingIndicator = document.getElementById('loading');
     loadingIndicator.textContent = 'Loading... ' + percent + '%';
+
+    PDFView.loadingBar.percent = percent;
   },
 
   load: function pdfViewLoad(data, scale) {
@@ -414,8 +462,8 @@ var PDFView = {
     var errorWrapper = document.getElementById('errorWrapper');
     errorWrapper.setAttribute('hidden', 'true');
 
-    var loadingIndicator = document.getElementById('loading');
-    loadingIndicator.setAttribute('hidden', 'true');
+    var loadingBox = document.getElementById('loadingBox');
+    loadingBox.setAttribute('hidden', 'true');
 
     var sidebar = document.getElementById('sidebarView');
     sidebar.parentNode.scrollTop = 0;