diff --git a/cli/cmdlineparser.cpp b/cli/cmdlineparser.cpp
index e2a575533cc3..436edc944d52 100644
--- a/cli/cmdlineparser.cpp
+++ b/cli/cmdlineparser.cpp
@@ -764,7 +764,14 @@ bool CmdLineParser::parseFromArgs(int argc, const char* const argv[])
 
             // Report progress
             else if (std::strcmp(argv[i], "--report-progress") == 0) {
-                mSettings.reportProgress = true;
+                mSettings.reportProgress = 10;
+            }
+
+            else if (std::strncmp(argv[i], "--report-progress=", 18) == 0) {
+                int tmp;
+                if (!parseNumberArg(argv[i], 18, tmp, true))
+                    return false;
+                mSettings.reportProgress = tmp;
             }
 
 #ifdef HAVE_RULES
@@ -1298,7 +1305,7 @@ void CmdLineParser::printHelp()
         "                         using e.g. ~ for home folder does not work. It is\n"
         "                         currently only possible to apply the base paths to\n"
         "                         files that are on a lower level in the directory tree.\n"
-        "    --report-progress    Report progress messages while checking a file.\n"
+        "    --report-progress    Report progress messages while checking a file (single job only).\n"
 #ifdef HAVE_RULES
     "    --rule=<rule>        Match regular expression.\n"
     "    --rule-file=<file>   Use given rule file. For more information, see:\n"
diff --git a/cli/cppcheckexecutor.cpp b/cli/cppcheckexecutor.cpp
index 540619939e22..a0bf72d4b390 100644
--- a/cli/cppcheckexecutor.cpp
+++ b/cli/cppcheckexecutor.cpp
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ int CppCheckExecutor::check_internal(CppCheck& cppcheck)
 {
     Settings& settings = cppcheck.settings();
 
-    if (settings.reportProgress)
+    if (settings.reportProgress >= 0)
         mLatestProgressOutputTime = std::time(nullptr);
 
     if (!settings.outputFile.empty()) {
@@ -399,6 +399,7 @@ void CppCheckExecutor::reportOut(const std::string &outmsg, Color c)
         std::cout << c << ansiToOEM(outmsg, true) << Color::Reset << std::endl;
 }
 
+// TODO: remove filename parameter?
 void CppCheckExecutor::reportProgress(const std::string &filename, const char stage[], const std::size_t value)
 {
     (void)filename;
@@ -406,9 +407,10 @@ void CppCheckExecutor::reportProgress(const std::string &filename, const char st
     if (!mLatestProgressOutputTime)
         return;
 
-    // Report progress messages every 10 seconds
+    // Report progress messages every x seconds
     const std::time_t currentTime = std::time(nullptr);
-    if (currentTime >= (mLatestProgressOutputTime + 10)) {
+    if (mSettings->reportProgress == 0 || (currentTime >= (mLatestProgressOutputTime + mSettings->reportProgress)))
+    {
         mLatestProgressOutputTime = currentTime;
 
         // format a progress message
diff --git a/lib/settings.h b/lib/settings.h
index ab27b1dbd4dd..afb7e981f0ed 100644
--- a/lib/settings.h
+++ b/lib/settings.h
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ class CPPCHECKLIB WARN_UNUSED Settings {
     bool relativePaths{};
 
     /** @brief --report-progress */
-    bool reportProgress{};
+    int reportProgress{-1};
 
     /** Rule */
     struct CPPCHECKLIB Rule {
diff --git a/test/cli/test-other.py b/test/cli/test-other.py
index 44a1f02b0701..e2efe1c305b6 100644
--- a/test/cli/test-other.py
+++ b/test/cli/test-other.py
@@ -80,3 +80,53 @@ def test_invalid_library(tmpdir):
     assert stderr == ""
 
 # TODO: test missing std.cfg
+
+
+def test_progress(tmpdir):
+    test_file = os.path.join(tmpdir, 'test.c')
+    with open(test_file, 'wt') as f:
+        f.write("""
+                int main(int argc)
+                {
+                }
+                """)
+
+    args = ['--report-progress=0', '--enable=all', '--inconclusive', '--platform=native', test_file]
+
+    exitcode, stdout, stderr = cppcheck(args)
+    assert exitcode == 0
+    pos = stdout.find('\n')
+    assert(pos != -1)
+    pos += 1
+    assert stdout[:pos] == "Checking {} ...\n".format(test_file)
+    assert (stdout[pos:] ==
+            "progress: Tokenize (typedef) 0%\n"
+            "progress: Tokenize (typedef) 12%\n"
+            "progress: Tokenize (typedef) 25%\n"
+            "progress: Tokenize (typedef) 37%\n"
+            "progress: Tokenize (typedef) 50%\n"
+            "progress: Tokenize (typedef) 62%\n"
+            "progress: Tokenize (typedef) 75%\n"
+            "progress: Tokenize (typedef) 87%\n"
+            "progress: SymbolDatabase 0%\n"
+            "progress: SymbolDatabase 12%\n"
+            "progress: SymbolDatabase 87%\n"
+            )
+    assert stderr == ""
+
+
+def test_progress_j(tmpdir):
+    test_file = os.path.join(tmpdir, 'test.c')
+    with open(test_file, 'wt') as f:
+        f.write("""
+                int main(int argc)
+                {
+                }
+                """)
+
+    args = ['--report-progress=0', '--enable=all', '--inconclusive', '-j2', '--disable=unusedFunction', '--platform=native', test_file]
+
+    exitcode, stdout, stderr = cppcheck(args)
+    assert exitcode == 0
+    assert stdout == "Checking {} ...\0\0\n".format(test_file)  # TODO: where are the binary 0 coming from?
+    assert stderr == ""
diff --git a/test/testcmdlineparser.cpp b/test/testcmdlineparser.cpp
index 54e844f899dc..1eede5650e70 100644
--- a/test/testcmdlineparser.cpp
+++ b/test/testcmdlineparser.cpp
@@ -148,7 +148,11 @@ class TestCmdlineParser : public TestFixture {
         TEST_CASE(maxConfigsMissingCount);
         TEST_CASE(maxConfigsInvalid);
         TEST_CASE(maxConfigsTooSmall);
-        TEST_CASE(reportProgressTest); // "Test" suffix to avoid hiding the parent's reportProgress
+        TEST_CASE(reportProgress1);
+        TEST_CASE(reportProgress2);
+        TEST_CASE(reportProgress3);
+        TEST_CASE(reportProgress4);
+        TEST_CASE(reportProgress5);
         TEST_CASE(stdc99);
         TEST_CASE(stdcpp11);
         TEST_CASE(stdunknown1);
@@ -1060,12 +1064,46 @@ class TestCmdlineParser : public TestFixture {
         ASSERT_EQUALS("cppcheck: error: argument to '--max-configs=' must be greater than 0.\n", GET_REDIRECT_OUTPUT);
     }
 
-    void reportProgressTest() {
+    void reportProgress1() {
         REDIRECT;
         const char * const argv[] = {"cppcheck", "--report-progress", "file.cpp"};
-        settings->reportProgress = false;
+        settings->reportProgress = -1;
         ASSERT(parser->parseFromArgs(3, argv));
-        ASSERT(settings->reportProgress);
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(10, settings->reportProgress);
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", GET_REDIRECT_OUTPUT);
+    }
+
+    void reportProgress2() {
+        REDIRECT;
+        const char * const argv[] = {"cppcheck", "--report-progress=", "file.cpp"};
+        settings->reportProgress = -1;
+        ASSERT(!parser->parseFromArgs(3, argv));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("cppcheck: error: argument to '--report-progress=' is not valid - not an integer.\n", GET_REDIRECT_OUTPUT);
+    }
+
+    void reportProgress3() {
+        REDIRECT;
+        const char * const argv[] = {"cppcheck", "--report-progress=-1", "file.cpp"};
+        settings->reportProgress = -1;
+        ASSERT(!parser->parseFromArgs(3, argv));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("cppcheck: error: argument to '--report-progress=' needs to be a positive integer.\n", GET_REDIRECT_OUTPUT);
+    }
+
+    void reportProgress4() {
+        REDIRECT;
+        const char * const argv[] = {"cppcheck", "--report-progress=0", "file.cpp"};
+        settings->reportProgress = -1;
+        ASSERT(parser->parseFromArgs(3, argv));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(0, settings->reportProgress);
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", GET_REDIRECT_OUTPUT);
+    }
+
+    void reportProgress5() {
+        REDIRECT;
+        const char * const argv[] = {"cppcheck", "--report-progress=1", "file.cpp"};
+        settings->reportProgress = -1;
+        ASSERT(parser->parseFromArgs(3, argv));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(1, settings->reportProgress);
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", GET_REDIRECT_OUTPUT);
     }