diff --git a/Orange/widgets/widget.py b/Orange/widgets/widget.py
index 4b43996b0df..24c2bd5d765 100644
--- a/Orange/widgets/widget.py
+++ b/Orange/widgets/widget.py
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
 
 from AnyQt.QtWidgets import (
     QWidget, QDialog, QVBoxLayout, QSizePolicy, QApplication, QStyle,
-    QShortcut, QSplitter, QSplitterHandle, QPushButton, QStatusBar, QFrame
+    QShortcut, QSplitter, QSplitterHandle, QPushButton, QStatusBar, QFrame,
+    QProgressBar
 )
 from AnyQt.QtCore import (
     Qt, QByteArray, QSettings, QUrl, QSize, pyqtSignal as Signal
@@ -347,8 +348,28 @@ def set_basic_layout(self):
             self.message_bar = MessagesWidget(self)
             self.message_bar.setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy.Preferred,
                                            QSizePolicy.Preferred)
+            pb = QProgressBar(maximumWidth=120, minimum=0, maximum=100)
+            pb.setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy.Maximum, QSizePolicy.Ignored)
+            pb.setAttribute(Qt.WA_LayoutUsesWidgetRect)
+            pb.setAttribute(Qt.WA_MacMiniSize)
+            pb.hide()
+            sb.addPermanentWidget(pb)
             sb.addPermanentWidget(self.message_bar)
 
+            def statechenged():
+                pb.setVisible(bool(self.processingState) or self.isBlocking())
+                if self.isBlocking() and not self.processingState:
+                    pb.setRange(0, 0)  # indeterminate pb
+                elif self.processingState:
+                    pb.setRange(0, 100)  # determinate pb
+
+            self.processingStateChanged.connect(statechenged)
+            self.blockingStateChanged.connect(statechenged)
+
+            @self.progressBarValueChanged.connect
+            def _(val):
+                pb.setValue(int(val))
+
     def save_graph(self):
         """Save the graph with the name given in class attribute `graph_name`.