diff --git a/dbcon/mysql/my.cnf b/dbcon/mysql/my.cnf
index 3793e8baa..ba3c25ce9 100644
--- a/dbcon/mysql/my.cnf
+++ b/dbcon/mysql/my.cnf
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ read_rnd_buffer_size = 16M
 myisam_sort_buffer_size = 64M
 thread_cache_size = 8
 query_cache_size = 0
+# Disable client progress reports. More people are annoyed by it than not.
+progress_report_time=0
 # Try number of CPU's*2 for thread_concurrency
 #thread_concurrency = 8
 thread_stack = 512K