diff --git a/bin/addons/base/base_update.xml b/bin/addons/base/base_update.xml
index e6bdd16f758..cac68d65048 100644
--- a/bin/addons/base/base_update.xml
+++ b/bin/addons/base/base_update.xml
@@ -227,8 +227,11 @@
                             <field colspan="4" nolabel="1" name="roles_id"/>
                         </page>
                     </notebook>
-                    <label string="" colspan="2"/>
-                    <group col="2" colspan="2">
+
+                    <field name="progress" widget="progressbar"
+                           nolabel="1" colspan='1'/>
+                    <label string='' colspan='1'/>
+                    <group col="4" colspan="2">
                         <button icon='gtk-cancel' special="cancel" name="action_next" type='object' string='Skip'/>
                         <button name='action_new' icon='gtk-ok' type='object' string='Add User'/>
                     </group>
@@ -257,8 +260,11 @@
                     <label string="Choose the simplified interface if you are testing OpenERP for the first time. Less used options or fields are automatically hidden. You will be able to change this, later, through the Administration menu." colspan="4" align="0.0"/>
                     <newline/>
                     <separator string="" colspan="4"/>
-                    <label string="" colspan="2"/>
-                    <group colspan="2" col="1">
+
+                    <field name="progress" widget="progressbar" nolabel="1"
+                           colspan="1" />
+                    <label string='' colspan='1'/>
+                    <group colspan="2" col="2">
                         <button icon="gtk-ok" name="action_set" string="Set" type="object"/>
                     </group>
                 </form>
diff --git a/bin/addons/base/res/res_config.py b/bin/addons/base/res/res_config.py
index 45abb8eef7e..3760173fcdb 100644
--- a/bin/addons/base/res/res_config.py
+++ b/bin/addons/base/res/res_config.py
@@ -19,13 +19,32 @@
 #
 ##############################################################################
 
-from osv import osv
+from osv import osv, fields
 import netsvc
 
 class res_config_configurable(osv.osv_memory):
     _name = 'res.config'
     logger = netsvc.Logger()
 
+    def _progress(self, cr, uid, context=None):
+        total = self.pool.get('ir.actions.todo')\
+            .search_count(cr, uid, [], context)
+        open = self.pool.get('ir.actions.todo')\
+            .search_count(cr, uid,[('type','=','configure'),
+                                   ('active','=',True),
+                                   ('state','<>','open')],
+                          context)
+        if total:
+            return round(open*100./total)
+        return 100.
+
+    _columns = dict(
+        progress=fields.float('Configuration Progress', readonly=True),
+        )
+    _defaults = dict(
+        progress=_progress
+        )
+
     def _next_action(self, cr, uid):
         todos = self.pool.get('ir.actions.todo')
         self.logger.notifyChannel('actions', netsvc.LOG_INFO,