diff --git a/contrib/pgbench/pgbench.c b/contrib/pgbench/pgbench.c
index 334ce4c..14d8ad5 100644
--- a/contrib/pgbench/pgbench.c
+++ b/contrib/pgbench/pgbench.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #include "portability/instr_time.h"
 
 #include <ctype.h>
+#include <math.h>
 
 #ifndef WIN32
 #include <sys/time.h>
@@ -102,6 +103,7 @@ extern int	optind;
 #define MAXCLIENTS	1024
 #endif
 
+#define LOG_STEP_SECONDS	5	/* seconds between log messages */
 #define DEFAULT_NXACTS	10		/* default nxacts */
 
 int			nxacts = 0;			/* number of transactions per client */
@@ -135,11 +137,6 @@ int			unlogged_tables = 0;
 double		sample_rate = 0.0;
 
 /*
- * logging steps (seconds between log messages)
- */
-int			log_step_seconds = 5;
-
-/*
  * tablespace selection
  */
 char	   *tablespace = NULL;
@@ -155,6 +152,7 @@ char	   *index_tablespace = NULL;
 #define naccounts	100000
 
 bool		use_log;			/* log transaction latencies to a file */
+bool		use_quiet;			/* quiet logging onto stderr */
 bool		is_connect;			/* establish connection for each transaction */
 bool		is_latencies;		/* report per-command latencies */
 int			main_pid;			/* main process id used in log filename */
@@ -394,6 +392,7 @@ usage(void)
 		   "  -v           vacuum all four standard tables before tests\n"
 		   "\nCommon options:\n"
 		   "  -d             print debugging output\n"
+		   "  -q           quiet logging (a message each 5 seconds)\n"
 		   "  -h HOSTNAME    database server host or socket directory\n"
 		   "  -p PORT        database server port number\n"
 		   "  -U USERNAME    connect as specified database user\n"
@@ -1453,8 +1452,14 @@ init(bool is_no_vacuum)
 			exit(1);
 		}
 
+		/* If we want to stick with the original logging, print a message each
+		 * 100k inserted rows. */
+		if ((! use_quiet) && (j % 100000 == 0))
+			fprintf(stderr, "%d of %d tuples (%d%%) done.\n",
+							j, naccounts * scale,
+							(int) (((int64) j * 100) / (naccounts * scale)));
 		/* let's not call the timing for each row, but only each 100 rows */
-		if (j % 100 == 0 || j == scale * naccounts)
+		else if (use_quiet && (j % 100 == 0))
 		{
 			INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(diff);
 			INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(diff, start);
@@ -1462,15 +1467,15 @@ init(bool is_no_vacuum)
 			elapsed_sec = INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(diff);
 			remaining_sec = (scale * naccounts - j) * elapsed_sec / j;
 
-			/* have we reached the next interval? */
-			if (elapsed_sec >= log_interval * log_step_seconds) {
+			/* have we reached the next interval (or end)? */
+			if ((j == scale * naccounts) || (elapsed_sec >= log_interval * LOG_STEP_SECONDS)) {
 
 				fprintf(stderr, "%d of %d tuples (%d%%) done (elapsed %.2f s, remaining %.2f s).\n",
 						j, naccounts * scale,
 						(int) (((int64) j * 100) / (naccounts * scale)), elapsed_sec, remaining_sec);
 
 				/* skip to the next interval */
-				log_interval = (int)ceil(elapsed_sec/log_step_seconds);
+				log_interval = (int)ceil(elapsed_sec/LOG_STEP_SECONDS);
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -2016,7 +2021,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	state = (CState *) pg_malloc(sizeof(CState));
 	memset(state, 0, sizeof(CState));
 
-	while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "ih:nvp:dSNc:j:Crs:t:T:U:lf:D:F:M:", long_options, &optindex)) != -1)
+	while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "ih:nvp:dqSNc:j:Crs:t:T:U:lf:D:F:M:", long_options, &optindex)) != -1)
 	{
 		switch (c)
 		{
@@ -2124,6 +2129,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 			case 'l':
 				use_log = true;
 				break;
+			case 'q':
+				use_quiet = true;
+				break;
 			case 'f':
 				ttype = 3;
 				filename = pg_strdup(optarg);