diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ad7b1c10..2d9265dd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -159,6 +159,21 @@ The connection object stores the curl easy handle in an instance variable and
 uses that for the lifetime of the object. This means curl will [automatically
 reuse connections][curl_keepalive] made with that handle.
 
+## Progress callback
+
+Two wrapper functions are provided to setup the progress callback for uploads/downloads. 
+
+Calling `conn->SetFileProgressCallback(callback)` with a callback parameter matching the prototype `int progress_callback(void *clientp, double dltotal, double dlnow, double ultotal, double ulnow)` will setup the progress callback.
+
+Calling `conn->SetFileProgressCallbackData(data)` is optional. This will set the data pointer which is the first parameter fed back to the progress callback - `clientp`. If this isn't set then `clientp` will default to the connection object `conn`.
+
+```cpp
+// set CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS
+// set CURLOPT_PROGRESSFUNCTION
+conn->SetFileProgressCallback(progressFunc);
+// set CURLOPT_PROGRESSDATA
+conn->SetFileProgressCallbackData(data);
+```
 
 ## Thread Safety
 restclient-cpp leans heavily on libcurl as it aims to provide a thin wrapper
diff --git a/include/restclient-cpp/connection.h b/include/restclient-cpp/connection.h
index df3423fb..608fcef6 100644
--- a/include/restclient-cpp/connection.h
+++ b/include/restclient-cpp/connection.h
@@ -81,6 +81,10 @@ class Connection {
       *  Member 'followRedirects' contains whether or not to follow redirects
       *  @var Info::maxRedirects
       *  Member 'maxRedirects' contains the maximum number of redirect to follow (-1 unlimited)
+      *  @var Info::progressFn
+      *  Member 'progressFn' file progress callback function
+      *  @var Info::progressFnData
+      *  Member 'progressFnData' file progress callback data
       *  @var Info::basicAuth
       *  Member 'basicAuth' contains information about basic auth
       *  @var basicAuth::username
@@ -109,6 +113,8 @@ class Connection {
       bool followRedirects;
       int maxRedirects;
       bool noSignal;
+      curl_progress_callback progressFn;
+      void* progressFnData;
       struct {
         std::string username;
         std::string password;
@@ -136,6 +142,12 @@ class Connection {
     // set connection timeout to seconds
     void SetTimeout(int seconds);
 
+    // set file progress callback
+    void SetFileProgressCallback(curl_progress_callback progressFn);
+
+    // set file progress callback data
+    void SetFileProgressCallbackData(void* data);
+
     // set to not use signals
     void SetNoSignal(bool no);
 
@@ -204,6 +216,8 @@ class Connection {
     bool followRedirects;
     int maxRedirects;
     bool noSignal;
+    curl_progress_callback progressFn;
+    void* progressFnData;
     struct {
       std::string username;
       std::string password;
diff --git a/source/connection.cc b/source/connection.cc
index 590972f5..224d4a8e 100644
--- a/source/connection.cc
+++ b/source/connection.cc
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ RestClient::Connection::Connection(const std::string& baseUrl)
   this->followRedirects = false;
   this->maxRedirects = -1l;
   this->noSignal = false;
+  this->progressFn = NULL;
+  this->progressFnData = NULL;
 }
 
 RestClient::Connection::~Connection() {
@@ -60,6 +62,8 @@ RestClient::Connection::GetInfo() {
   ret.followRedirects = this->followRedirects;
   ret.maxRedirects = this->maxRedirects;
   ret.noSignal = this->noSignal;
+  ret.progressFn = this->progressFn;
+  ret.progressFnData = this->progressFnData;
   ret.basicAuth.username = this->basicAuth.username;
   ret.basicAuth.password = this->basicAuth.password;
   ret.customUserAgent = this->customUserAgent;
@@ -188,6 +192,29 @@ RestClient::Connection::SetNoSignal(bool no) {
   this->noSignal = no;
 }
 
+/**
+ * @brief set file progress callback function
+ *
+ * @param callback function pointer
+ *
+ */
+void
+RestClient::Connection::SetFileProgressCallback(curl_progress_callback
+                                                progressFn) {
+  this->progressFn = progressFn;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @brief set file progress callback data
+ *
+ * @param callback data pointer
+ *
+ */
+void
+RestClient::Connection::SetFileProgressCallbackData(void* data) {
+  this->progressFnData = data;
+}
+
 /**
  * @brief set username and password for basic auth
  *
@@ -354,6 +381,23 @@ RestClient::Connection::performCurlRequest(const std::string& uri) {
     curl_easy_setopt(this->curlHandle, CURLOPT_NOSIGNAL, 1);
   }
 
+  // set file progress callback
+  if (this->progressFn) {
+    curl_easy_setopt(this->curlHandle, CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS, 0);
+    curl_easy_setopt(this->curlHandle,
+                     CURLOPT_PROGRESSFUNCTION,
+                    this->progressFn);
+    if (this->progressFnData) {
+      curl_easy_setopt(this->curlHandle,
+                       CURLOPT_PROGRESSDATA,
+                       this->progressFnData);
+    } else {
+      curl_easy_setopt(this->curlHandle,
+                       CURLOPT_PROGRESSDATA,
+                       this);
+    }
+  }
+
   // if provided, supply CA path
   if (!this->caInfoFilePath.empty()) {
     curl_easy_setopt(this->curlHandle, CURLOPT_CAINFO,
diff --git a/test/test_connection.cc b/test/test_connection.cc
index dfc6b67c..379aa35d 100644
--- a/test/test_connection.cc
+++ b/test/test_connection.cc
@@ -232,6 +232,26 @@ TEST_F(ConnectionTest, TestNoSignal)
   EXPECT_EQ(200, res.code);
 }
 
+TEST_F(ConnectionTest, TestSetProgress)
+{
+	static double totalToDownload = 0;
+	static double totalDownloaded = 0;
+
+	auto progressCallback = [](void* pData, double downloadTotal, double downloaded, double uploadTotal, double uploaded) -> int {
+    totalToDownload = downloadTotal;
+    totalDownloaded = downloaded;
+    return 0;
+	};
+
+	conn->SetFileProgressCallback(progressCallback);
+	conn->SetFileProgressCallbackData(NULL);
+
+  RestClient::Response res = conn->get("/anything/{test_data}");
+	EXPECT_EQ(200, res.code);
+  EXPECT_GT(totalDownloaded, 0);
+  EXPECT_EQ(totalDownloaded, totalToDownload);
+}
+
 TEST_F(ConnectionTest, TestProxy)
 {
   conn->SetProxy("127.0.0.1:3128");