diff --git a/src/client/client.cpp b/src/client/client.cpp
index d6781a965..789a37c36 100644
--- a/src/client/client.cpp
+++ b/src/client/client.cpp
@@ -1795,6 +1795,11 @@ float Client::mediaReceiveProgress()
 	return 1.0; // downloader only exists when not yet done
 }
 
+void Client::drawLoadScreen(const std::wstring &text, float dtime, int percent) {
+	m_rendering_engine->run();
+	m_rendering_engine->draw_load_screen(text, guienv, m_tsrc, dtime, percent);
+}
+
 struct TextureUpdateArgs {
 	gui::IGUIEnvironment *guienv;
 	u64 last_time_ms;
diff --git a/src/client/client.h b/src/client/client.h
index 42049791f..b2ff9a0da 100644
--- a/src/client/client.h
+++ b/src/client/client.h
@@ -356,6 +356,7 @@ public:
 
 	float mediaReceiveProgress();
 
+	void drawLoadScreen(const std::wstring &text, float dtime, int percent);
 	void afterContentReceived();
 	void showUpdateProgressTexture(void *args, u32 progress, u32 max_progress);
 
diff --git a/src/client/clientmedia.cpp b/src/client/clientmedia.cpp
index 764fac422..45fb1c6aa 100644
--- a/src/client/clientmedia.cpp
+++ b/src/client/clientmedia.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 */
 
 #include "clientmedia.h"
+#include "gettext.h"
 #include "httpfetch.h"
 #include "client.h"
 #include "filecache.h"
@@ -184,6 +185,11 @@ void ClientMediaDownloader::step(Client *client)
 
 void ClientMediaDownloader::initialStep(Client *client)
 {
+	std::wstring loading_text = wstrgettext("Media...");
+	// Tradeoff between responsiveness during media loading and media loading speed
+	const u64 chunk_time_ms = 33;
+	u64 last_time = porting::getTimeMs();
+
 	// Check media cache
 	m_uncached_count = m_files.size();
 	for (auto &file_it : m_files) {
@@ -195,6 +201,13 @@ void ClientMediaDownloader::initialStep(Client *client)
 			filestatus->received = true;
 			m_uncached_count--;
 		}
+
+		u64 cur_time = porting::getTimeMs();
+		u64 dtime = porting::getDeltaMs(last_time, cur_time);
+		if (dtime >= chunk_time_ms) {
+			client->drawLoadScreen(loading_text, dtime / 1000.0f, 30);
+			last_time = cur_time;
+		}
 	}
 
 	assert(m_uncached_received_count == 0);