diff --git a/docs/dunst.pod b/docs/dunst.pod
index 90973ac15..66a1833df 100644
--- a/docs/dunst.pod
+++ b/docs/dunst.pod
@@ -142,6 +142,32 @@ the notification on the left border of the screen while a horizontal offset of
 
 =back
 
+=item B<no_progress_bar> (values: [true/false], default: false)
+
+When an integer value is passed to dunst as a hint (see B<NOTIFY-SEND>), a
+progress bar will be drawn at the bottom of the notification. This
+behavior can be turned off by setting this setting to true.
+
+=item B<progress_bar_height> (default: 10)
+
+The height of the progress bar in pixel. This includes the frame. Make sure
+this value is bigger than twice the frame width.
+
+=item B<progress_bar_min_width> (default: 150)
+
+The minimum width of the progress bar in pixels. The notification is rescaled
+to fit the bar.
+
+=item B<progress_bar_max_width> (default: 300)
+
+The maximum width of the progress bar in pixels. The notification is resized
+to fit the progress bar.
+
+=item B<progress_bar_frame_width> (default: 1)
+
+The frame width of the progress bar in pixels. This value should be smaller
+than half of the progress bar height.
+
 =item B<indicate_hidden> (values: [true/false], default: true)
 
 If this is set to true, a notification indicating how many notifications are
@@ -561,8 +587,8 @@ Specifies the keyboard shortcut that opens the context menu.
 
 The urgency sections work in a similar way to rules and can be used to specify
 attributes for the different urgency levels of notifications (low, normal,
-critical). Currently only the background, foreground, timeout, frame_color and
-icon attributes can be modified.
+critical). Currently only the background, foreground, hightlight, timeout,
+frame_color and icon attributes can be modified.
 
 The urgency sections are urgency_low, urgency_normal, urgency_critical for low,
 normal and critical urgency respectively.
@@ -595,6 +621,12 @@ Defines the background color for low, normal and critical notifications respecti
 
 See COLORS for the value format.
 
+=item B<-lh/nh/ch color>
+
+Defines the highlight color for low, normal and critical notifications respectively.
+
+See COLORS for the value format.
+
 =item B<-lfr/nfr/cfr color>
 
 Defines the frame color for low, normal and critical notifications respectively.
@@ -725,7 +757,12 @@ The background color of the notification. See COLORS for possible values.
 
 =item C<foreground>
 
-The background color of the notification. See COLORS for possible values.
+The foreground color of the notification. See COLORS for possible values.
+
+=item C<highlight>
+
+The highlight color of the notification. This color is used for coloring the
+progress bar. See COLORS for possible values.
 
 =item C<format>
 
diff --git a/test/functional-tests/dunstrc.progress_bar b/test/functional-tests/dunstrc.progress_bar
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fcdc672a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/functional-tests/dunstrc.progress_bar
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[global]
+    font = Monospace 8
+    allow_markup = yes
+    format = "<b>%s</b>\n%b"
+    geometry = "0x5-30+20"
+	icon_position = left
+	progress_bar_min_width = 100
+	progress_bar_max_width = 200
+	progress_bar_frame_width = 5
+	progress_bar_height = 30
diff --git a/test/functional-tests/test.sh b/test/functional-tests/test.sh
index ae3ca172f..0ea0d474e 100755
--- a/test/functional-tests/test.sh
+++ b/test/functional-tests/test.sh
@@ -177,12 +177,35 @@ function geometry {
     keypress
 }
 
+function progress_bar {
+	killall dunst
+	../../dunst -config dunstrc.default &
+    ../../dunstify -h int:value:0 -a "dunst tester" -u c "Progress bar 0%: "
+    ../../dunstify -h int:value:33 -a "dunst tester" -u c "Progress bar 33%: "
+    ../../dunstify -h int:value:66 -a "dunst tester" -u c "Progress bar 66%: "
+    ../../dunstify -h int:value:100 -a "dunst tester" -u c "Progress bar 100%: "
+	keypress
+	killall dunst
+	../../dunst -config dunstrc.default &
+    ../../dunstify -h int:value:33 -a "dunst tester" -u l "Low priority: "
+    ../../dunstify -h int:value:33 -a "dunst tester" -u n "Normal priority: "
+    ../../dunstify -h int:value:33 -a "dunst tester" -u c "Critical priority: "
+	keypress
+	killall dunst
+	../../dunst -config dunstrc.progress_bar &
+    ../../dunstify -h int:value:33 -a "dunst tester" -u n "The progress bar should not be the entire width"
+    ../../dunstify -h int:value:33 -a "dunst tester" -u n "You might also notice height and frame size are changed"
+    ../../dunstify -h int:value:33 -a "dunst tester" -u c "Short"
+	keypress
+}
+
 if [ -n "$1" ]; then
     while [ -n "$1" ]; do
         $1
         shift
     done
 else
+	progress_bar
     geometry
     corners
     show_age