diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/fetchgit/builder.sh b/pkgs/build-support/fetchgit/builder.sh
index 558e946d76cf..e27a47e903bd 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/fetchgit/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/fetchgit/builder.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ header "exporting $url (rev $rev) into $out"
 git init $out
 cd $out
 git remote add origin "$url"
-git fetch origin
+git fetch --progress origin
 git remote set-head origin -a || (
     test -n $rev && echo "that's ok, we want $rev" || exit 1)