diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fde5453f8..bc4eba660 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -758,6 +758,7 @@ If you fork the project on GitHub, you can run your fork's [build workflow](.git
                                     accessible under "progress" key. E.g.
                                     --console-title --progress-template
                                     "download-title:%(info.id)s-%(progress.eta)s"
+    --progress-delta SECONDS        Time between progress output (default: 0)
     -v, --verbose                   Print various debugging information
     --dump-pages                    Print downloaded pages encoded using base64
                                     to debug problems (very verbose)
diff --git a/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py b/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py
index 291fc8d00..35aba968f 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ class YoutubeDL:
     nopart, updatetime, buffersize, ratelimit, throttledratelimit, min_filesize,
     max_filesize, test, noresizebuffer, retries, file_access_retries, fragment_retries,
     continuedl, xattr_set_filesize, hls_use_mpegts, http_chunk_size,
-    external_downloader_args, concurrent_fragment_downloads.
+    external_downloader_args, concurrent_fragment_downloads, progress_delta.
 
     The following options are used by the post processors:
     ffmpeg_location:   Location of the ffmpeg/avconv binary; either the path
diff --git a/yt_dlp/__init__.py b/yt_dlp/__init__.py
index 940594faf..3d606bcba 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/__init__.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/__init__.py
@@ -836,6 +836,7 @@ def parse_options(argv=None):
         'noprogress': opts.quiet if opts.noprogress is None else opts.noprogress,
         'progress_with_newline': opts.progress_with_newline,
         'progress_template': opts.progress_template,
+        'progress_delta': opts.progress_delta,
         'playliststart': opts.playliststart,
         'playlistend': opts.playlistend,
         'playlistreverse': opts.playlist_reverse,
diff --git a/yt_dlp/downloader/common.py b/yt_dlp/downloader/common.py
index b71d7ee8f..65a0d6f23 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/downloader/common.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/downloader/common.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import functools
 import os
 import random
 import re
+import threading
 import time
 
 from ..minicurses import (
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ class FileDownloader:
     min_filesize:       Skip files smaller than this size
     max_filesize:       Skip files larger than this size
     xattr_set_filesize: Set ytdl.filesize user xattribute with expected size.
+    progress_delta:     The minimum time between progress output, in seconds
     external_downloader_args:  A dictionary of downloader keys (in lower case)
                         and a list of additional command-line arguments for the
                         executable. Use 'default' as the name for arguments to be
@@ -88,6 +90,9 @@ class FileDownloader:
         self.params = params
         self._prepare_multiline_status()
         self.add_progress_hook(self.report_progress)
+        if self.params.get('progress_delta'):
+            self._progress_delta_lock = threading.Lock()
+            self._progress_delta_time = time.monotonic()
 
     def _set_ydl(self, ydl):
         self.ydl = ydl
@@ -366,6 +371,12 @@ class FileDownloader:
         if s['status'] != 'downloading':
             return
 
+        if update_delta := self.params.get('progress_delta'):
+            with self._progress_delta_lock:
+                if time.monotonic() < self._progress_delta_time:
+                    return
+                self._progress_delta_time += update_delta
+
         s.update({
             '_eta_str': self.format_eta(s.get('eta')).strip(),
             '_speed_str': self.format_speed(s.get('speed')),
diff --git a/yt_dlp/options.py b/yt_dlp/options.py
index 43d71ef07..faa1ee563 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/options.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/options.py
@@ -1258,6 +1258,10 @@ def create_parser():
             'the progress attributes are accessible under "progress" key. E.g. '
             # TODO: Document the fields inside "progress"
             '--console-title --progress-template "download-title:%(info.id)s-%(progress.eta)s"'))
+    verbosity.add_option(
+        '--progress-delta',
+        metavar='SECONDS', action='store', dest='progress_delta', type=float, default=0,
+        help='Time between progress output (default: 0)')
     verbosity.add_option(
         '-v', '--verbose',
         action='store_true', dest='verbose', default=False,