diff --git a/src/libstore/legacy-ssh-store.cc b/src/libstore/legacy-ssh-store.cc
index 65fe575d2..855a7c99a 100644
--- a/src/libstore/legacy-ssh-store.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/legacy-ssh-store.cc
@@ -135,7 +135,6 @@ struct LegacySSHStore : public Store
 
         if (readInt(conn->from) != 1)
             throw Error("failed to add path '%s' to remote host '%s', info.path, host");
-
     }
 
     void narFromPath(const Path & path, Sink & sink) override
diff --git a/src/libstore/store-api.cc b/src/libstore/store-api.cc
index dd87a046e..88f27e806 100644
--- a/src/libstore/store-api.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/store-api.cc
@@ -565,8 +565,12 @@ void Store::buildPaths(const PathSet & paths, BuildMode buildMode)
 void copyStorePath(ref<Store> srcStore, ref<Store> dstStore,
     const Path & storePath, RepairFlag repair, CheckSigsFlag checkSigs)
 {
+    Activity act(actCopyPath, fmt("copying path '%s'", storePath));
+
     auto info = srcStore->queryPathInfo(storePath);
 
+    //act->progress(0, info->size());
+
     StringSink sink;
     srcStore->narFromPath({storePath}, sink);
 
@@ -600,13 +604,28 @@ void copyPaths(ref<Store> srcStore, ref<Store> dstStore, const PathSet & storePa
     for (auto & path : storePaths)
         if (!valid.count(path)) missing.insert(path);
 
+    Activity act;
+
+    logger->event(evCopyStarted, act);
+
+    std::atomic<size_t> nrCopied{0};
+    std::atomic<size_t> nrDone{storePaths.size() - missing.size()};
+
+    auto showProgress = [&]() {
+        logger->event(evCopyProgress, act, storePaths.size(), nrCopied, nrDone);
+    };
+
     ThreadPool pool;
 
     processGraph<Path>(pool,
         PathSet(missing.begin(), missing.end()),
 
         [&](const Path & storePath) {
-            if (dstStore->isValidPath(storePath)) return PathSet();
+            if (dstStore->isValidPath(storePath)) {
+                nrDone++;
+                showProgress();
+                return PathSet();
+            }
             return srcStore->queryPathInfo(storePath)->references;
         },
 
@@ -616,7 +635,12 @@ void copyPaths(ref<Store> srcStore, ref<Store> dstStore, const PathSet & storePa
             if (!dstStore->isValidPath(storePath)) {
                 printInfo("copying '%s'...", storePath);
                 copyStorePath(srcStore, dstStore, storePath, repair, checkSigs);
+                nrCopied++;
             }
+
+            nrDone++;
+
+            showProgress();
         });
 }
 
diff --git a/src/libutil/archive.cc b/src/libutil/archive.cc
index 51b57a8f4..ea1deb924 100644
--- a/src/libutil/archive.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/archive.cc
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ static void dumpContents(const Path & path, size_t size,
 
 static void dump(const Path & path, Sink & sink, PathFilter & filter)
 {
+    checkInterrupt();
+
     struct stat st;
     if (lstat(path.c_str(), &st))
         throw SysError(format("getting attributes of path '%1%'") % path);
diff --git a/src/libutil/logging.cc b/src/libutil/logging.cc
index 43245f61c..c11271e63 100644
--- a/src/libutil/logging.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/logging.cc
@@ -80,4 +80,15 @@ std::atomic<uint64_t> nextId{(uint64_t) getpid() << 32};
 
 Activity::Activity() : id(nextId++) { };
 
+Activity::Activity(ActivityType type, std::string msg)
+    : Activity()
+{
+    logger->event(evStartActivity, id, msg);
+}
+
+Activity::~Activity()
+{
+    logger->event(evStopActivity, id);
+}
+
 }
diff --git a/src/libutil/logging.hh b/src/libutil/logging.hh
index 9ef6e3ee3..aa407f60b 100644
--- a/src/libutil/logging.hh
+++ b/src/libutil/logging.hh
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ typedef enum {
     lvlVomit
 } Verbosity;
 
+typedef enum {
+    actCopyPath = 100,
+} ActivityType;
+
 class Activity
 {
 public:
@@ -21,6 +25,10 @@ public:
     Activity();
     Activity(const Activity & act) : id(act.id) { };
     Activity(uint64_t id) : id(id) { };
+    Activity(ActivityType type, std::string msg = "");
+    ~Activity();
+
+    //void progress(...);
 };
 
 typedef enum {
@@ -35,6 +43,13 @@ typedef enum {
     evSubstitutionCreated = 8,
     evSubstitutionStarted = 9,
     evSubstitutionFinished = 10,
+
+    evCopyStarted = 100,
+    evCopyProgress = 101,
+
+    evStartActivity = 1000,
+    evStopActivity = 1001,
+
 } EventType;
 
 struct Event
diff --git a/src/nix/progress-bar.cc b/src/nix/progress-bar.cc
index 2ecbea8ee..7561a0084 100644
--- a/src/nix/progress-bar.cc
+++ b/src/nix/progress-bar.cc
@@ -27,17 +27,29 @@ private:
         DownloadInfo(const std::string & uri) : uri(uri) { }
     };
 
+    struct CopyInfo
+    {
+        uint64_t expected = 0;
+        uint64_t copied = 0;
+        uint64_t done = 0;
+    };
+
     struct State
     {
         std::map<Activity::t, Path> builds;
         std::set<Activity::t> runningBuilds;
         uint64_t succeededBuilds = 0;
         uint64_t failedBuilds = 0;
+
         std::map<Activity::t, Path> substitutions;
         std::set<Activity::t> runningSubstitutions;
         uint64_t succeededSubstitutions = 0;
+
         uint64_t downloadedBytes = 0; // finished downloads
         std::map<Activity::t, DownloadInfo> downloads;
+
+        std::map<Activity::t, CopyInfo> runningCopies;
+
         std::list<ActInfo> activities;
         std::map<Activity::t, std::list<ActInfo>::iterator> its;
     };
@@ -167,11 +179,35 @@ public:
             res += fmt("%1$.0f/%2$.0f KiB", current / 1024.0, expected / 1024.0);
         }
 
+        if (!state.runningCopies.empty()) {
+            if (!res.empty()) res += ", ";
+            uint64_t copied = 0, expected = 0;
+            for (auto & i : state.runningCopies) {
+                copied += i.second.copied;
+                expected += i.second.expected - (i.second.done - i.second.copied);
+            }
+            res += fmt("%d/%d copied", copied, expected);
+        }
+
         return res;
     }
 
     void event(const Event & ev) override
     {
+        if (ev.type == evStartActivity) {
+            auto state(state_.lock());
+            Activity::t act = ev.getI(0);
+            createActivity(*state, act, ev.getS(1));
+            update(*state);
+        }
+
+        if (ev.type == evStopActivity) {
+            auto state(state_.lock());
+            Activity::t act = ev.getI(0);
+            deleteActivity(*state, act);
+            update(*state);
+        }
+
         if (ev.type == evBuildCreated) {
             auto state(state_.lock());
             state->builds[ev.getI(0)] = ev.getS(1);
@@ -280,6 +316,16 @@ public:
                 update(*state);
             }
         }
+
+        if (ev.type == evCopyProgress) {
+            auto state(state_.lock());
+            Activity::t act = ev.getI(0);
+            auto & i = state->runningCopies[act];
+            i.expected = ev.getI(1);
+            i.copied = ev.getI(2);
+            i.done = ev.getI(3);
+            update(*state);
+        }
     }
 };