diff --git a/Applications/Browser/main.cpp b/Applications/Browser/main.cpp
index ff6387d9ac..d2bb486145 100644
--- a/Applications/Browser/main.cpp
+++ b/Applications/Browser/main.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include <LibHTML/Layout/LayoutNode.h>
 #include <LibHTML/Parser/CSSParser.h>
 #include <LibHTML/Parser/HTMLParser.h>
+#include <LibHTML/ResourceLoader.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 
 static const char* home_url = "file:///home/anon/www/welcome.html";
@@ -78,6 +79,14 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
 
     auto statusbar = GStatusBar::construct(widget);
 
+    ResourceLoader::the().on_load_counter_change = [&] {
+        if (ResourceLoader::the().pending_loads() == 0) {
+            statusbar->set_text("");
+            return;
+        }
+        statusbar->set_text(String::format("Loading (%d pending resources...)", ResourceLoader::the().pending_loads()));
+    };
+
     auto menubar = make<GMenuBar>();
 
     auto app_menu = make<GMenu>("Browser");
diff --git a/Libraries/LibHTML/ResourceLoader.cpp b/Libraries/LibHTML/ResourceLoader.cpp
index 95c8c2106a..c0c3fe9916 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibHTML/ResourceLoader.cpp
+++ b/Libraries/LibHTML/ResourceLoader.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,13 @@ void ResourceLoader::load(const URL& url, Function<void(const ByteBuffer&)> call
         request.set_url(url);
         request.set_method(CHttpRequest::Method::GET);
         auto job = request.schedule();
-        job->on_finish = [job, callback = move(callback)](bool success) {
+        ++m_pending_loads;
+        if (on_load_counter_change)
+            on_load_counter_change();
+        job->on_finish = [this, job, callback = move(callback)](bool success) {
+            --m_pending_loads;
+            if (on_load_counter_change)
+                on_load_counter_change();
             if (!success) {
                 dbg() << "HTTP job failed!";
                 ASSERT_NOT_REACHED();
diff --git a/Libraries/LibHTML/ResourceLoader.h b/Libraries/LibHTML/ResourceLoader.h
index 8255e5a8cd..7d5826efc9 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibHTML/ResourceLoader.h
+++ b/Libraries/LibHTML/ResourceLoader.h
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ public:
 
     void load(const URL&, Function<void(const ByteBuffer&)>);
 
+    Function<void()> on_load_counter_change;
+
+    int pending_loads() const { return m_pending_loads; }
+
 private:
     ResourceLoader() {}
+
+    int m_pending_loads { 0 };
 };