diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e437542..dd0bd67 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -348,6 +348,19 @@ version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "acbf1af155f9b9ef647e42cdc158db4b64a1b61f743629225fde6f3e0be2a7c7"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "console"
+version = "0.15.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0e1f83fc076bd6dd27517eacdf25fef6c4dfe5f1d7448bafaaf3a26f13b5e4eb"
+dependencies = [
+ "encode_unicode",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "libc",
+ "unicode-width",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "core-foundation"
 version = "0.9.4"
@@ -450,6 +463,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "stable_deref_trait",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "encode_unicode"
+version = "0.3.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a357d28ed41a50f9c765dbfe56cbc04a64e53e5fc58ba79fbc34c10ef3df831f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "encoding_rs"
 version = "0.8.33"
@@ -490,8 +509,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "cargo_metadata",
  "clap",
  "clap_complete",
+ "indicatif",
  "inferno",
  "opener",
+ "scopeguard",
  "shlex",
  "signal-hook",
 ]
@@ -706,6 +727,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "hashbrown",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "indicatif"
+version = "0.17.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "763a5a8f45087d6bcea4222e7b72c291a054edf80e4ef6efd2a4979878c7bea3"
+dependencies = [
+ "console",
+ "instant",
+ "number_prefix",
+ "portable-atomic",
+ "unicode-width",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "inferno"
 version = "0.11.19"
@@ -736,6 +770,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "smallvec",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "instant"
+version = "0.1.13"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e0242819d153cba4b4b05a5a8f2a7e9bbf97b6055b2a002b395c96b5ff3c0222"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ipnet"
 version = "2.9.0"
@@ -768,6 +811,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "lazy_static"
+version = "1.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bbd2bcb4c963f2ddae06a2efc7e9f3591312473c50c6685e1f298068316e66fe"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
 version = "0.2.153"
@@ -895,6 +944,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "itoa",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "number_prefix"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "830b246a0e5f20af87141b25c173cd1b609bd7779a4617d6ec582abaf90870f3"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "object"
 version = "0.30.4"
@@ -994,6 +1049,12 @@ version = "0.3.30"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d231b230927b5e4ad203db57bbcbee2802f6bce620b1e4a9024a07d94e2907ec"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "portable-atomic"
+version = "1.9.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cc9c68a3f6da06753e9335d63e27f6b9754dd1920d941135b7ea8224f141adb2"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "powerfmt"
 version = "0.2.0"
@@ -1538,6 +1599,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "tinyvec",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unicode-width"
+version = "0.1.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7dd6e30e90baa6f72411720665d41d89b9a3d039dc45b8faea1ddd07f617f6af"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "untrusted"
 version = "0.9.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a44cb02..1b786c4 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,8 +23,10 @@ anyhow = "1.0.43"
 cargo_metadata = "0.18"
 clap = { version = "4.0.11", features = ["derive"] }
 clap_complete = "4.0.2"
+indicatif = "0.17.8"
 inferno = { version = "0.11.0", default_features = false, features = ["multithreaded", "nameattr"] }
 opener = "0.7.1"
+scopeguard = "1.2.0"
 shlex = "1.1.0"
 
 [target.'cfg(unix)'.dependencies]
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 58b0d03..e72c340 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ pub enum Workload {
 
 #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
 mod arch {
+    use indicatif::{ProgressBar, ProgressStyle};
+    use scopeguard;
+    use std::time::Duration;
+
     use super::*;
 
     pub const SPAWN_ERROR: &str = "could not spawn perf";
@@ -116,6 +120,20 @@ mod arch {
             command.arg(perf_output);
         }
 
+        // perf script can take a long time to run. Notify the user that it is running
+        // by using a spinner. Ensure that the spinner gets cleaned up regardless of how
+        // this function exits by using a scopeguard.
+        let spinner = ProgressBar::new_spinner().with_prefix("Running perf script");
+        spinner.set_style(
+            ProgressStyle::with_template("{prefix} [{elapsed}]: {spinner:.green}")
+                .unwrap()
+                .tick_strings(&[".", "..", "...", " ..", "  .", "", "✓"]),
+        );
+        spinner.enable_steady_tick(Duration::from_millis(500));
+        let _guard = scopeguard::guard(spinner, |spinner| {
+            spinner.finish();
+        });
+
         let output = command.output().context("unable to call perf script")?;
         if !output.status.success() {
             anyhow::bail!(format!(