diff --git a/include/libbb.h b/include/libbb.h
index b041ce047..883457c0d 100644
--- a/include/libbb.h
+++ b/include/libbb.h
@@ -2007,7 +2007,7 @@ typedef struct bb_progress_t {
 	(p)->curfile = NULL; \
 } while (0)
 void bb_progress_init(bb_progress_t *p, const char *curfile) FAST_FUNC;
-void bb_progress_update(bb_progress_t *p,
+int bb_progress_update(bb_progress_t *p,
 			uoff_t beg_range,
 			uoff_t transferred,
 			uoff_t totalsize) FAST_FUNC;
diff --git a/libbb/progress.c b/libbb/progress.c
index 23e974ce7..d071ce705 100644
--- a/libbb/progress.c
+++ b/libbb/progress.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ void FAST_FUNC bb_progress_init(bb_progress_t *p, const char *curfile)
  * will be "totalsize" bytes.
  * If totalsize == 0, then it is unknown.
  */
-void FAST_FUNC bb_progress_update(bb_progress_t *p,
+int FAST_FUNC bb_progress_update(bb_progress_t *p,
 		uoff_t beg_size,
 		uoff_t transferred,
 		uoff_t totalsize)
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ void FAST_FUNC bb_progress_update(bb_progress_t *p,
 		 * Do not update on every call
 		 * (we can be called on every network read!)
 		 */
-		return;
+		return -1;
 	}
 
 	/* Before we lose real, unscaled sizes, produce human-readable size string */
@@ -211,4 +211,5 @@ void FAST_FUNC bb_progress_update(bb_progress_t *p,
 	}
 	if (notty)
 		fputc('\n', stderr);
+	return notty;
 }
diff --git a/networking/wget.c b/networking/wget.c
index 65262e19d..44c481a99 100644
--- a/networking/wget.c
+++ b/networking/wget.c
@@ -283,13 +283,15 @@ enum {
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_WGET_STATUSBAR
 static void progress_meter(int flag)
 {
+	int notty;
+
 	if (option_mask32 & WGET_OPT_QUIET)
 		return;
 
 	if (flag == PROGRESS_START)
 		bb_progress_init(&G.pmt, G.curfile);
 
-	bb_progress_update(&G.pmt,
+	notty = bb_progress_update(&G.pmt,
 			G.beg_range,
 			G.transferred,
 			(G.chunked || !G.got_clen) ? 0 : G.beg_range + G.transferred + G.content_len
@@ -297,7 +299,8 @@ static void progress_meter(int flag)
 
 	if (flag == PROGRESS_END) {
 		bb_progress_free(&G.pmt);
-		bb_putchar_stderr('\n');
+		if (notty == 0)
+			bb_putchar_stderr('\n'); /* it's tty */
 		G.transferred = 0;
 	}
 }