diff --git a/bashrc b/bashrc
index 90da3356..f6c3b88b 100644
--- a/bashrc
+++ b/bashrc
@@ -218,6 +218,13 @@ if [[ $UNAME = "Darwin" && $USER = "root" ]]; then
 fi
 # The above requires at least Mountain Lion.
 
+# If we are on Linux, enable apt process bar.
+if [[ $USER = "root" ]]; then
+    mkdir -p /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/
+    echo 'Dpkg::Progress-Fancy "1";' > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99progressbar
+fi
+
+
 # Copied from http://homepages.see.leeds.ac.uk/~eeaol/notes/2012/03/how_to_only_type_ssh_passphrase_once/
 export SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/$USER.agent
 ssh-agent -a /tmp/$USER.agent > /dev/null 2>&1
diff --git a/zshrc b/zshrc
index a648334d..c79a4e75 100644
--- a/zshrc
+++ b/zshrc
@@ -163,6 +163,13 @@ fi
 if [[ $UNAME = "Darwin" && $USER = "root" ]]; then
      defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate ScheduleFrequency 1
 fi
+
+# If we are on Linux, enable apt process bar.
+if [[ $USER = "root" ]]; then
+    mkdir -p /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/
+    echo 'Dpkg::Progress-Fancy "1";' > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99progressbar
+fi
+
 # The above requires at least Mountain Lion.
 
 # In our series useless/weird environment variables, beep