diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/config/profile b/packages/sysutils/busybox/config/profile
index 395c8918d1..f629dae7ff 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox/config/profile
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/config/profile
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
   progress() {
     if test "$DEBUG" = yes; then
       echo "### $1 ###"
+    else
+      echo -n "***"
     fi
   }