diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.debug.ui/ui/org/eclipse/debug/internal/ui/launchConfigurations/LaunchConfigurationsDialog.java b/debug/org.eclipse.debug.ui/ui/org/eclipse/debug/internal/ui/launchConfigurations/LaunchConfigurationsDialog.java
index 9d30a075382..df34fb35e33 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.debug.ui/ui/org/eclipse/debug/internal/ui/launchConfigurations/LaunchConfigurationsDialog.java
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.debug.ui/ui/org/eclipse/debug/internal/ui/launchConfigurations/LaunchConfigurationsDialog.java
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
 import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.ToolBar;
 import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TreeItem;
 import org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI;
+import org.eclipse.ui.progress.UIJob;
 import org.eclipse.ui.progress.WorkbenchJob;
 import org.osgi.framework.FrameworkUtil;
 
@@ -1374,9 +1375,13 @@ public void run(boolean fork, boolean cancelable, IRunnableWithProgress runnable
 			if (cancelable) {
 				fProgressMonitorPart.attachToCancelComponent(null);
 			}
-			fProgressMonitorPart.getParent().setVisible(true);
+
 			fActiveRunningOperations++;
 
+			UIJob showProgressMonitorPart = createJobToShowProgressMonitorPart();
+			// only show the progress bar if necessary after 1 second
+			showProgressMonitorPart.schedule(PlatformUI.getWorkbench().getProgressService().getLongOperationTime());
+
 		//do work here collecting enabled states, otherwise to get these states we would need to
 		//perform the validation of the dialog again, which is expensive and would cause flashing of widgets.
 			Control[] children = ((Composite)fButtonComp.getChildren()[0]).getChildren();
@@ -1391,6 +1396,8 @@ public void run(boolean fork, boolean cancelable, IRunnableWithProgress runnable
 				ModalContext.run(runnable, fork, fProgressMonitorPart, getShell().getDisplay());
 			}
 			finally {
+				showProgressMonitorPart.cancel();
+
 				fActiveRunningOperations--;
 				updateRunnnableControls(true, prev);
 				if (getShell() != null) {
@@ -1409,6 +1416,17 @@ public void run(boolean fork, boolean cancelable, IRunnableWithProgress runnable
 		}
 	}
 
+	private UIJob createJobToShowProgressMonitorPart() {
+		return UIJob.create(IInternalDebugCoreConstants.EMPTY_STRING, __ -> {
+			// only show the progress monitor if there are still active operations by the
+			// time this job is executed
+			if (fActiveRunningOperations > 0) {
+				fProgressMonitorPart.getParent().setVisible(true);
+			}
+			return Status.OK_STATUS;
+		});
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Updates the enablement of the runnable controls to appear disabled as a job is running
 	 * @param enabled the desired enable status of the dialog area, revert//apply buttons, and