diff --git a/src/libcalamares/PythonJob.cpp b/src/libcalamares/PythonJob.cpp
index 9be5c7b93..62fa3477d 100644
--- a/src/libcalamares/PythonJob.cpp
+++ b/src/libcalamares/PythonJob.cpp
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE( libcalamares )
     bp::class_< CalamaresPython::PythonJobInterface >( "job", bp::init< const Calamares::PythonJob* >() )
         .def_readonly( "prettyName", &CalamaresPython::PythonJobInterface::prettyName )
         .def_readonly( "workingPath", &CalamaresPython::PythonJobInterface::workingPath )
-        .def_readonly( "configuration", &CalamaresPython::PythonJobInterface::configuration );
+        .def_readonly( "configuration", &CalamaresPython::PythonJobInterface::configuration )
+        .def( "setprogress", &CalamaresPython::PythonJobInterface::setprogress );
 
     bp::class_< Calamares::GlobalStorage >( "GlobalStorage", bp::init<>() )
         .def( "contains",   &Calamares::GlobalStorage::python_contains )
@@ -148,6 +149,13 @@ PythonJob::exec()
 }
 
 
+void
+PythonJob::emitProgress( double progressValue ) const
+{
+    //emit progress( progressValue );
+}
+
+
 CalamaresPython::Helper*
 PythonJob::helper()
 {
diff --git a/src/libcalamares/PythonJob.h b/src/libcalamares/PythonJob.h
index 4202746f9..11a572b45 100644
--- a/src/libcalamares/PythonJob.h
+++ b/src/libcalamares/PythonJob.h
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ public:
 private:
     friend class CalamaresPython::Helper;
     friend class CalamaresPython::PythonJobInterface;
+    void emitProgress( double progressValue ) const;
+
     CalamaresPython::Helper* helper();
     QString m_scriptFile;
     QString m_workingPath;
diff --git a/src/libcalamares/PythonJobApi.cpp b/src/libcalamares/PythonJobApi.cpp
index 7255195dc..0d88a66c0 100644
--- a/src/libcalamares/PythonJobApi.cpp
+++ b/src/libcalamares/PythonJobApi.cpp
@@ -31,4 +31,12 @@ PythonJobInterface::PythonJobInterface( const Calamares::PythonJob* parent )
     configuration = CalamaresPython::variantMapToPyDict( m_parent->m_configurationMap );
 }
 
+
+void
+PythonJobInterface::setprogress( double progress )
+{
+    if ( progress >= 0 && progress <= 1 )
+        m_parent->emitProgress( progress );
+}
+
 }
diff --git a/src/libcalamares/PythonJobApi.h b/src/libcalamares/PythonJobApi.h
index cf77709a7..916f475a6 100644
--- a/src/libcalamares/PythonJobApi.h
+++ b/src/libcalamares/PythonJobApi.h
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ public:
 
     boost::python::dict configuration;
 
+    void setprogress( double progress );
+
 private:
     const Calamares::PythonJob* m_parent;
 };