diff --git a/src/gnome/dialog-progress.c b/src/gnome/dialog-progress.c
index 434996d6c7..b3e29f9241 100644
--- a/src/gnome/dialog-progress.c
+++ b/src/gnome/dialog-progress.c
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ struct _GNCProgressDialog
 
   SCM cancel_scm_func;
 
+  gboolean use_ok_button;
   gboolean closed;
   gboolean finished;
   gboolean destroyed;
@@ -184,6 +185,9 @@ gnc_progress_dialog_create(GtkWidget * parent, GNCProgressDialog *progress)
   gtk_signal_connect(GTK_OBJECT(progress->ok_button), "clicked",
                      GTK_SIGNAL_FUNC(ok_cb), progress);
 
+  if (!progress->use_ok_button)
+    gtk_widget_hide (progress->ok_button);
+
   progress->cancel_button = gtk_object_get_data(tdo, "cancel_button");
 
   gtk_signal_connect(GTK_OBJECT(progress->cancel_button), "clicked",
@@ -201,12 +205,14 @@ gnc_progress_dialog_create(GtkWidget * parent, GNCProgressDialog *progress)
 }
 
 GNCProgressDialog *
-gnc_progress_dialog_new (GtkWidget * parent)
+gnc_progress_dialog_new (GtkWidget * parent, gboolean use_ok_button)
 {
   GNCProgressDialog *progress;
 
   progress = g_new0(GNCProgressDialog, 1);
 
+  progress->use_ok_button = use_ok_button;
+
   gnc_progress_dialog_create(parent, progress);
 
   gtk_widget_show(progress->dialog);
@@ -322,6 +328,12 @@ gnc_progress_dialog_finish (GNCProgressDialog *progress)
   if (progress == NULL)
     return;
 
+  if (!progress->use_ok_button)
+  {
+    gtk_widget_hide (progress->dialog);
+    progress->closed = TRUE;
+  }
+
   gtk_progress_set_percentage (GTK_PROGRESS (progress->progress_bar), 1.0);
 
   gtk_widget_set_sensitive (progress->ok_button, TRUE);
diff --git a/src/gnome/dialog-progress.h b/src/gnome/dialog-progress.h
index 73c646cd44..33422b1ccc 100644
--- a/src/gnome/dialog-progress.h
+++ b/src/gnome/dialog-progress.h
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ typedef gboolean (*GNCProgressCancelFunc) (gpointer user_data);
 
 /* Create and return a dialog for displaying the progress of
  * an activity. Useful for long-running operations. */
-GNCProgressDialog * gnc_progress_dialog_new (GtkWidget *parent);
+GNCProgressDialog * gnc_progress_dialog_new (GtkWidget *parent,
+                                             gboolean use_ok_button);
 
 /* Set the title of the progress dialog. */
 void gnc_progress_dialog_set_title (GNCProgressDialog *progress,
diff --git a/src/scm/extensions.scm b/src/scm/extensions.scm
index 21565f062a..e7dd5b561d 100644
--- a/src/scm/extensions.scm
+++ b/src/scm/extensions.scm
@@ -68,13 +68,13 @@
                         (list "Extensions" "")
                         (lambda () (gnc:main-win-account-group-write win))))
 
-  (define export-item
+  (define progress-item
     (gnc:make-menu-item "Test progress dialog"
                         "Test progress dialog"
                         (list "Extensions" "")
                         (lambda ()
                           (let ((dialog (gnc:progress-dialog-new
-                                         (gnc:get-ui-data)))
+                                         (gnc:get-ui-data) #f))
                                 (canceled #f))
                             (gnc:progress-dialog-set-cancel-scm-func
                              dialog
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@
 
   (gnc:add-extension menu)
   (gnc:add-extension export-item)
+  (gnc:add-extension progress-item)
 
   (if (gnc:debugging?)
       (gnc:add-extension strings-item)))
diff --git a/src/scm/qif-import/qif-file.scm b/src/scm/qif-import/qif-file.scm
index bf9060778f..bc13957263 100644
--- a/src/scm/qif-import/qif-file.scm
+++ b/src/scm/qif-import/qif-file.scm
@@ -44,15 +44,15 @@
          (file-size (stat:size file-stats))
          (bytes-read 0))
     (set! start-time (gettimeofday))
-    
+
     (if (> file-size 10000)
         (begin
-          (set! progress-dialog (gnc:progress-dialog-new #f))
+          (set! progress-dialog (gnc:progress-dialog-new #f #f))
           (gnc:progress-dialog-set-title progress-dialog "Progress")
           (gnc:progress-dialog-set-heading progress-dialog
                                            "Loading QIF file...")
           (gnc:progress-dialog-set-limits progress-dialog 0.0 100.0)))
-                                          
+
     (with-input-from-file path
       (lambda ()
         ;; loop over lines
diff --git a/src/scm/qif-import/qif-to-gnc.scm b/src/scm/qif-import/qif-to-gnc.scm
index 0f6e19f28f..7fc3f8d8be 100644
--- a/src/scm/qif-import/qif-to-gnc.scm
+++ b/src/scm/qif-import/qif-to-gnc.scm
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@
     
     (if (> work-to-do 100)
         (begin 
-          (set! progress-dialog (gnc:progress-dialog-new #f))
+          (set! progress-dialog (gnc:progress-dialog-new #f #f))
           (gnc:progress-dialog-set-title progress-dialog "Progress")
           (gnc:progress-dialog-set-heading progress-dialog
                                            "Importing transactions...")