diff --git a/naga/xtask/Cargo.lock b/naga/xtask/Cargo.lock
index 88ece956b..6d2d13459 100644
--- a/naga/xtask/Cargo.lock
+++ b/naga/xtask/Cargo.lock
@@ -14,12 +14,31 @@ version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "console"
+version = "0.15.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c926e00cc70edefdc64d3a5ff31cc65bb97a3460097762bd23afb4d8145fccf8"
+dependencies = [
+ "encode_unicode",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "libc",
+ "unicode-width",
+ "windows-sys",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "either"
 version = "1.8.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7fcaabb2fef8c910e7f4c7ce9f67a1283a1715879a7c230ca9d6d1ae31f16d91"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "encode_unicode"
+version = "0.3.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a357d28ed41a50f9c765dbfe56cbc04a64e53e5fc58ba79fbc34c10ef3df831f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "env_logger"
 version = "0.10.0"
@@ -43,6 +62,34 @@ dependencies = [
  "nanoserde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "indicatif"
+version = "0.17.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fb28741c9db9a713d93deb3bb9515c20788cef5815265bee4980e87bde7e0f25"
+dependencies = [
+ "console",
+ "instant",
+ "number_prefix",
+ "portable-atomic",
+ "unicode-width",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "instant"
+version = "0.1.12"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7a5bbe824c507c5da5956355e86a746d82e0e1464f65d862cc5e71da70e94b2c"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "lazy_static"
+version = "1.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e2abad23fbc42b3700f2f279844dc832adb2b2eb069b2df918f455c4e18cc646"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
 version = "0.2.140"
@@ -73,6 +120,12 @@ version = "0.1.19"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ed7a94da6c6181c35d043fc61c43ac96d3a5d739e7b8027f77650ba41504d6ab"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "number_prefix"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "830b246a0e5f20af87141b25c173cd1b609bd7779a4617d6ec582abaf90870f3"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "once_cell"
 version = "1.17.1"
@@ -85,12 +138,24 @@ version = "0.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5be167a7af36ee22fe3115051bc51f6e6c7054c9348e28deb4f49bd6f705a315"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "portable-atomic"
+version = "1.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7170ef9988bc169ba16dd36a7fa041e5c4cbeb6a35b76d4c03daded371eae7c0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "shell-words"
 version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "24188a676b6ae68c3b2cb3a01be17fbf7240ce009799bb56d5b1409051e78fde"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unicode-width"
+version = "0.1.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e51733f11c9c4f72aa0c160008246859e340b00807569a0da0e7a1079b27ba85"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "which"
 version = "4.4.0"
@@ -102,6 +167,72 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-sys"
+version = "0.45.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "75283be5efb2831d37ea142365f009c02ec203cd29a3ebecbc093d52315b66d0"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-targets",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-targets"
+version = "0.42.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8e5180c00cd44c9b1c88adb3693291f1cd93605ded80c250a75d472756b4d071"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows_aarch64_gnullvm",
+ "windows_aarch64_msvc",
+ "windows_i686_gnu",
+ "windows_i686_msvc",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnu",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnullvm",
+ "windows_x86_64_msvc",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_aarch64_gnullvm"
+version = "0.42.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "597a5118570b68bc08d8d59125332c54f1ba9d9adeedeef5b99b02ba2b0698f8"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_aarch64_msvc"
+version = "0.42.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e08e8864a60f06ef0d0ff4ba04124db8b0fb3be5776a5cd47641e942e58c4d43"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_i686_gnu"
+version = "0.42.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c61d927d8da41da96a81f029489353e68739737d3beca43145c8afec9a31a84f"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_i686_msvc"
+version = "0.42.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "44d840b6ec649f480a41c8d80f9c65108b92d89345dd94027bfe06ac444d1060"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_x86_64_gnu"
+version = "0.42.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8de912b8b8feb55c064867cf047dda097f92d51efad5b491dfb98f6bbb70cb36"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_x86_64_gnullvm"
+version = "0.42.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "26d41b46a36d453748aedef1486d5c7a85db22e56aff34643984ea85514e94a3"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_x86_64_msvc"
+version = "0.42.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9aec5da331524158c6d1a4ac0ab1541149c0b9505fde06423b02f5ef0106b9f0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "xtask"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -110,6 +241,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "env_logger",
  "glob",
  "hlsl-snapshots",
+ "indicatif",
  "log",
  "pico-args",
  "shell-words",
diff --git a/naga/xtask/Cargo.toml b/naga/xtask/Cargo.toml
index 579c521ea..f1b5ff8a7 100644
--- a/naga/xtask/Cargo.toml
+++ b/naga/xtask/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ anyhow = "1"
 env_logger = { version = "0.10.0", default-features = false }
 glob = "0.3.1"
 hlsl-snapshots = { path = "../hlsl-snapshots"}
+indicatif = "0.17"
 log = "0.4.17"
 pico-args = "0.5.0"
 shell-words = "1.1.0"
diff --git a/naga/xtask/src/validate.rs b/naga/xtask/src/validate.rs
index b1f112b63..1d907525f 100644
--- a/naga/xtask/src/validate.rs
+++ b/naga/xtask/src/validate.rs
@@ -17,14 +17,21 @@ pub(crate) fn validate(cmd: ValidateSubcommand) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     let mut jobs = vec![];
     collect_validation_jobs(&mut jobs, cmd)?;
 
+    let progress_bar = indicatif::ProgressBar::new(jobs.len() as u64);
+
     let mut all_good = true;
     for job in jobs {
         if let Err(error) = job() {
             all_good = false;
-            eprintln!("{:#}", error);
+            progress_bar.suspend(|| {
+                eprintln!("{:#}", error);
+            });
         }
+        progress_bar.inc(1);
     }
 
+    progress_bar.finish_and_clear();
+
     if !all_good {
         bail!("failed to validate one or more files, see above output for more details")
     }