diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 34ac260a..a8297c31 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -1,25 +1,7 @@
-- fix --vips-progress for dzsave
-
-  _set_progress(FALSE) on an image upstream of the tile isn't going to help,
-  we attach callbacks to all images if --vips-progress is on
-
-  on set_progress(FALSE) vips_sink_disc() should stop calling
-  vips_image_preeval()
-
-  progress reporting should be done by vips.c, not by libvips?
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
 
 - threadpool recyling might be useful for dzsave?
 
 
-
-
 - check and fix up docs
 
   index items should all be links
diff --git a/libvips/foreign/dzsave.c b/libvips/foreign/dzsave.c
index 0456bd89..6b9ece9d 100644
--- a/libvips/foreign/dzsave.c
+++ b/libvips/foreign/dzsave.c
@@ -1059,6 +1059,7 @@ strip_work( VipsThreadState *state, void *a )
 	printf( "strip_work: writing to %s\n", buf );
 #endif /*DEBUG_VERBOSE*/
 
+	vips_image_set_int( x, "hide-progress", 1 );
 	if( vips_image_write_to_buffer( x, dz->suffix, &buf, &len, NULL ) ) {
 		g_object_unref( x );
 		return( -1 );
diff --git a/libvips/iofuncs/image.c b/libvips/iofuncs/image.c
index 209a98bb..42c14b79 100644
--- a/libvips/iofuncs/image.c
+++ b/libvips/iofuncs/image.c
@@ -685,6 +685,9 @@ vips_image_preeval_cb( VipsImage *image, VipsProgress *progress, int *last )
 	int tile_height; 
 	int nlines;
 
+	if( vips_image_get_typeof( image, "hide-progress" ) )
+		return( 0 ); 
+
 	*last = -1;
 
 	vips_get_tile_size( image, 
@@ -703,6 +706,9 @@ vips_image_preeval_cb( VipsImage *image, VipsProgress *progress, int *last )
 static int
 vips_image_eval_cb( VipsImage *image, VipsProgress *progress, int *last )
 {
+	if( vips_image_get_typeof( image, "hide-progress" ) )
+		return( 0 ); 
+
 	if( progress->percent != *last ) {
 		printf( _( "%s %s: %d%% complete" ), 
 			g_get_prgname(), image->filename, 
@@ -723,6 +729,9 @@ vips_image_eval_cb( VipsImage *image, VipsProgress *progress, int *last )
 static int
 vips_image_posteval_cb( VipsImage *image, VipsProgress *progress )
 {
+	if( vips_image_get_typeof( image, "hide-progress" ) )
+		return( 0 ); 
+
 	/* Spaces at end help to erase the %complete message we overwrite.
 	 */
 	printf( _( "%s %s: done in %.3gs          \n" ),