diff --git a/builtin/pull.c b/builtin/pull.c
index 91575361be..5d9f2b529e 100644
--- a/builtin/pull.c
+++ b/builtin/pull.c
@@ -16,10 +16,34 @@ static const char * const pull_usage[] = {
 	NULL
 };
 
+/* Shared options */
+static int opt_verbosity;
+static char *opt_progress;
+
 static struct option pull_options[] = {
+	/* Shared options */
+	OPT__VERBOSITY(&opt_verbosity),
+	OPT_PASSTHRU(0, "progress", &opt_progress, NULL,
+		N_("force progress reporting"),
+		PARSE_OPT_NOARG),
+
 	OPT_END()
 };
 
+/**
+ * Pushes "-q" or "-v" switches into arr to match the opt_verbosity level.
+ */
+static void argv_push_verbosity(struct argv_array *arr)
+{
+	int verbosity;
+
+	for (verbosity = opt_verbosity; verbosity > 0; verbosity--)
+		argv_array_push(arr, "-v");
+
+	for (verbosity = opt_verbosity; verbosity < 0; verbosity++)
+		argv_array_push(arr, "-q");
+}
+
 /**
  * Parses argv into [<repo> [<refspecs>...]], returning their values in `repo`
  * as a string and `refspecs` as a null-terminated array of strings. If `repo`
@@ -46,6 +70,12 @@ static int run_fetch(const char *repo, const char **refspecs)
 	int ret;
 
 	argv_array_pushl(&args, "fetch", "--update-head-ok", NULL);
+
+	/* Shared options */
+	argv_push_verbosity(&args);
+	if (opt_progress)
+		argv_array_push(&args, opt_progress);
+
 	if (repo) {
 		argv_array_push(&args, repo);
 		argv_array_pushv(&args, refspecs);
@@ -65,6 +95,12 @@ static int run_merge(void)
 	struct argv_array args = ARGV_ARRAY_INIT;
 
 	argv_array_pushl(&args, "merge", NULL);
+
+	/* Shared options */
+	argv_push_verbosity(&args);
+	if (opt_progress)
+		argv_array_push(&args, opt_progress);
+
 	argv_array_push(&args, "FETCH_HEAD");
 	ret = run_command_v_opt(args.argv, RUN_GIT_CMD);
 	argv_array_clear(&args);