diff --git a/core/commands/get.go b/core/commands/get.go
index 4c573928a28..443b53674b8 100644
--- a/core/commands/get.go
+++ b/core/commands/get.go
@@ -63,11 +63,12 @@ may also specify the level of compression by specifying '-l=<1-9>'.
 			return
 		}
 
-		reader, err := get(req.Context().Context, node, req.Arguments()[0], cmplvl)
+		reader, length, err := get(req.Context().Context, node, req.Arguments()[0], cmplvl)
 		if err != nil {
 			res.SetError(err, cmds.ErrNormal)
 			return
 		}
+		res.SetLength(length)
 		res.SetOutput(reader)
 	},
 	PostRun: func(req cmds.Request, res cmds.Response) {
@@ -105,8 +106,8 @@ may also specify the level of compression by specifying '-l=<1-9>'.
 			}
 			defer file.Close()
 
-			bar := pb.New(0).SetUnits(pb.U_BYTES)
-			bar.Output = os.Stderr
+			bar := pb.New64(int64(res.Length())).SetUnits(pb.U_BYTES)
+			bar.Output = res.Stderr()
 			pbReader := bar.NewProxyReader(outReader)
 			bar.Start()
 			defer bar.Finish()
@@ -122,9 +123,8 @@ may also specify the level of compression by specifying '-l=<1-9>'.
 
 		fmt.Printf("Saving file(s) to %s\n", outPath)
 
-		// TODO: get total length of files
-		bar := pb.New(0).SetUnits(pb.U_BYTES)
-		bar.Output = os.Stderr
+		bar := pb.New64(int64(res.Length())).SetUnits(pb.U_BYTES)
+		bar.Output = res.Stderr()
 
 		// wrap the reader with the progress bar proxy reader
 		// if the output is compressed, also wrap it in a gzip.Reader
@@ -144,6 +144,8 @@ may also specify the level of compression by specifying '-l=<1-9>'.
 		bar.Start()
 		defer bar.Finish()
 
+		//res.SetOutput(reader)
+
 		extractor := &tar.Extractor{outPath}
 		err = extractor.Extract(reader)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -166,12 +168,20 @@ func getCompressOptions(req cmds.Request) (int, error) {
 	return gzip.NoCompression, nil
 }
 
-func get(ctx context.Context, node *core.IpfsNode, p string, compression int) (io.Reader, error) {
+func get(ctx context.Context, node *core.IpfsNode, p string, compression int) (io.Reader, uint64, error) {
 	pathToResolve := path.Path(p)
 	dagnode, err := core.Resolve(ctx, node, pathToResolve)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, 0, err
 	}
 
-	return utar.NewReader(pathToResolve, node.DAG, dagnode, compression)
+	reader, err := utar.NewReader(pathToResolve, node.DAG, dagnode, compression)
+	ns, err := dagnode.Stat()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, 0, err
+	}
+
+	length := uint64(ns.CumulativeSize)
+
+	return reader, length, err
 }