diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiProgressView.cpp b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiProgressView.cpp
index 00ba5ee6a0..7f7f3bf807 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiProgressView.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiProgressView.cpp
@@ -24,14 +24,24 @@ namespace lyx {
 namespace frontend {
 
 
+ProgressViewWidget::ProgressViewWidget()
+{
+	setupUi(this);
+
+}
+
+
+GuiProgressView::~GuiProgressView()
+{
+	delete widget_;
+}
 
 
 GuiProgressView::GuiProgressView(GuiView & parent, Qt::DockWidgetArea area, 
-	Qt::WindowFlags flags) : DockView(parent, "progress", "Progress monitoring", area, flags)
+	Qt::WindowFlags flags) : DockView(parent, "progress", "Debug/Progress window", area, flags)
 {
-	setWindowTitle(qt_("Progress monitoring"));
-	setWidget(&text_edit);
-	text_edit.setReadOnly(true);
+	widget_ = new ProgressViewWidget();
+	setWidget(widget_);
 
 	GuiProgress* progress = dynamic_cast<GuiProgress*>(support::ProgressInterface::instance());
 
@@ -47,7 +57,7 @@ GuiProgressView::GuiProgressView(GuiView & parent, Qt::DockWidgetArea area,
 
 void GuiProgressView::clearText()
 {
-	text_edit.clear();
+	widget_->outTE->clear();
 }
 
 
@@ -56,8 +66,8 @@ void GuiProgressView::appendText(QString const & text)
 	if (text.isEmpty())
 		return;
 	QString time = QTime::currentTime().toString();
-	text_edit.insertPlainText(time + ": " + text.trimmed() + "\n");
-	text_edit.ensureCursorVisible();
+	widget_->outTE->insertPlainText(time + ": " + text.trimmed() + "\n");
+	widget_->outTE->ensureCursorVisible();
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiProgressView.h b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiProgressView.h
index 8ca57eb381..81107521fd 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiProgressView.h
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiProgressView.h
@@ -12,19 +12,29 @@
 #ifndef GUIPROGRESSVIEW_H
 #define GUIPROGRESSVIEW_H
 
+#include "ui_ProgressViewUi.h"
 
 #include "DockView.h"
 
 #include "GuiProgress.h"
 
-#include <QTextEdit>
-
 #include <string>
 
+#include <QDockWidget>
+#include "qt_helpers.h" 
 
 namespace lyx {
 namespace frontend {
 
+class ProgressViewWidget : public QWidget, public Ui::ProgressViewUi
+{
+	Q_OBJECT
+
+public:
+	ProgressViewWidget();
+private:
+	
+};
 
 class GuiProgressView : public DockView
 {
@@ -36,6 +46,7 @@ public:
 		Qt::DockWidgetArea area, ///< Position of the dock (and also drawer)
 		Qt::WindowFlags flags = 0);
 
+	~GuiProgressView();
 	/// Controller inherited method.
 	///@{
 	bool initialiseParams(std::string const &) { return true; }
@@ -45,6 +56,7 @@ public:
 	bool canApply() const { return true; }
 	bool canApplyToReadOnly() const { return true; }
 	void updateView() {}
+	bool wantInitialFocus() const { return false; }
 	///@}
 
 private Q_SLOTS:
@@ -52,7 +64,7 @@ private Q_SLOTS:
 	void clearText();
 
 private:
-	QTextEdit text_edit;
+	ProgressViewWidget * widget_;
 };
 
 
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/Makefile.am b/src/frontends/qt4/Makefile.am
index df0bcb819c..5eee3a6236 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/Makefile.am
@@ -316,6 +316,7 @@ UIFILES = \
 	PrintUi.ui \
 	PrintindexUi.ui \
 	PrintNomenclUi.ui \
+	ProgressViewUi.ui \
 	RefUi.ui \
 	SearchUi.ui \
 	SendtoUi.ui \
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/ui/ProgressViewUi.ui b/src/frontends/qt4/ui/ProgressViewUi.ui
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fdcf155c5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/ui/ProgressViewUi.ui
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+<ui version="4.0" >
+ <class>ProgressViewUi</class>
+ <widget class="QWidget" name="ProgressViewUi" >
+  <property name="geometry" >
+   <rect>
+    <x>0</x>
+    <y>0</y>
+    <width>468</width>
+    <height>94</height>
+   </rect>
+  </property>
+  <property name="windowTitle" >
+   <string/>
+  </property>
+  <layout class="QGridLayout" >
+   <property name="margin" >
+    <number>0</number>
+   </property>
+   <property name="spacing" >
+    <number>6</number>
+   </property>
+   <item row="0" column="1" >
+    <layout class="QVBoxLayout" >
+     <property name="spacing" >
+      <number>6</number>
+     </property>
+     <property name="margin" >
+      <number>0</number>
+     </property>
+     <item>
+      <widget class="QCheckBox" name="autoClearCB" >
+       <property name="toolTip" >
+        <string>Automatic cleanup of the window before LaTeX compilation proceeds</string>
+       </property>
+       <property name="text" >
+        <string>&amp;Automatic clear</string>
+       </property>
+       <property name="checked" >
+        <bool>true</bool>
+       </property>
+      </widget>
+     </item>
+     <item>
+      <widget class="QPushButton" name="updatePB" >
+       <property name="enabled" >
+        <bool>false</bool>
+       </property>
+       <property name="text" >
+        <string>&amp;Update</string>
+       </property>
+      </widget>
+     </item>
+     <item>
+      <spacer>
+       <property name="orientation" >
+        <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
+       </property>
+       <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0" >
+        <size>
+         <width>20</width>
+         <height>1</height>
+        </size>
+       </property>
+      </spacer>
+     </item>
+    </layout>
+   </item>
+   <item row="0" column="0" >
+    <widget class="QTextEdit" name="outTE" />
+   </item>
+  </layout>
+ </widget>
+ <tabstops>
+  <tabstop>autoClearCB</tabstop>
+  <tabstop>updatePB</tabstop>
+ </tabstops>
+ <includes>
+  <include location="local" >qt_i18n.h</include>
+ </includes>
+ <resources/>
+ <connections/>
+</ui>