diff --git a/cmd/image-builder/build.go b/cmd/image-builder/build.go
index 038f6c3772..6442235457 100644
--- a/cmd/image-builder/build.go
+++ b/cmd/image-builder/build.go
@@ -5,12 +5,106 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os"
+	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/cheggaaa/pb/v3"
 
 	"github.com/osbuild/images/pkg/arch"
-	"github.com/osbuild/images/pkg/osbuild"
+	"github.com/osbuild/images/pkg/osbuildmonitor"
 )
 
+// XXX: merge back into images/pkg/osbuild/osbuild-exec.go or
+// into osbuildmonitor
+func runOSBuild(manifest []byte, store, outputDirectory string, exports, extraEnv []string) error {
+	rp, wp, err := os.Pipe()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("cannot create pipe for osbuild: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer rp.Close()
+	defer wp.Close()
+
+	cmd := exec.Command(
+		"osbuild",
+		"--store", store,
+		"--output-directory", outputDirectory,
+		"--monitor=JSONSeqMonitor",
+		"--monitor-fd=3",
+		"-",
+	)
+	for _, export := range exports {
+		cmd.Args = append(cmd.Args, "--export", export)
+	}
+
+	cmd.Env = append(os.Environ(), extraEnv...)
+	cmd.Stdin = bytes.NewBuffer(manifest)
+	cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
+	// we could use "--json" here and would get the build-result
+	// exported here
+	cmd.Stdout = nil
+	cmd.ExtraFiles = []*os.File{wp}
+
+	if err := cmd.Start(); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("error starting osbuild: %v", err)
+	}
+	wp.Close()
+
+	// XXX: extract helper
+	spinnerPb := pb.New(0)
+	spinnerPb.SetTemplate(`Building [{{ (cycle . "|" "/" "-" "\\") }}]`)
+	mainPb := pb.New(0)
+	progressBarTmplFmt := `[{{ counters . }}] %s: {{ bar .}} {{ percent . }}`
+	mainPb.SetTemplateString(fmt.Sprintf(progressBarTmplFmt, "step"))
+	subPb := pb.New(0)
+	subPb.SetTemplateString(fmt.Sprintf(progressBarTmplFmt, "module"))
+
+	tracePb := pb.New(0)
+	tracePb.SetTemplate(`last msg: {{ string . "msg" }}`)
+
+	pool, err := pb.StartPool(spinnerPb, mainPb, subPb, tracePb)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer pool.Stop()
+
+	buildLog := bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
+	scanner := osbuildmonitor.NewStatusScanner(rp)
+	for {
+		status, err := scanner.Status()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if status == nil {
+			break
+		}
+
+		if status.Progress.Total > 0 {
+			mainPb.SetTotal(int64(status.Progress.Total + 1))
+			mainPb.SetCurrent(int64(status.Progress.Done + 1))
+		}
+		// XXX: support more levels
+		if status.Progress.SubProgress != nil && status.Progress.SubProgress.Total > 0 {
+			subPb.SetTotal(int64(status.Progress.SubProgress.Total + 1))
+			subPb.SetCurrent(int64(status.Progress.SubProgress.Done + 1))
+		}
+		// XXX: this is ugly, lines that are too long cause scrolling
+		// and the messages are too low-level anyway, find something
+		// nicer
+		cutoff := min(len(status.Trace), 60)
+		tracePb.Set("msg", strings.TrimSpace(status.Trace)[:cutoff])
+
+		// log all traces
+		fmt.Fprintf(buildLog, "[%s] %s\n", status.Timestamp.Format("2006-01-02 15:04:05"), status.Trace)
+	}
+
+	if err := cmd.Wait(); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("error running osbuild: %w\nfull log:\n%s", err, buildLog.String())
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 func buildImage(out io.Writer, distroName, imgTypeStr, outputFilename string) error {
 	// cross arch building is not possible, we would have to download
 	// a pre-populated buildroot (tar,container) with rpm for that
@@ -33,7 +127,5 @@ func buildImage(out io.Writer, distroName, imgTypeStr, outputFilename string) er
 	outputDir := "."
 	buildName := fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s-%s", distroName, imgTypeStr, archStr)
 	jobOutputDir := filepath.Join(outputDir, buildName)
-	// XXX: support stremaing via statusWriter
-	_, err = osbuild.RunOSBuild(mf.Bytes(), osbuildStoreDir, jobOutputDir, imgType.Exports(), nil, nil, false, os.Stderr)
-	return err
+	return runOSBuild(mf.Bytes(), osbuildStoreDir, jobOutputDir, imgType.Exports(), nil)
 }
diff --git a/cmd/image-builder/manifest.go b/cmd/image-builder/manifest.go
index b597e09512..ffcf7111dc 100644
--- a/cmd/image-builder/manifest.go
+++ b/cmd/image-builder/manifest.go
@@ -72,7 +72,11 @@ func outputManifest(out io.Writer, distroName, imgTypeStr, archStr string, opts
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+
+	// XXX: create progress abstraction for this too
+	println("depsolve")
 	packageSpecs, _, err := depsolve(cacheDir, preManifest.GetPackageSetChains(), dist, archStr)
+	println("depsolve done")
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c60fabc771..6eaef97b3c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/asaskevich/govalidator v0.0.0-20230301143203-a9d515a09cc2 // indirect
 	github.com/census-instrumentation/opencensus-proto v0.4.1 // indirect
 	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0 // indirect
+	github.com/cheggaaa/pb/v3 v3.1.5 // indirect
 	github.com/cncf/xds/go v0.0.0-20240905190251-b4127c9b8d78 // indirect
 	github.com/containerd/cgroups/v3 v3.0.3 // indirect
 	github.com/containerd/errdefs v0.1.0 // indirect
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/dougm/pretty v0.0.0-20171025230240-2ee9d7453c02 // indirect
 	github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.13.0 // indirect
 	github.com/envoyproxy/protoc-gen-validate v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/fatih/color v1.16.0 // indirect
 	github.com/felixge/httpsnoop v1.0.4 // indirect
 	github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4 v4.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.2 // indirect
@@ -122,6 +124,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/letsencrypt/boulder v0.0.0-20240418210053-89b07f4543e0 // indirect
 	github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.7.7 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.16 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.22 // indirect
 	github.com/miekg/pkcs11 v1.1.1 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 193ea09fab..e3f7212d54 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ github.com/census-instrumentation/opencensus-proto v0.4.1 h1:iKLQ0xPNFxR/2hzXZMr
 github.com/census-instrumentation/opencensus-proto v0.4.1/go.mod h1:4T9NM4+4Vw91VeyqjLS6ao50K5bOcLKN6Q42XnYaRYw=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0 h1:UL815xU9SqsFlibzuggzjXhog7bL6oX9BbNZnL2UFvs=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0/go.mod h1:VGX0DQ3Q6kWi7AoAeZDth3/j3BFtOZR5XLFGgcrjCOs=
+github.com/cheggaaa/pb/v3 v3.1.5 h1:QuuUzeM2WsAqG2gMqtzaWithDJv0i+i6UlnwSCI4QLk=
+github.com/cheggaaa/pb/v3 v3.1.5/go.mod h1:CrxkeghYTXi1lQBEI7jSn+3svI3cuc19haAj6jM60XI=
 github.com/client9/misspell v0.3.4/go.mod h1:qj6jICC3Q7zFZvVWo7KLAzC3yx5G7kyvSDkc90ppPyw=
 github.com/cncf/udpa/go v0.0.0-20191209042840-269d4d468f6f/go.mod h1:M8M6+tZqaGXZJjfX53e64911xZQV5JYwmTeXPW+k8Sc=
 github.com/cncf/xds/go v0.0.0-20240905190251-b4127c9b8d78 h1:QVw89YDxXxEe+l8gU8ETbOasdwEV+avkR75ZzsVV9WI=
@@ -293,6 +295,7 @@ github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.7.7 h1:UGYAvKxe3sBsEDzO8ZeWOSlIQfWFlxbzLZe7hwFURr0
 github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.7.7/go.mod h1:xzfreul335JAWq5oZzymOObrkdz5UnU4kGfJJLY9Nlc=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 h1:fFA4WZxdEF4tXPZVKMLwD8oUnCTTo08duU7wxecdEvA=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13/go.mod h1:7S9/ev0klgBDR4GtXTXX8a3vIGJpMovkB8vQcUbaXHg=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.16/go.mod h1:kYGgaQfpe5nmfYZH+SKPsOc2e4SrIfOl2e/yFXSvRLM=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 h1:xfD0iDuEKnDkl03q4limB+vH+GxLEtL/jb4xVJSWWEY=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20/go.mod h1:W+V8PltTTMOvKvAeJH7IuucS94S2C6jfK/D7dTCTo3Y=
 github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.16 h1:E5ScNMtiwvlvB5paMFdw9p4kSQzbXFikJ5SQO6TULQc=
@@ -511,7 +514,9 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210615035016-665e8c7367d1/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBc
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220520151302-bc2c85ada10a/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220715151400-c0bba94af5f8/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220722155257-8c9f86f7a55f/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220811171246-fbc7d0a398ab/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.5.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.8.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.15.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.26.0 h1:KHjCJyddX0LoSTb3J+vWpupP9p0oznkqVk/IfjymZbo=