diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/event.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/event.py
index 9b4a4f97b5..a5f026e151 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/event.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/event.py
@@ -647,6 +647,33 @@ class MetadataEvent(Event):
         self.type = eventtype
         self._localdata = eventdata
 
+class ProcessStarted(Event):
+    """
+    Generic process started event (usually part of the initial startup)
+    where further progress events will be delivered
+    """
+    def __init__(self, processname, total):
+        Event.__init__(self)
+        self.processname = processname
+        self.total = total
+
+class ProcessProgress(Event):
+    """
+    Generic process progress event (usually part of the initial startup)
+    """
+    def __init__(self, processname, progress):
+        Event.__init__(self)
+        self.processname = processname
+        self.progress = progress
+
+class ProcessFinished(Event):
+    """
+    Generic process finished event (usually part of the initial startup)
+    """
+    def __init__(self, processname):
+        Event.__init__(self)
+        self.processname = processname
+
 class SanityCheck(Event):
     """
     Event to run sanity checks, either raise errors or generate events as return status.
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/ui/knotty.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/ui/knotty.py
index 2513501500..6fdaafedb7 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/ui/knotty.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/ui/knotty.py
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class NonInteractiveProgress(object):
         self.msg = msg
         self.maxval = maxval
 
-    def start(self):
+    def start(self, update=True):
         self.fobj.write("%s..." % self.msg)
         self.fobj.flush()
         return self
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ _evt_list = [ "bb.runqueue.runQueueExitWait", "bb.event.LogExecTTY", "logging.Lo
               "bb.event.MultipleProviders", "bb.event.NoProvider", "bb.runqueue.sceneQueueTaskStarted",
               "bb.runqueue.runQueueTaskStarted", "bb.runqueue.runQueueTaskFailed", "bb.runqueue.sceneQueueTaskFailed",
               "bb.event.BuildBase", "bb.build.TaskStarted", "bb.build.TaskSucceeded", "bb.build.TaskFailedSilent",
-              "bb.build.TaskProgress"]
+              "bb.build.TaskProgress", "bb.event.ProcessStarted", "bb.event.ProcessProgress", "bb.event.ProcessFinished"]
 
 def main(server, eventHandler, params, tf = TerminalFilter):
 
@@ -579,6 +579,17 @@ def main(server, eventHandler, params, tf = TerminalFilter):
             if isinstance(event, bb.event.DepTreeGenerated):
                 continue
 
+            if isinstance(event, bb.event.ProcessStarted):
+                parseprogress = new_progress(event.processname, event.total)
+                parseprogress.start(False)
+                continue
+            if isinstance(event, bb.event.ProcessProgress):
+                parseprogress.update(event.progress)
+                continue
+            if isinstance(event, bb.event.ProcessFinished):
+                parseprogress.finish()
+                continue
+
             # ignore
             if isinstance(event, (bb.event.BuildBase,
                                   bb.event.MetadataEvent,