diff --git a/themes/base/jquery.ui.progressbar.css b/themes/base/jquery.ui.progressbar.css
index 50fe84a6f4a..f8cab5007a9 100644
--- a/themes/base/jquery.ui.progressbar.css
+++ b/themes/base/jquery.ui.progressbar.css
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@
  * http://docs.jquery.com/UI/Progressbar#theming
  */
 .ui-progressbar { height:2em; text-align: left; }
-.ui-progressbar .ui-progressbar-value {margin: -1px; height:100%; }
\ No newline at end of file
+.ui-progressbar .ui-progressbar-value { margin: -1px; height:100%; position: relative; }
+.ui-progressbar .ui-progressbar-display { position: absolute; }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ui/jquery.ui.progressbar.js b/ui/jquery.ui.progressbar.js
index 5347e026b7a..78598898bf0 100644
--- a/ui/jquery.ui.progressbar.js
+++ b/ui/jquery.ui.progressbar.js
@@ -15,19 +15,19 @@
 
 $.widget( "ui.progressbar", {
 	options: {
-		value: 0
+		value: 0,
+		min: 0,
+		max: 100,
+		display: 'all'	// value, values, percentage, all
 	},
 
-	min: 0,
-	max: 100,
-
 	_create: function() {
 		this.element
 			.addClass( "ui-progressbar ui-widget ui-widget-content ui-corner-all" )
 			.attr({
 				role: "progressbar",
-				"aria-valuemin": this.min,
-				"aria-valuemax": this.max,
+				"aria-valuemin": this.options.min,
+				"aria-valuemax": this.options.max,
 				"aria-valuenow": this._value()
 			});
 
@@ -59,6 +59,16 @@ $.widget( "ui.progressbar", {
 		return this;
 	},
 
+	percentage: function( newPercentage ) {
+		if ( newPercentage === undefined ) {
+			return this._percentage();
+		}
+
+		newValue = ((this.options.max/100)*newPercentage);
+		this._setOption( "value", newValue.toFixed(0) );
+		return this;
+	},
+
 	_setOption: function( key, value ) {
 		if ( key === "value" ) {
 			this.options.value = value;
@@ -78,14 +88,27 @@ $.widget( "ui.progressbar", {
 		if ( typeof val !== "number" ) {
 			val = 0;
 		}
-		return Math.min( this.max, Math.max( this.min, val ) );
+		return Math.min( this.options.max, Math.max( this.options.min, val ) );
+	},
+
+	_percentage: function() {
+		return ((this._value()/this.options.max)*100);
 	},
 
 	_refreshValue: function() {
 		var value = this.value();
+		var percentage = this.percentage();
+		var display = '';
+
+		switch(this.options.display.toLowerCase()) {
+			case 'all':
+				display = "<span class='ui-progressbar-content'>" + value + '/' + this.options.max + ' (' + percentage.toFixed(0) + '%)</span>'
+		}
+
 		this.valueDiv
 			.toggleClass( "ui-corner-right", value === this.max )
-			.width( value + "%" );
+			.width( percentage.toFixed(0) + "%" )
+			.html( display );
 		this.element.attr( "aria-valuenow", value );
 	}
 });