diff --git a/src/alire-repositories-git.adb b/src/alire-repositories-git.adb
index e83c5454..dcf7cc9f 100644
--- a/src/alire-repositories-git.adb
+++ b/src/alire-repositories-git.adb
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ package body Alire.Repositories.Git is
 
    overriding procedure Checkout (R : Repository; Id : Release_Id; Folder : String) is
    begin
-      OS_Lib.Spawn ("git", "clone -n -q " & R.Image & " " & Folder);
+      Log ("Checking out: " & R.Image);
+      OS_Lib.Spawn ("git", "clone -n -q --progress " & R.Image & " " & Folder);
 
       declare
          use Ada.Directories;