diff --git a/include/FileSystem.h b/include/FileSystem.h
index 1e459075..b9e74b46 100644
--- a/include/FileSystem.h
+++ b/include/FileSystem.h
@@ -88,8 +88,10 @@ protected:
 	Sector T, N, S ;  //File system [T]otal num of blocks, [N]um of free (or used) blocks, block [S]ize
 	int exit_status ;
 	unsigned int index ;
-	
+	sigc::signal<void, OperationDetail *> signal_progress;
+
 private:
+	void update_command_progress( OperationDetail *operationdetail );
 	void store_exit_status( GPid pid, int status );
 	bool running;
 	int pipecount;
diff --git a/include/ext2.h b/include/ext2.h
index 7860d7c8..96df48e1 100644
--- a/include/ext2.h
+++ b/include/ext2.h
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ public:
 	bool copy( const Partition & partition_new,
 	           Partition & partition_old,
 	           OperationDetail & operationdetail );
+
+private:
+	void resize_progress( OperationDetail *operationdetail );
 };
 
 } //GParted
diff --git a/include/ntfs.h b/include/ntfs.h
index 2a4170cb..602b5e6e 100644
--- a/include/ntfs.h
+++ b/include/ntfs.h
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ public:
 	bool check_repair( const Partition & partition, OperationDetail & operationdetail ) ;
 
 	static const Glib::ustring Change_UUID_Warning [] ;
+
+private:
+	void resize_progress( OperationDetail *operationdetail );
 };
 
 } //GParted
diff --git a/src/FileSystem.cc b/src/FileSystem.cc
index 2915f8fe..fe7eb3f5 100644
--- a/src/FileSystem.cc
+++ b/src/FileSystem.cc
@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@ int FileSystem::execute_command( const Glib::ustring & command, OperationDetail
 	errorcapture.signal_update.connect( sigc::bind( sigc::ptr_fun( update_command_output ),
 	                                                children[children.size() - 1],
 	                                                &error ) );
+	outputcapture.signal_update.connect( sigc::bind( sigc::mem_fun( *this, &FileSystem::update_command_progress ),
+	                                                 &operationdetail ) );
 	outputcapture.connect_signal();
 	errorcapture.connect_signal();
 
@@ -147,6 +149,11 @@ int FileSystem::execute_command( const Glib::ustring & command, OperationDetail
 	return exit_status;
 }
 
+void FileSystem::update_command_progress( OperationDetail *operationdetail )
+{
+	signal_progress.emit( operationdetail );
+}
+
 void FileSystem::set_status( OperationDetail & operationdetail, bool success )
 {
 	operationdetail.get_last_child().set_status( success ? STATUS_SUCCES : STATUS_ERROR );
diff --git a/src/ext2.cc b/src/ext2.cc
index 7405d656..bf653dda 100644
--- a/src/ext2.cc
+++ b/src/ext2.cc
@@ -233,7 +233,10 @@ bool ext2::resize( const Partition & partition_new, OperationDetail & operationd
 		str_temp += " " + Utils::num_to_str( floor( Utils::sector_to_unit(
 					partition_new .get_sector_length(), partition_new .sector_size, UNIT_KIB ) ) ) + "K";
 
-	return ! execute_command( str_temp, operationdetail, EXEC_CHECK_STATUS );
+	sigc::connection c = signal_progress.connect( sigc::mem_fun( *this, &ext2::resize_progress ) );
+	bool ret = ! execute_command( str_temp, operationdetail, EXEC_CHECK_STATUS );
+	c.disconnect();
+	return ret;
 }
 
 bool ext2::check_repair( const Partition & partition, OperationDetail & operationdetail )
@@ -270,4 +273,35 @@ bool ext2::copy( const Partition & src_part,
 	                          operationdetail, EXEC_CHECK_STATUS|EXEC_CANCEL_SAFE );
 }
 
+//Private methods
+
+void ext2::resize_progress( OperationDetail *operationdetail )
+{
+	Glib::ustring ss;
+	size_t p = output.find_last_of('\n');
+	// looks like "Scanning inode table          XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX------------"
+	if ( p == output.npos )
+		return;
+	ss = output.substr( p );
+	if ( ss.empty() )
+		return;
+	size_t sslen = ss.length();
+	if ( ss[sslen-1] != 'X' && ss[sslen-1] != '-' )
+		return;
+	// p = Start of progress bar
+	p = ss.find_last_not_of( "X-" );
+	if ( p == ss.npos )
+		p = 0;
+	else
+		p++;
+	size_t barlen = sslen - p;
+	// q = First dash in progress bar or end of string
+	size_t q = ss.find( '-', p );
+	if ( q == ss.npos )
+		q = sslen;
+	size_t xlen = q - p;
+	operationdetail->fraction = (double)xlen / barlen;
+	operationdetail->signal_update( *operationdetail );
+}
+
 } //GParted
diff --git a/src/ntfs.cc b/src/ntfs.cc
index d48b5a05..0d66cf55 100644
--- a/src/ntfs.cc
+++ b/src/ntfs.cc
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ bool ntfs::resize( const Partition & partition_new, OperationDetail & operationd
 		//real resize
 		operationdetail .add_child( OperationDetail( _("real resize") ) ) ;
 
+		sigc::connection c = signal_progress.connect( sigc::mem_fun( *this, &ntfs::resize_progress ) );
 		if ( ! execute_command( cmd + " " + partition_new.get_path(),
 		                        operationdetail.get_last_child(), EXEC_CHECK_STATUS ) )
 		{
@@ -233,6 +234,7 @@ bool ntfs::resize( const Partition & partition_new, OperationDetail & operationd
 		{
 			operationdetail .get_last_child() .set_status( STATUS_ERROR ) ;
 		}
+		c.disconnect();
 	}
 	else
 	{
@@ -256,4 +258,21 @@ bool ntfs::check_repair( const Partition & partition, OperationDetail & operatio
 	return ! execute_command( "ntfsresize -i -f -v " + partition.get_path(), operationdetail, EXEC_CHECK_STATUS );
 }
 
+//Private methods
+
+void ntfs::resize_progress( OperationDetail *operationdetail )
+{
+	size_t p = output.find_last_of('\n');
+	if ( p == output.npos )
+		return;
+	Glib::ustring ss = output.substr( p );
+	// looks like "12.34 percent completed"
+	float frac;
+	if ( sscanf( ss.c_str(), "%f percent completed", &frac ) == 1 )
+	{
+		operationdetail->fraction = frac / 100;
+		operationdetail->signal_update( *operationdetail );
+	}
+}
+
 } //GParted