diff --git a/SignalShareExtension/SAELoadViewController.swift b/SignalShareExtension/SAELoadViewController.swift
index 9857d5e93..651b85733 100644
--- a/SignalShareExtension/SAELoadViewController.swift
+++ b/SignalShareExtension/SAELoadViewController.swift
@@ -10,7 +10,36 @@ class SAELoadViewController: UIViewController {
 
     weak var delegate: ShareViewDelegate?
 
-    var activityIndicator: UIActivityIndicatorView?
+    var activityIndicator: UIActivityIndicatorView!
+    var progressView: UIProgressView!
+
+    var progress: Progress? {
+        didSet {
+            guard progressView != nil else {
+                return
+            }
+
+            updateProgressViewVisability()
+            progressView.observedProgress = progress
+        }
+    }
+
+    func updateProgressViewVisability() {
+        guard progressView != nil, activityIndicator != nil else {
+            return
+        }
+
+        // Prefer to show progress view when progress is present
+        if self.progress == nil {
+            activityIndicator.startAnimating()
+            self.progressView.isHidden = true
+            self.activityIndicator.isHidden = false
+        } else {
+            activityIndicator.stopAnimating()
+            self.progressView.isHidden = false
+            self.activityIndicator.isHidden = true
+        }
+    }
 
     // MARK: Initializers and Factory Methods
 
@@ -39,6 +68,16 @@ class SAELoadViewController: UIViewController {
         self.view.addSubview(activityIndicator)
         activityIndicator.autoCenterInSuperview()
 
+        progressView = UIProgressView(progressViewStyle: .default)
+        progressView.observedProgress = progress
+
+        self.view.addSubview(progressView)
+        progressView.autoVCenterInSuperview()
+        progressView.autoPinWidthToSuperview(withMargin: ScaleFromIPhone5(30))
+        progressView.progressTintColor = UIColor.white
+
+        updateProgressViewVisability()
+
         let label = UILabel()
         label.textColor = UIColor.white
         label.font = UIFont.ows_mediumFont(withSize: 18)
@@ -53,20 +92,11 @@ class SAELoadViewController: UIViewController {
         super.viewWillAppear(animated)
 
         self.navigationController?.isNavigationBarHidden = false
-
-        guard let activityIndicator = activityIndicator else {
-            return
-        }
-        activityIndicator.startAnimating()
     }
 
     override func viewDidDisappear(_ animated: Bool) {
         super.viewDidDisappear(animated)
 
-        guard let activityIndicator = activityIndicator else {
-            return
-        }
-        activityIndicator.stopAnimating()
     }
 
     // MARK: - Event Handlers
diff --git a/SignalShareExtension/ShareViewController.swift b/SignalShareExtension/ShareViewController.swift
index f13aaf8b3..4584b7b06 100644
--- a/SignalShareExtension/ShareViewController.swift
+++ b/SignalShareExtension/ShareViewController.swift
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ public class ShareViewController: UINavigationController, ShareViewDelegate, SAE
     private var hasInitialRootViewController = false
     private var isReadyForAppExtensions = false
 
+    var progressPoller: ProgressPoller?
+    var loadViewController: SAELoadViewController?
+
     override open func loadView() {
         super.loadView()
 
@@ -65,6 +68,9 @@ public class ShareViewController: UINavigationController, ShareViewDelegate, SAE
             return
         }
 
+        let loadViewController = SAELoadViewController(delegate: self)
+        self.loadViewController = loadViewController
+
         // Don't display load screen immediately, in hopes that we can avoid it altogether.
         after(seconds: 2).then { () -> Void in
             guard self.presentedViewController == nil else {
@@ -74,7 +80,6 @@ public class ShareViewController: UINavigationController, ShareViewDelegate, SAE
 
             Logger.debug("\(self.logTag) setup is slow - showing loading screen")
 
-            let loadViewController = SAELoadViewController(delegate: self)
             let navigationController = UINavigationController(rootViewController: loadViewController)
             self.present(navigationController, animated: true)
         }.retainUntilComplete()
@@ -465,10 +470,21 @@ public class ShareViewController: UINavigationController, ShareViewDelegate, SAE
                 // TODO show progress with exportSession
                 let (promise, exportSession) = SignalAttachment.compressVideoAsMp4(dataSource: dataSource, dataUTI: specificUTIType, imageQuality: .medium)
 
-                // TODO use `exportSession.progress` to show a more precise progress indicator in the loadView, maybe sharing the "sending" progress UI.
-                // TODO expose "Cancel"
                 // Can we move this process to the end of the share flow rather than up front?
                 // Currently we aren't able to generate a proper thumbnail or play the video in the app extension without first converting it.
+                if let exportSession = exportSession {
+                    let progressPoller = ProgressPoller(timeInterval: 0.1, ratioCompleteBlock: { return exportSession.progress })
+                    self.progressPoller = progressPoller
+                    progressPoller.startPolling()
+
+                    guard let loadViewController = self.loadViewController else {
+                        owsFail("load view controller was unexpectedly nil")
+                        return promise
+                    }
+
+                    loadViewController.progress = progressPoller.progress
+                }
+
                 return promise
             }
 
@@ -477,3 +493,47 @@ public class ShareViewController: UINavigationController, ShareViewDelegate, SAE
         }
     }
 }
+
+class ProgressPoller {
+
+    let TAG = "[ProgressPoller]"
+
+    let progress: Progress
+    private(set) var timer: Timer?
+
+    // Higher number offers higher ganularity
+    let progressTotalUnitCount: Int64 = 10000
+    private let timeInterval: Double
+    private let ratioCompleteBlock: () -> Float
+
+    init(timeInterval: TimeInterval, ratioCompleteBlock: @escaping () -> Float) {
+        self.timeInterval = timeInterval
+        self.ratioCompleteBlock = ratioCompleteBlock
+
+        self.progress = Progress()
+
+        progress.totalUnitCount = progressTotalUnitCount
+        progress.completedUnitCount = Int64(ratioCompleteBlock() * Float(progressTotalUnitCount))
+    }
+
+    func startPolling() {
+        guard self.timer == nil else {
+            owsFail("already started timer")
+            return
+        }
+
+        self.timer = WeakTimer.scheduledTimer(timeInterval: timeInterval, target: self, userInfo: nil, repeats: true) { [weak self] (timer) in
+            guard let strongSelf = self else {
+                return
+            }
+
+            let completedUnitCount = Int64(strongSelf.ratioCompleteBlock() * Float(strongSelf.progressTotalUnitCount))
+            strongSelf.progress.completedUnitCount = completedUnitCount
+
+            if completedUnitCount == strongSelf.progressTotalUnitCount {
+                Logger.debug("\(strongSelf.TAG) progress complete")
+                timer.invalidate()
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}