diff --git a/thirdparty/scripts/build_boost.sh b/thirdparty/scripts/build_boost.sh
index c5b811b72..3f763be7e 100755
--- a/thirdparty/scripts/build_boost.sh
+++ b/thirdparty/scripts/build_boost.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ if [[ ! -d $TP_DIR/pkg/boost ]]; then
   # The wget command frequently fails, so retry up to 20 times.
   for COUNT in {1..20}; do
     # Attempt to wget boost and break from the retry loop if it succeeds.
-    wget --no-check-certificate http://dl.bintray.com/boostorg/release/$BOOST_VERSION/source/boost_$BOOST_VERSION_UNDERSCORE.tar.gz -O $TP_DIR/build/boost_$BOOST_VERSION_UNDERSCORE.tar.gz && break
+    wget --progress=dot:giga --no-check-certificate http://dl.bintray.com/boostorg/release/$BOOST_VERSION/source/boost_$BOOST_VERSION_UNDERSCORE.tar.gz -O $TP_DIR/build/boost_$BOOST_VERSION_UNDERSCORE.tar.gz && break
     # If none of the retries succeeded at getting boost, then fail.
     if [[ $COUNT == 20 ]]; then
       exit 1