diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/ArchiveWriteRequestExecution.cs b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/ArchiveWriteRequestExecution.cs
index f9d283bf9a..b5aa0f34e7 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/ArchiveWriteRequestExecution.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/ArchiveWriteRequestExecution.cs
@@ -90,10 +90,14 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Archiver
             // Write out control file
             archive.AddFile(ArchiveConstants.CONTROL_FILE_PATH, Create0p2ControlFile());
             
+            m_log.InfoFormat("[ARCHIVER]: Added control file to archive.");
+            
             // Write out region settings
             string settingsPath 
                 = String.Format("{0}{1}.xml", ArchiveConstants.SETTINGS_PATH, m_scene.RegionInfo.RegionName);
             archive.AddFile(settingsPath, RegionSettingsSerializer.Serialize(m_scene.RegionInfo.RegionSettings));
+            
+            m_log.InfoFormat("[ARCHIVER]: Added region settings to archive.");
 
             // Write out terrain
             string terrainPath 
@@ -103,6 +107,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Archiver
             m_terrainModule.SaveToStream(terrainPath, ms);
             archive.AddFile(terrainPath, ms.ToArray());
             ms.Close();
+            
+            m_log.InfoFormat("[ARCHIVER]: Added terrain information to archive.");
 
             // Write out scene object metadata
             foreach (SceneObjectGroup sceneObject in m_sceneObjects)
@@ -121,6 +127,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Archiver
 
                 archive.AddFile(filename, serializedObject);
             }
+            
+            m_log.InfoFormat("[ARCHIVER]: Added scene objects to archive.");
 
             // Write out assets
             AssetsArchiver assetsArchiver = new AssetsArchiver(assetsFound);
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/AssetsArchiver.cs b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/AssetsArchiver.cs
index abd90de7a9..e86318846c 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/AssetsArchiver.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/AssetsArchiver.cs
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Archiver
     {
         private static readonly ILog m_log = LogManager.GetLogger(MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType);
 
+        /// <value>
+        /// Post a message to the log every x assets as a progress bar
+        /// </value>
+        private static int LOG_ASSET_LOAD_NOTIFICATION_INTERVAL = 50;
+        
         /// <summary>
         /// Archive assets
         /// </summary>
@@ -116,6 +121,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Archiver
         {
             // It appears that gtar, at least, doesn't need the intermediate directory entries in the tar
             //archive.AddDir("assets");
+            
+            int assetsAdded = 0;
 
             foreach (UUID uuid in m_assets.Keys)
             {
@@ -137,7 +144,15 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Archiver
                 archive.AddFile(
                     ArchiveConstants.ASSETS_PATH + uuid.ToString() + extension,
                     asset.Data);
+                
+                assetsAdded++;
+                
+                if (assetsAdded % LOG_ASSET_LOAD_NOTIFICATION_INTERVAL == 0)
+                    m_log.InfoFormat("[ARCHIVER]: Added {0} assets to archive", assetsAdded);
             }
+            
+            if (assetsAdded % LOG_ASSET_LOAD_NOTIFICATION_INTERVAL != 0)
+                m_log.InfoFormat("[ARCHIVER]: Added {0} assets to archive", assetsAdded);
         }
     }
 }