diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalUnixMakefileGenerator3.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalUnixMakefileGenerator3.cxx
index b3b7e6baa..da3f6a396 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalUnixMakefileGenerator3.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalUnixMakefileGenerator3.cxx
@@ -860,11 +860,11 @@ cmGlobalUnixMakefileGenerator3
           {
           progCmd << " " << *i;
           }
-        if (progFiles.size())
-          {
-          commands.push_back(progCmd.str());
-          }
-
+        commands.push_back(progCmd.str());
+        progressDir = "Building target ";
+        progressDir += t->first;
+        lg->AppendEcho(commands,progressDir.c_str());
+        
         this->AppendGlobalTargetDepends(depends,t->second);
         lg->WriteMakeRule(ruleFileStream, "All Build rule for target.",
                           localName.c_str(), depends, commands, true);
diff --git a/Source/cmMakefileTargetGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmMakefileTargetGenerator.cxx
index c5bf92d7e..7ab801b50 100644
--- a/Source/cmMakefileTargetGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmMakefileTargetGenerator.cxx
@@ -408,20 +408,21 @@ cmMakefileTargetGenerator
   cmGlobalUnixMakefileGenerator3* gg =
     static_cast<cmGlobalUnixMakefileGenerator3*>(this->GlobalGenerator);
   int prog = gg->ShouldAddProgressRule();
+
+  std::string progressDir = this->Makefile->GetHomeOutputDirectory();
+  progressDir += "/CMakeFiles";
+  cmOStringStream progCmd;
+  progCmd << "$(CMAKE_COMMAND) -E cmake_progress_report ";
+  progCmd << this->LocalGenerator->Convert(progressDir.c_str(),
+                                           cmLocalGenerator::FULL,
+                                           cmLocalGenerator::SHELL);
   if (prog)
     {
-    std::string progressDir = this->Makefile->GetHomeOutputDirectory();
-    progressDir += "/CMakeFiles";
-    cmOStringStream progCmd;
-    progCmd << "$(CMAKE_COMMAND) -E cmake_progress_report ";
-    progCmd << this->LocalGenerator->Convert(progressDir.c_str(),
-                                             cmLocalGenerator::FULL,
-                                             cmLocalGenerator::SHELL);
     progCmd << " " << prog;
-    commands.push_back(progCmd.str());
     this->LocalGenerator->ProgressFiles[this->Target->GetName()].
       push_back(prog);
     }
+  commands.push_back(progCmd.str());
       
   // Construct the compile rules.
   std::string compileRuleVar = "CMAKE_";
diff --git a/Source/cmake.cxx b/Source/cmake.cxx
index 6bbf9d116..9a99f8e08 100644
--- a/Source/cmake.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmake.cxx
@@ -1004,7 +1004,7 @@ int cmake::ExecuteCMakeCommand(std::vector<std::string>& args)
       }
 
     // Command to report progress for a build
-    else if (args[1] == "cmake_progress_report" && args.size() >= 4)
+    else if (args[1] == "cmake_progress_report" && args.size() >= 3)
       {
       std::string dirName = args[2];
       dirName += "/Progress";
@@ -1037,7 +1037,7 @@ int cmake::ExecuteCMakeCommand(std::vector<std::string>& args)
         if (count > 0)
           {
           // print the progress
-          fprintf(stdout,"%3i%% complete\n",((fileNum-3)*100)/count);
+          fprintf(stdout,"[%3i%%] ",((fileNum-3)*100)/count);
           }
         fclose(progFile);
         }