diff --git a/bindings/python/src/peer_info.cpp b/bindings/python/src/peer_info.cpp
index 9ceeead7a..e054401c1 100644
--- a/bindings/python/src/peer_info.cpp
+++ b/bindings/python/src/peer_info.cpp
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ void bind_peer_info()
         .def_readonly("send_quota", &peer_info::send_quota)
         .def_readonly("receive_quota", &peer_info::receive_quota)
         .def_readonly("rtt", &peer_info::rtt)
+        .def_readonly("progress", &peer_info::progress)
         ;
 
     // flags
diff --git a/docs/manual.rst b/docs/manual.rst
index 0fce2d5cd..f351e58c4 100644
--- a/docs/manual.rst
+++ b/docs/manual.rst
@@ -2687,6 +2687,7 @@ It contains the following fields::
 		int download_rate_peak;
 		int upload_rate_peak;
 
+		float progress;
 	};
 
 The ``flags`` attribute tells you in which state the peer is. It is set to
@@ -2906,6 +2907,8 @@ estimated by timing the the tcp ``connect()``. It may be 0 for incoming connecti
 rates seen on this connection. They are given in bytes per second. This number is
 reset to 0 on reconnect.
 
+``progress`` is the progress of the peer.
+
 session_settings
 ================
 
diff --git a/include/libtorrent/peer_info.hpp b/include/libtorrent/peer_info.hpp
index c85069bff..e28216ce0 100644
--- a/include/libtorrent/peer_info.hpp
+++ b/include/libtorrent/peer_info.hpp
@@ -196,6 +196,9 @@ namespace libtorrent
 		// the highest transfer rates seen for this peer
 		int download_rate_peak;
 		int upload_rate_peak;
+		
+		// the peers progress
+		float progress;
 	};
 
 	struct TORRENT_EXPORT peer_list_entry
diff --git a/src/peer_connection.cpp b/src/peer_connection.cpp
index 56eaee93d..52f1f2773 100644
--- a/src/peer_connection.cpp
+++ b/src/peer_connection.cpp
@@ -2672,6 +2672,8 @@ namespace libtorrent
 		p.used_receive_buffer = m_recv_pos;
 		p.write_state = m_channel_state[upload_channel];
 		p.read_state = m_channel_state[download_channel];
+		
+		p.progress = (float)p.pieces.count() / (float)p.pieces.size();
 	}
 
 	// allocates a disk buffer of size 'disk_buffer_size' and replaces the