diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index eaf761573..5c6eb5b0e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -338,6 +338,8 @@ export interface TsdxOptions {
   tsconfig?: string;
   // Is error extraction running?
   extractErrors?: boolean;
+  // Are output progress animations disabled?
+  noProgress?: boolean;
   // Is minifying?
   minify?: boolean;
   // Is this the very first rollup config (and thus should one-off metadata be extracted)?
@@ -430,6 +432,7 @@ Options
   --onFailure           Run a command on a failed build
   --noClean             Don't clean the dist folder
   --transpileOnly       Skip type checking
+  --noProgress          Don't show progress animations
   -h, --help            Displays this message
 
 Examples
@@ -443,6 +446,7 @@ Examples
   $ tsdx watch --onSuccess "echo Successful build!"
   $ tsdx watch --onFailure "echo The build failed!"
   $ tsdx watch --transpileOnly
+  $ tsdx watch --noProgress
 ```
 
 ### `tsdx build`
@@ -462,6 +466,7 @@ Options
   --extractErrors       Opt-in to extracting invariant error codes
   --tsconfig            Specify your custom tsconfig path (default <root-folder>/tsconfig.json)
   --transpileOnly       Skip type checking
+  --noProgress          Don't show progress animations
   -h, --help            Displays this message
 
 Examples
@@ -472,6 +477,7 @@ Examples
   $ tsdx build --extractErrors
   $ tsdx build --tsconfig ./tsconfig.foo.json
   $ tsdx build --transpileOnly
+  $ tsdx build --noProgress
 ```
 
 ### `tsdx test`
diff --git a/src/createProgressEstimator.ts b/src/createProgressEstimator.ts
index e3eba5ce3..adfd2e9f4 100644
--- a/src/createProgressEstimator.ts
+++ b/src/createProgressEstimator.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,12 @@ import { paths } from './constants';
 
 const progressEstimator = require('progress-estimator');
 
-export async function createProgressEstimator() {
+export async function createProgressEstimator(showProgress = true) {
+  if (!showProgress) {
+    return (_promise: Promise<any>, message: string) => {
+      console.log(message);
+    };
+  }
   await fs.ensureDir(paths.progressEstimatorCache);
   return progressEstimator({
     // All configuration keys are optional, but it's recommended to specify a storage location.
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index c9b0399eb..04feb989a 100755
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -281,6 +281,8 @@ prog
   .example('watch --transpileOnly')
   .option('--extractErrors', 'Extract invariant errors to ./errors/codes.json.')
   .example('watch --extractErrors')
+  .option('--noProgress', "Don't show progress animations")
+  .example('watch --noProgress')
   .action(async (dirtyOpts: WatchOpts) => {
     const opts = await normalizeOpts(dirtyOpts);
     const buildConfigs = await createBuildConfigs(opts);
@@ -315,7 +317,8 @@ prog
       ]);
     }
 
-    const spinner = ora().start();
+    // Leave isEnabled as undefined to preserve default behavior if noProgress is not set
+    const spinner = ora({ isEnabled: opts.noProgress && false }).start();
     watch(
       (buildConfigs as RollupWatchOptions[]).map(inputOptions => ({
         watch: {
@@ -382,11 +385,13 @@ prog
   .example(
     'build --extractErrors=https://reactjs.org/docs/error-decoder.html?invariant='
   )
+  .option('--noProgress', "Don't show progress animations")
+  .example('build --noProgress')
   .action(async (dirtyOpts: BuildOpts) => {
     const opts = await normalizeOpts(dirtyOpts);
     const buildConfigs = await createBuildConfigs(opts);
     await cleanDistFolder();
-    const logger = await createProgressEstimator();
+    const logger = await createProgressEstimator(!opts.noProgress);
     if (opts.format.includes('cjs')) {
       const promise = writeCjsEntryFile(opts.name).catch(logError);
       logger(promise, 'Creating entry file');
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index e6878897e..6d44d647a 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ interface SharedOpts {
   tsconfig?: string;
   // Is error extraction running?
   extractErrors?: boolean;
+  // Are output progress animations disabled?
+  noProgress?: boolean;
 }
 
 export type ModuleFormat = 'cjs' | 'umd' | 'esm' | 'system';
diff --git a/website/pages/customization.md b/website/pages/customization.md
index 9912eb16e..11977f2f3 100644
--- a/website/pages/customization.md
+++ b/website/pages/customization.md
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ export interface TsdxOptions {
   tsconfig?: string;
   // Is error extraction running?
   extractErrors?: boolean;
+  // Are output progress animations disabled?
+  noProgress?: boolean;
   // Is minifying?
   minify?: boolean;
   // Is this the very first rollup config (and thus should one-off metadata be extracted)?