diff --git a/lldb/include/lldb/Core/Progress.h b/lldb/include/lldb/Core/Progress.h
--- a/lldb/include/lldb/Core/Progress.h
+++ b/lldb/include/lldb/Core/Progress.h
@@ -67,9 +67,13 @@
   /// set to UINT64_MAX then an indeterminate progress indicator should be
   /// displayed.
   ///
+  /// @param [in] report_increment Notify only when progress has exceeded
+  /// this amount. Throttles messaging.
+  ///
   /// @param [in] debugger An optional debugger pointer to specify that this
   /// progress is to be reported only to specific debuggers.
   Progress(std::string title, uint64_t total = UINT64_MAX,
+           uint64_t report_increment = 1,
            lldb_private::Debugger *debugger = nullptr);
 
   /// Destroy the progress object.
@@ -101,6 +105,10 @@
   const uint64_t m_id;
   /// How much work ([0...m_total]) that has been completed.
   uint64_t m_completed;
+  /// Print a message when progress exceeds this amount.
+  uint64_t m_report_increment;
+  /// Progress at the time of last message.
+  uint64_t m_last_reported;
   /// Total amount of work, UINT64_MAX for non deterministic progress.
   const uint64_t m_total;
   /// The optional debugger ID to report progress to. If this has no value then
diff --git a/lldb/source/Core/Progress.cpp b/lldb/source/Core/Progress.cpp
--- a/lldb/source/Core/Progress.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Core/Progress.cpp
@@ -16,9 +16,10 @@
 
 std::atomic<uint64_t> Progress::g_id(0);
 
-Progress::Progress(std::string title, uint64_t total,
+Progress::Progress(std::string title, uint64_t total, uint64_t report_increment,
                    lldb_private::Debugger *debugger)
-    : m_title(title), m_id(++g_id), m_completed(0), m_total(total) {
+    : m_title(title), m_id(++g_id), m_completed(0),
+      m_report_increment(report_increment), m_last_reported(0), m_total(total) {
   assert(total > 0);
   if (debugger)
     m_debugger_id = debugger->GetID();
@@ -54,7 +55,11 @@
     // Make sure we only send one notification that indicates the progress is
     // complete.
     m_complete = m_completed == m_total;
-    Debugger::ReportProgress(m_id, m_title, std::move(update), m_completed,
-                             m_total, m_debugger_id);
+    if (m_complete || m_completed == 0 ||
+        m_completed >= m_last_reported + m_report_increment) {
+      m_last_reported = m_completed;
+      Debugger::ReportProgress(m_id, m_title, std::move(update), m_completed,
+                               m_total, m_debugger_id);
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/lldb/source/Plugins/SymbolFile/DWARF/ManualDWARFIndex.cpp b/lldb/source/Plugins/SymbolFile/DWARF/ManualDWARFIndex.cpp
--- a/lldb/source/Plugins/SymbolFile/DWARF/ManualDWARFIndex.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Plugins/SymbolFile/DWARF/ManualDWARFIndex.cpp
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@
   const uint64_t total_progress = units_to_index.size() * 2 + 8;
   Progress progress(
       llvm::formatv("Manually indexing DWARF for {0}", module_desc.GetData()),
-      total_progress);
+      total_progress,
+      /*report_increment=*/ 1000);
 
   std::vector<IndexSet> sets(units_to_index.size());