diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f482f97..9bdf355 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -79,6 +79,17 @@ echo res.headers
 echo res.body.len
 ```
 
+Get download progress?
+
+```nim
+import puppy
+
+proc reportProgress(userp: pointer; total, current: int) =
+  echo total,' ',current
+
+echo fetch("http://neverssl.com/", onDLProgress = ProgressCallback(callback: reportProgress))
+```
+
 # Always use Libcurl
 
 You can pass `-d:puppyLibcurl` to force use of `libcurl` even on windows and macOS. This is useful to debug, if the some reason native OS API does not work. Libcurl is usually installed on macOS but requires a `curl.dll` on windows.
diff --git a/src/puppy.nim b/src/puppy.nim
index b20d1f3..c84b4ab 100644
--- a/src/puppy.nim
+++ b/src/puppy.nim
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ proc addDefaultHeaders(req: Request) =
     # If there isn't a specific accept-encoding specified, enable gzip
     req.headers["accept-encoding"] = "gzip"
 
-proc fetch*(req: Request): Response {.raises: [PuppyError].} =
+proc fetch*(req: Request, onDLProgress: ProgressCallback = ProgressCallback()): Response {.raises: [PuppyError].} =
   if req.url.scheme notin ["http", "https"]:
     raise newException(
       PuppyError, "Unsupported request scheme: " & req.url.scheme
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ proc fetch*(req: Request): Response {.raises: [PuppyError].} =
   if req.timeout == 0:
     req.timeout = 60
 
-  platform.fetch(req)
+  platform.fetch(req, onDLProgress)
 
 proc newRequest*(
   url: string,
@@ -45,10 +45,10 @@ proc newRequest*(
   result.headers = headers
   result.timeout = timeout
 
-proc fetch*(url: string, headers = newSeq[Header]()): string =
+proc fetch*(url: string, headers = newSeq[Header](), onDLProgress: ProgressCallback = ProgressCallback()): string =
   let
     req = newRequest(url, "get", headers)
-    res = req.fetch()
+    res = req.fetch(onDLProgress)
   if res.code == 200:
     return res.body
   raise newException(PuppyError,
diff --git a/src/puppy/common.nim b/src/puppy/common.nim
index 6a06d9e..dd5d22a 100644
--- a/src/puppy/common.nim
+++ b/src/puppy/common.nim
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ type
 
   PuppyError* = object of IOError ## Raised if an operation fails.
 
+  ProgressCallback* = object
+    clientp*: pointer
+    callback*: proc(clientp: pointer; total, current: int)
+
 proc `[]`*(headers: seq[Header], key: string): string =
   ## Get a key out of headers. Not case sensitive.
   ## Use a for loop to get multiple keys.
diff --git a/src/puppy/platforms/linux/platform.nim b/src/puppy/platforms/linux/platform.nim
index 9535e1e..ad410b0 100644
--- a/src/puppy/platforms/linux/platform.nim
+++ b/src/puppy/platforms/linux/platform.nim
@@ -1,11 +1,22 @@
-import libcurl, puppy/common, std/strutils, zippy
+import libcurl except Progress_callback
+import puppy/common, std/strutils, zippy
+from std/sugar import capture
+from std/decls import byaddr
 
 type StringWrap = object
   ## As strings are value objects they need
   ## some sort of wrapper to be passed to C.
   str: string
 
-proc fetch*(req: Request): Response {.raises: [PuppyError].} =
+proc cProgressCallback(clientp: pointer; dltotal, dlnow, ultotal, ulnow: cdouble): cint {.cdecl, raises: [].} =
+  try:
+    let cbPtr = cast[ptr ProgressCallback](clientp)
+    cbPtr.callback(cbPtr.clientp, dltotal.int, dlnow.int)
+  except:
+    echo getCurrentExceptionMsg()
+    quit(1)
+
+proc fetch*(req: Request, onDLProgress: ProgressCallback): Response {.raises: [PuppyError].} =
   result = Response()
 
   {.push stackTrace: off.}
@@ -39,6 +50,14 @@ proc fetch*(req: Request): Response {.raises: [PuppyError].} =
   discard curl.easy_setopt(OPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, strings[1].cstring)
   discard curl.easy_setopt(OPT_TIMEOUT, req.timeout.int)
 
+  if not isNil onDLProgress.callback:
+    discard curl.easy_setopt(OPT_NOPROGRESS, 0)
+    #discard curl.easy_setopt(OPT_PROGRESSDATA, cast[pointer](onprogress.rawProc))
+    #discard curl.easy_setopt(OPT_PROGRESSFUNCTION, cProgressCallback)
+    discard curl.easy_setopt(OPT_PROGRESSDATA, cast[pointer](unsafeAddr onDLProgress))
+    #discard curl.easy_setopt(OPT_PROGRESSFUNCTION, proc(clientp: pointer, dlt,dln,ult,uln: cdouble): cint = onprogress(clientp, dlt.int,dln.int))
+    discard curl.easy_setopt(OPT_PROGRESSFUNCTION, cProgressCallback)
+
   # Create the Pslist for passing headers to curl manually. This is to
   # avoid needing to call slist_free_all which creates problems
   var slists: seq[Slist]
diff --git a/src/puppy/platforms/win32/platform.nim b/src/puppy/platforms/win32/platform.nim
index 4c4c422..bf4d108 100644
--- a/src/puppy/platforms/win32/platform.nim
+++ b/src/puppy/platforms/win32/platform.nim
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import puppy/common, std/strutils, utils, windefs, zippy
 
-proc fetch*(req: Request): Response {.raises: [PuppyError].} =
+proc fetch*(req: Request, onDLProgress: ProgressCallback): Response {.raises: [PuppyError].} =
   result = Response()
 
   var hSession, hConnect, hRequest: HINTERNET
@@ -187,6 +187,20 @@ proc fetch*(req: Request): Response {.raises: [PuppyError].} =
             key: parts[0].strip(),
             value: parts[1].strip()
           ))
+    
+    var contentLength = 0
+    block:
+      var contentLengthValue = ""
+      try:
+        for header in result.headers:
+          if header.key == "Content-Length":
+            contentLengthValue = header.value
+            contentLength = parseInt(header.value)
+      except ValueError:
+        raise newException(
+          PuppyError,
+          "Content-Length error: '" & contentLengthValue & "' not an integer."
+        )
 
     var i: int
     result.body.setLen(8192)
@@ -208,6 +222,13 @@ proc fetch*(req: Request): Response {.raises: [PuppyError].} =
       if bytesRead == 0:
         break
 
+      if not isNil onDLProgress.callback:
+        try:
+          onDLProgress.callback(onDLProgress.clientp, contentLength, i)
+        except:
+          raise newException(
+            PuppyError, "ProgressCallback invalid clientp pointer"
+          )
       if i == result.body.len:
         result.body.setLen(min(i * 2, i + 100 * 1024 * 1024))