diff --git a/torchtext/utils.py b/torchtext/utils.py
index 21f90c414b..83ea6dad10 100644
--- a/torchtext/utils.py
+++ b/torchtext/utils.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import six
 import requests
 import csv
+from tqdm import tqdm
 
 
 def reporthook(t):
@@ -25,11 +26,22 @@ def inner(b=1, bsize=1, tsize=None):
 
 def download_from_url(url, path):
     """Download file, with logic (from tensor2tensor) for Google Drive"""
-    if 'drive.google.com' not in url:
-        r = requests.get(url, headers={'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0'})
+    def process_response(r):
+        chunk_size = 16 * 1024
+        total_size = int(r.headers.get('Content-length', 0))
         with open(path, "wb") as file:
-            file.write(r.content)
+            with tqdm(total=total_size, unit='B',
+                      unit_scale=1, desc=path.split('/')[-1]) as t:
+                for chunk in r.iter_content(chunk_size):
+                    if chunk:
+                        file.write(chunk)
+                        t.update(len(chunk))
+
+    if 'drive.google.com' not in url:
+        response = requests.get(url, headers={'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0'}, stream=True)
+        process_response(response)
         return
+
     print('downloading from Google Drive; may take a few minutes')
     confirm_token = None
     session = requests.Session()
@@ -42,11 +54,7 @@ def download_from_url(url, path):
         url = url + "&confirm=" + confirm_token
         response = session.get(url, stream=True)
 
-    chunk_size = 16 * 1024
-    with open(path, "wb") as f:
-        for chunk in response.iter_content(chunk_size):
-            if chunk:
-                f.write(chunk)
+    process_response(response)
 
 
 def unicode_csv_reader(unicode_csv_data, **kwargs):