diff --git a/community/dbms/src/main/java/org/neo4j/commandline/dbms/CsvImporter.java b/community/dbms/src/main/java/org/neo4j/commandline/dbms/CsvImporter.java
index 3068006438965..73a2508ce0b11 100644
--- a/community/dbms/src/main/java/org/neo4j/commandline/dbms/CsvImporter.java
+++ b/community/dbms/src/main/java/org/neo4j/commandline/dbms/CsvImporter.java
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ public void doImport() throws IOException
                 badCollector );
 
         ImportTool.doImport( outsideWorld.errorStream(), outsideWorld.errorStream(), outsideWorld.inStream(), storeDir, logsDir,
-                reportFile, fs, nodesFiles, relationshipsFiles, false, input, this.databaseConfig, badOutput, configuration );
+                reportFile, fs, nodesFiles, relationshipsFiles, false, input, this.databaseConfig, badOutput, configuration, false );
     }
 
     private boolean isIgnoringSomething()
diff --git a/community/import-tool/src/main/java/org/neo4j/tooling/ImportTool.java b/community/import-tool/src/main/java/org/neo4j/tooling/ImportTool.java
index a01e1377b7c3a..a62b3fe9a5eb1 100644
--- a/community/import-tool/src/main/java/org/neo4j/tooling/ImportTool.java
+++ b/community/import-tool/src/main/java/org/neo4j/tooling/ImportTool.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map.Entry;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 
 import org.neo4j.csv.reader.IllegalMultilineFieldException;
@@ -72,7 +73,9 @@
 import org.neo4j.unsafe.impl.batchimport.input.csv.DataFactory;
 import org.neo4j.unsafe.impl.batchimport.input.csv.Decorator;
 import org.neo4j.unsafe.impl.batchimport.input.csv.IdType;
+import org.neo4j.unsafe.impl.batchimport.staging.ExecutionMonitor;
 import org.neo4j.unsafe.impl.batchimport.staging.ExecutionMonitors;
+import org.neo4j.unsafe.impl.batchimport.staging.SpectrumExecutionMonitor;
 
 import static java.lang.String.format;
 import static java.nio.charset.Charset.defaultCharset;
@@ -260,7 +263,8 @@ enum Options
                 "over the heap memory" ),
         HIGH_IO( "high-io", null, "Assume a high-throughput storage subsystem",
                 "(advanced) Ignore environment-based heuristics, and assume that the target storage subsystem can " +
-                "support parallel IO with high throughput." );
+                "support parallel IO with high throughput." ),
+        DETAILED_PROGRESS( "detailed-progress", false, "true/false", "Use the old detailed 'spectrum' progress printing" );
 
         private final String key;
         private final Object defaultValue;
@@ -474,9 +478,10 @@ public static void main( String[] incomingArguments, boolean defaultSettingsSuit
                     relationshipData( inputEncoding, relationshipsFiles ), defaultFormatRelationshipFileHeader(),
                     idType, csvConfiguration( args, defaultSettingsSuitableForTests ), badCollector );
             in = defaultSettingsSuitableForTests ? new ByteArrayInputStream( EMPTY_BYTE_ARRAY ) : System.in;
+            boolean detailedPrinting = args.getBoolean( Options.DETAILED_PROGRESS.key(), (Boolean) Options.DETAILED_PROGRESS.defaultValue() );
 
             doImport( out, err, in, storeDir, logsDir, badFile, fs, nodesFiles, relationshipsFiles,
-                    enableStacktrace, input, dbConfig, badOutput, configuration );
+                    enableStacktrace, input, dbConfig, badOutput, configuration, detailedPrinting );
 
             success = true;
         }
@@ -548,7 +553,7 @@ public static void doImport( PrintStream out, PrintStream err, InputStream in, F
                                  FileSystemAbstraction fs, Collection<Option<File[]>> nodesFiles,
                                  Collection<Option<File[]>> relationshipsFiles, boolean enableStacktrace, Input input,
                                  Config dbConfig, OutputStream badOutput,
-                                 org.neo4j.unsafe.impl.batchimport.Configuration configuration ) throws IOException
+                                 org.neo4j.unsafe.impl.batchimport.Configuration configuration, boolean detailedProgress ) throws IOException
     {
         boolean success;
         LifeSupport life = new LifeSupport();
@@ -559,12 +564,14 @@ public static void doImport( PrintStream out, PrintStream err, InputStream in, F
         final Neo4jJobScheduler jobScheduler = life.add( new Neo4jJobScheduler() );
 
         life.start();
+        ExecutionMonitor executionMonitor = detailedProgress
+                        ? new SpectrumExecutionMonitor( 2, TimeUnit.SECONDS, out, SpectrumExecutionMonitor.DEFAULT_WIDTH )
+                        : ExecutionMonitors.defaultVisible( in, jobScheduler );
         BatchImporter importer = BatchImporterFactory.withHighestPriority().instantiate( storeDir,
                 fs,
                 null, // no external page cache
                 configuration,
-                logService,
-                ExecutionMonitors.defaultVisible( in, jobScheduler ),
+                logService, executionMonitor,
                 EMPTY,
                 dbConfig,
                 RecordFormatSelector.selectForConfig( dbConfig, logService.getInternalLogProvider() ),