diff --git a/core/commands/get.go b/core/commands/get.go
index 1835371af45..16b8cf91299 100644
--- a/core/commands/get.go
+++ b/core/commands/get.go
@@ -69,6 +69,14 @@ may also specify the level of compression by specifying '-l=<1-9>'.
 			return
 		}
 
+		size, err := dn.Size()
+		if err != nil {
+			res.SetError(err, cmds.ErrNormal)
+			return
+		}
+
+		res.SetLength(size)
+
 		archive, _, _ := req.Option("archive").Bool()
 		reader, err := uarchive.DagArchive(ctx, dn, p.String(), node.DAG, archive, cmplvl)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -103,6 +111,7 @@ may also specify the level of compression by specifying '-l=<1-9>'.
 			Err:         os.Stderr,
 			Archive:     archive,
 			Compression: cmplvl,
+			Size:        int64(res.Length()),
 		}
 
 		if err := gw.Write(outReader, outPath); err != nil {
@@ -149,6 +158,7 @@ type getWriter struct {
 
 	Archive     bool
 	Compression int
+	Size        int64
 }
 
 func (gw *getWriter) Write(r io.Reader, fpath string) error {
@@ -181,7 +191,7 @@ func (gw *getWriter) writeArchive(r io.Reader, fpath string) error {
 	defer file.Close()
 
 	fmt.Fprintf(gw.Out, "Saving archive to %s\n", fpath)
-	bar, barR := progressBarForReader(gw.Err, r, 0)
+	bar, barR := progressBarForReader(gw.Err, r, gw.Size)
 	bar.Start()
 	defer bar.Finish()
 
@@ -191,7 +201,7 @@ func (gw *getWriter) writeArchive(r io.Reader, fpath string) error {
 
 func (gw *getWriter) writeExtracted(r io.Reader, fpath string) error {
 	fmt.Fprintf(gw.Out, "Saving file(s) to %s\n", fpath)
-	bar, barR := progressBarForReader(gw.Err, r, 0)
+	bar, barR := progressBarForReader(gw.Err, r, gw.Size)
 	bar.Start()
 	defer bar.Finish()