diff --git a/bin/pt-upgrade b/bin/pt-upgrade
index c0158bfb..9e43d4a1 100755
--- a/bin/pt-upgrade
+++ b/bin/pt-upgrade
@@ -5143,6 +5143,13 @@ has 'read_timeout' => (
    default  => 0,
 );
 
+has 'progress' => (
+   is       => 'ro',
+   isa      => 'Maybe[Object]',
+   required => 0,
+   default  => sub { return },
+);
+
 
 has 'stats' => (
    is       => 'ro',
@@ -5255,6 +5262,10 @@ sub next {
    ) {
       $self->stats->{queries_read}++;
 
+      if ( my $pr = $self->progress ) {
+         $pr->update($self->_parser_args->{tell});
+      }
+
       if ( ($event->{cmd} || '') ne 'Query' ) {
          PTDEBUG && _d('Skipping non-Query cmd');
          $self->stats->{not_query}++;
@@ -6170,6 +6181,13 @@ has 'dir' => (
     required => 1,
 );
 
+has 'progress' => (
+   is       => 'ro',
+   isa      => 'Maybe[Object]',
+   required => 0,
+   default  => sub { return },
+);
+
 has '_query_fh' => (
     is       => 'rw',
     isa      => 'Maybe[FileHandle]',
@@ -6261,6 +6279,10 @@ sub next {
 
    $results->{query} = $query;
    $results->{rows}  = $rows;
+      
+   if ( my $pr = $self->progress ) {
+      $pr->update(sub { tell $_query_fh });
+   }
 
    PTDEBUG && _d('Results:', Dumper($results));
    return $results;
@@ -9085,6 +9107,11 @@ sub main {
          # 2 DSN and LOGS
          $o->save_error('No log files specified; at least one is required.');
       }
+      elsif ( @dsns < 2 ) {
+         # 1 DSN, LOGS, but no --save-results a 2nd DSN
+         $o->save_error('A DSN and at least one log file was specified, '
+            . 'but a second DSN or --save-results must also be specified.');
+      }
 
       foreach my $val ( keys %$report ) {
          if ( $val !~ m/^(?:hosts|logs|queries|stats)$/ ) {
@@ -9255,7 +9282,8 @@ sub main {
       $progress = new Progress(
          jobsize => $jobsize,
          spec    => $spec,
-         name    => (@logs ? 'Reading logs' : 'Reading reference results'),
+         name    => (@logs && $results_dir ? 'Saving results'
+                                           : 'Executing queries'),
       );
    }
 
@@ -9533,6 +9561,7 @@ sub compare_host_to_host {
    my $read_only       = $args{read_only};
    my $read_timeout    = $args{read_timeout};
    my $allowed_errors  = $args{allowed_errors} || 0;
+   my $progress        = $args{progress};
 
    # Get set up to execute and compare queries.
    my $clear_warnings_sql = "SELECT * FROM $upgrade_table LIMIT 1 "
@@ -9560,6 +9589,7 @@ sub compare_host_to_host {
       ($filter       ? (filter           => $filter)       : ()),
       ($read_only    ? (read_only        => $read_only)    : ()),
       ($read_timeout ? (read_timeout     => $read_timeout) : ()),
+      ($progress     ? (progress         => $progress)     : ()),
    );
 
    my $executor = EventExecutor->new(
@@ -9642,6 +9672,7 @@ sub save_results {
    my $read_only       = $args{read_only};
    my $read_timeout    = $args{read_timeout};
    my $allowed_errors  = $args{allowed_errors} || 0;
+   my $progress        = $args{progress};
 
    # Get set up to execute queries and save the results.
    my $clear_warnings_sql = "SELECT * FROM $upgrade_table LIMIT 1 "
@@ -9668,6 +9699,7 @@ sub save_results {
       ($filter       ? (filter           => $filter)       : ()),
       ($read_only    ? (read_only        => $read_only)    : ()),
       ($read_timeout ? (read_timeout     => $read_timeout) : ()),
+      ($progress     ? (progress         => $progress)     : ()),
    );
 
    my $executor = EventExecutor->new(
@@ -9740,6 +9772,7 @@ sub compare_results_to_host {
    my $database        = $args{database};
    my $ignore_warnings = $args{ignore_warnings};
    my $allowed_errors  = $args{allowed_errors} || 0;
+   my $progress        = $args{progress};
 
    my $clear_warnings_sql = "SELECT * FROM $upgrade_table LIMIT 1 "
                           . "/* pt-upgrade clear warnings */";
@@ -9754,7 +9787,8 @@ sub compare_results_to_host {
 
    # Results from host1, obtained earlier with --save-results.
    my $result_iter = ResultIterator->new(
-      dir => $results_dir,
+      dir      => $results_dir,
+      progress => $progress,
    );
 
    # Results for host2, obtaining now.
diff --git a/lib/QueryIterator.pm b/lib/QueryIterator.pm
index 1910e93f..33fd396f 100644
--- a/lib/QueryIterator.pm
+++ b/lib/QueryIterator.pm
@@ -82,6 +82,13 @@ has 'read_timeout' => (
    default  => 0,
 );
 
+has 'progress' => (
+   is       => 'ro',
+   isa      => 'Maybe[Object]',
+   required => 0,
+   default  => sub { return },
+);
+
 ##
 # Private
 ##
@@ -197,6 +204,10 @@ sub next {
    ) {
       $self->stats->{queries_read}++;
 
+      if ( my $pr = $self->progress ) {
+         $pr->update($self->_parser_args->{tell});
+      }
+
       if ( ($event->{cmd} || '') ne 'Query' ) {
          PTDEBUG && _d('Skipping non-Query cmd');
          $self->stats->{not_query}++;
diff --git a/lib/ResultIterator.pm b/lib/ResultIterator.pm
index b67dd989..68d3ea0f 100644
--- a/lib/ResultIterator.pm
+++ b/lib/ResultIterator.pm
@@ -35,6 +35,13 @@ has 'dir' => (
     required => 1,
 );
 
+has 'progress' => (
+   is       => 'ro',
+   isa      => 'Maybe[Object]',
+   required => 0,
+   default  => sub { return },
+);
+
 has '_query_fh' => (
     is       => 'rw',
     isa      => 'Maybe[FileHandle]',
@@ -126,6 +133,10 @@ sub next {
 
    $results->{query} = $query;
    $results->{rows}  = $rows;
+      
+   if ( my $pr = $self->progress ) {
+      $pr->update(sub { tell $_query_fh });
+   }
 
    PTDEBUG && _d('Results:', Dumper($results));
    return $results;
diff --git a/t/pt-upgrade/run_time.t b/t/pt-upgrade/run_time.t
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9a68c21c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/pt-upgrade/run_time.t
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+
+BEGIN {
+   die "The PERCONA_TOOLKIT_BRANCH environment variable is not set.\n"
+      unless $ENV{PERCONA_TOOLKIT_BRANCH} && -d $ENV{PERCONA_TOOLKIT_BRANCH};
+   unshift @INC, "$ENV{PERCONA_TOOLKIT_BRANCH}/lib";
+};
+
+use strict;
+use warnings FATAL => 'all';
+use English qw(-no_match_vars);
+use Test::More;
+use Time::HiRes qw(time);
+   
+$ENV{PERCONA_TOOLKIT_TEST_USE_DSN_NAMES} = 1;
+
+use PerconaTest;
+use Sandbox;
+require "$trunk/bin/pt-upgrade";
+
+# This runs immediately if the server is already running, else it starts it.
+#diag(`$trunk/sandbox/start-sandbox master 12348 >/dev/null`);
+
+my $dp = new DSNParser(opts=>$dsn_opts);
+my $sb = new Sandbox(basedir => '/tmp', DSNParser => $dp);
+my $dbh1 = $sb->get_dbh_for('host1');
+my $dbh2 = $sb->get_dbh_for('host2');
+
+if ( !$dbh1 ) {
+   plan skip_all => 'Cannot connect to sandbox host1'; 
+}
+elsif ( !$dbh2 ) {
+   plan skip_all => 'Cannot connect to sandbox host2';
+}
+
+my $host1_dsn   = $sb->dsn_for('host1');
+my $host2_dsn   = $sb->dsn_for('host2');
+my $samples     = "$trunk/t/pt-upgrade/samples";
+my $exit_status = 0;
+my $output;
+
+my $t0 = time;
+
+$output = output(
+   sub {
+      $exit_status = pt_upgrade::main($host1_dsn, $host2_dsn,
+         "$samples/slow_slow.log", qw(--run-time 3),
+         '--progress', 'time,1',
+   )},
+   stderr => 1,
+);
+
+my $t = time - $t0;
+
+ok(
+   $t >= 3 && $t <= 6,
+   "Ran for roughly --run-time seconds"
+) or diag($output, 'Actual run time:', $t);
+
+# Exit status 8 = --run-time expired (an no other errors/problems)
+is(
+   $exit_status,
+   8,
+   "Exit status 8"
+) or diag($output);
+
+like(
+   $output,
+   qr/Executing queries.+?remain/,
+   "--progress while executing queries"
+);
+
+# #############################################################################
+# Done.
+# #############################################################################
+#$sb->wipe_clean($dbh2);
+$sb->wipe_clean($dbh1);
+#diag(`$trunk/sandbox/stop-sandbox 12348 >/dev/null`);
+#ok($sb->ok(), "Sandbox servers") or BAIL_OUT(__FILE__ . " broke the sandbox");
+done_testing;
diff --git a/t/pt-upgrade/samples/slow_slow.log b/t/pt-upgrade/samples/slow_slow.log
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c7d31bb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/pt-upgrade/samples/slow_slow.log
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# User@Host: root[root] @ localhost []
+# Query_time: 1  Lock_time: 0  Rows_sent: 7  Rows_examined: 7
+select sleep(1);
+# User@Host: root[root] @ localhost []
+# Query_time: 1  Lock_time: 0  Rows_sent: 7  Rows_examined: 7
+select sleep(1);
+# User@Host: root[root] @ localhost []
+# Query_time: 1  Lock_time: 0  Rows_sent: 7  Rows_examined: 7
+select sleep(1);
+# User@Host: root[root] @ localhost []
+# Query_time: 1  Lock_time: 0  Rows_sent: 7  Rows_examined: 7
+select sleep(1);
+# User@Host: root[root] @ localhost []
+# Query_time: 1  Lock_time: 0  Rows_sent: 7  Rows_examined: 7
+select sleep(1);
+# User@Host: root[root] @ localhost []
+# Query_time: 1  Lock_time: 0  Rows_sent: 7  Rows_examined: 7
+select sleep(1);
+# User@Host: root[root] @ localhost []
+# Query_time: 1  Lock_time: 0  Rows_sent: 7  Rows_examined: 7
+select sleep(1);
+# User@Host: root[root] @ localhost []
+# Query_time: 1  Lock_time: 0  Rows_sent: 7  Rows_examined: 7
+select sleep(1);
+# User@Host: root[root] @ localhost []
+# Query_time: 1  Lock_time: 0  Rows_sent: 7  Rows_examined: 7
+select sleep(1);
+# User@Host: root[root] @ localhost []
+# Query_time: 1  Lock_time: 0  Rows_sent: 7  Rows_examined: 7
+select sleep(1);