diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ee450df83686838996b7ec9cbf76423e1d6f899d..b6a6d4c1d9911d38e3c0c3cf2632e2a18f1ef3be 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ ifeq ($(ARCH),i686)
   ALTARCH=i386
 endif
 
+RSYNC=rsync -a --progress
+
 define archdir =
 $(WORKSPACE)/$1
 endef
@@ -163,12 +165,12 @@ rootfs_deduplicate $(COMMON_DIR)$(STATE_DIR)/rootfs_deduplicated: $(PRIMARY_ARCH
 	"$(PRIMARY_ARCH_DIR)$(CHECKSUMS)" "$(SECONDARY_ARCH_DIR)$(CHECKSUMS)" > "$(COMMON_DIR)$(CHECKSUMS)" || true
 	cut -d" " -f3- "$(COMMON_DIR)$(CHECKSUMS)" > "$(COMMON_DIR)/common_files.list"
 	$(info Copying common files...)
-	rsync -av --files-from="$(COMMON_DIR)/common_files.list" "$(PRIMARY_ARCH_DIR)$(ROOTFS)/" "$(COMMON_DIR)/lip-common"
+	$(RSYNC) --files-from="$(COMMON_DIR)/common_files.list" "$(PRIMARY_ARCH_DIR)$(ROOTFS)/" "$(COMMON_DIR)/lip-common"
 	$(info Copying $(PRIMARY_ARCH) files...)
-	rsync -av "$(PRIMARY_ARCH_DIR)$(ROOTFS)/" "$(COMMON_DIR)/lip-$(PRIMARY_ARCH)"
+	$(RSYNC) "$(PRIMARY_ARCH_DIR)$(ROOTFS)/" "$(COMMON_DIR)/lip-$(PRIMARY_ARCH)"
 	cd "$(COMMON_DIR)/lip-$(PRIMARY_ARCH)" && tr \\n \\0 < "$(COMMON_DIR)/common_files.list" | xargs -0 rm 
 	$(info Copying $(SECONDARY_ARCH) files...)
-	rsync -av "$(SECONDARY_ARCH_DIR)$(ROOTFS)/" "$(COMMON_DIR)/lip-$(SECONDARY_ARCH)"
+	$(RSYNC) "$(SECONDARY_ARCH_DIR)$(ROOTFS)/" "$(COMMON_DIR)/lip-$(SECONDARY_ARCH)"
 	cd "$(COMMON_DIR)/lip-$(SECONDARY_ARCH)" && tr \\n \\0 < "$(COMMON_DIR)/common_files.list" | xargs -0 rm 
 	touch "$(COMMON_DIR)$(STATE_DIR)/rootfs_deduplicated"