diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/OpenRA.Mods.Common.csproj b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/OpenRA.Mods.Common.csproj
index e3ba2cf9bc..bb56cc9b76 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/OpenRA.Mods.Common.csproj
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/OpenRA.Mods.Common.csproj
@@ -312,6 +312,9 @@
     <Compile Include="Traits\Buildings\RepairableBuilding.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Traits\Buildings\RequiresBuildableArea.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Traits\Buildings\Reservable.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Traits\CapturableProgressBar.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Traits\CaptureProgressBar.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Traits\CaptureProgressBlink.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Traits\RepairsUnits.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Traits\Burns.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Traits\ChangesTerrain.cs" />
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/CapturableProgressBar.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/CapturableProgressBar.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..feedbdb163
--- /dev/null
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/CapturableProgressBar.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+#region Copyright & License Information
+/*
+ * Copyright 2007-2018 The OpenRA Developers (see AUTHORS)
+ * This file is part of OpenRA, which is free software. It is made
+ * available to you under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version. For more
+ * information, see COPYING.
+ */
+#endregion
+
+using System.Drawing;
+using OpenRA.Traits;
+
+namespace OpenRA.Mods.Common.Traits
+{
+	[Desc("Visualize the progress of this actor being captured.")]
+	class CaptureProgressBarInfo : ITraitInfo, Requires<CapturesInfo>
+	{
+		public readonly Color Color = Color.Orange;
+
+		public object Create(ActorInitializer init) { return new CaptureProgressBar(init.Self, this); }
+	}
+
+	class CaptureProgressBar : ISelectionBar, ICaptureProgressWatcher
+	{
+		readonly CaptureProgressBarInfo info;
+		int current;
+		int total;
+
+		public CaptureProgressBar(Actor self, CaptureProgressBarInfo info)
+		{
+			this.info = info;
+		}
+
+		void ICaptureProgressWatcher.Update(Actor self, Actor captor, Actor target, int current, int total)
+		{
+			if (self != captor)
+				return;
+
+			this.current = current;
+			this.total = total;
+		}
+
+		float ISelectionBar.GetValue()
+		{
+			if (total == 0)
+				return 0f;
+
+			return (float)current / total;
+		}
+
+		Color ISelectionBar.GetColor() { return info.Color; }
+		bool ISelectionBar.DisplayWhenEmpty { get { return false; } }
+	}
+}
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/CaptureManager.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/CaptureManager.cs
index 486432cc33..b4c65d8908 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/CaptureManager.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/CaptureManager.cs
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.Common.Traits
 {
 	public sealed class CaptureType { CaptureType() { } }
 
+	[RequireExplicitImplementation]
+	public interface ICaptureProgressWatcher
+	{
+		void Update(Actor self, Actor captor, Actor target, int progress, int total);
+	}
+
 	[Desc("Manages Captures and Capturable traits on an actor.")]
 	public class CaptureManagerInfo : ITraitInfo
 	{
@@ -33,10 +39,12 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.Common.Traits
 		public virtual object Create(ActorInitializer init) { return new CaptureManager(this); }
 	}
 
-	public class CaptureManager : INotifyCreated, INotifyCapture
+	public class CaptureManager : INotifyCreated, INotifyCapture, ITick
 	{
 		readonly CaptureManagerInfo info;
 		ConditionManager conditionManager;
+		IMove move;
+		ICaptureProgressWatcher[] progressWatchers;
 
 		BitSet<CaptureType> allyCapturableTypes;
 		BitSet<CaptureType> neutralCapturableTypes;
@@ -50,8 +58,10 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.Common.Traits
 		Actor currentTarget;
 		CaptureManager currentTargetManager;
 		int currentTargetDelay;
+		int currentTargetTotal;
 		int capturingToken = ConditionManager.InvalidConditionToken;
 		int beingCapturedToken = ConditionManager.InvalidConditionToken;
+		bool enteringCurrentTarget;
 
 		public bool BeingCaptured { get; private set; }
 
@@ -63,6 +73,8 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.Common.Traits
 		void INotifyCreated.Created(Actor self)
 		{
 			conditionManager = self.TraitOrDefault<ConditionManager>();
+			move = self.TraitOrDefault<IMove>();
+			progressWatchers = self.TraitsImplementing<ICaptureProgressWatcher>().ToArray();
 
 			enabledCapturable = self.TraitsImplementing<Capturable>()
 				.ToArray()
@@ -177,11 +189,31 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.Common.Traits
 					targetManager.beingCapturedToken == ConditionManager.InvalidConditionToken)
 				targetManager.beingCapturedToken = targetManager.conditionManager.GrantCondition(target, targetManager.info.BeingCapturedCondition);
 
-			foreach (var c in enabledCaptures.OrderBy(c => c.Info.CaptureDelay))
-				if (targetManager.CanBeTargetedBy(target, self, c) && c.Info.CaptureDelay <= currentTargetDelay)
-					return true;
+			var captures = enabledCaptures
+				.OrderBy(c => c.Info.CaptureDelay)
+				.FirstOrDefault(c => targetManager.CanBeTargetedBy(target, self, c));
 
-			return false;
+			if (captures == null)
+				return false;
+
+			if (progressWatchers.Any() || targetManager.progressWatchers.Any())
+			{
+				currentTargetTotal = captures.Info.CaptureDelay;
+				if (move != null)
+				{
+					var pos = target.GetTargetablePositions().PositionClosestTo(self.CenterPosition);
+					currentTargetTotal += move.EstimatedMoveDuration(self, self.CenterPosition, pos);
+				}
+
+				foreach (var w in progressWatchers)
+					w.Update(self, self, target, currentTargetDelay, currentTargetTotal);
+
+				foreach (var w in targetManager.progressWatchers)
+					w.Update(target, self, target, currentTargetDelay, currentTargetTotal);
+			}
+
+			enteringCurrentTarget = currentTargetDelay >= captures.Info.CaptureDelay;
+			return enteringCurrentTarget;
 		}
 
 		/// <summary>
@@ -191,6 +223,15 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.Common.Traits
 		/// </summary>
 		public void CancelCapture(Actor self, Actor target, CaptureManager targetManager)
 		{
+			if (currentTarget == null)
+				return;
+
+			foreach (var w in progressWatchers)
+				w.Update(self, self, target, 0, 0);
+
+			foreach (var w in targetManager.progressWatchers)
+				w.Update(target, self, target, 0, 0);
+
 			if (capturingToken != ConditionManager.InvalidConditionToken)
 				capturingToken = conditionManager.RevokeCondition(self, capturingToken);
 
@@ -200,6 +241,24 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.Common.Traits
 			currentTarget = null;
 			currentTargetManager = null;
 			currentTargetDelay = 0;
+			enteringCurrentTarget = false;
+		}
+
+		void ITick.Tick(Actor self)
+		{
+			// TryCapture is not called once the captor starts entering the target
+			// so we continue ticking the progress watchers ourself
+			if (!enteringCurrentTarget)
+				return;
+
+			if (currentTargetDelay < currentTargetTotal)
+				currentTargetDelay++;
+
+			foreach (var w in progressWatchers)
+				w.Update(self, self, currentTarget, currentTargetDelay, currentTargetTotal);
+
+			foreach (var w in currentTargetManager.progressWatchers)
+				w.Update(currentTarget, self, currentTarget, currentTargetDelay, currentTargetTotal);
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/CaptureProgressBar.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/CaptureProgressBar.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8cc2649bcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/CaptureProgressBar.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+#region Copyright & License Information
+/*
+ * Copyright 2007-2018 The OpenRA Developers (see AUTHORS)
+ * This file is part of OpenRA, which is free software. It is made
+ * available to you under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version. For more
+ * information, see COPYING.
+ */
+#endregion
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Drawing;
+using System.Linq;
+using OpenRA.Primitives;
+using OpenRA.Traits;
+
+namespace OpenRA.Mods.Common.Traits
+{
+	[Desc("Visualize capture progress.")]
+	class CapturableProgressBarInfo : ITraitInfo, Requires<CapturableInfo>
+	{
+		public readonly Color Color = Color.Orange;
+
+		public object Create(ActorInitializer init) { return new CapturableProgressBar(init.Self, this); }
+	}
+
+	class CapturableProgressBar : ISelectionBar, ICaptureProgressWatcher
+	{
+		readonly CapturableProgressBarInfo info;
+		Dictionary<Actor, Pair<int, int>> progress = new Dictionary<Actor, Pair<int, int>>();
+
+		public CapturableProgressBar(Actor self, CapturableProgressBarInfo info)
+		{
+			this.info = info;
+		}
+
+		void ICaptureProgressWatcher.Update(Actor self, Actor captor, Actor target, int current, int total)
+		{
+			if (self != target)
+				return;
+
+			if (total == 0)
+				progress.Remove(captor);
+			else
+				progress[captor] = Pair.New(current, total);
+		}
+
+		float ISelectionBar.GetValue()
+		{
+			if (!progress.Any())
+				return 0f;
+
+			return progress.Values.Max(p => (float)p.First / p.Second);
+		}
+
+		Color ISelectionBar.GetColor() { return info.Color; }
+		bool ISelectionBar.DisplayWhenEmpty { get { return false; } }
+	}
+}
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/CaptureProgressBlink.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/CaptureProgressBlink.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4307d68a95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/CaptureProgressBlink.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+#region Copyright & License Information
+/*
+ * Copyright 2007-2018 The OpenRA Developers (see AUTHORS)
+ * This file is part of OpenRA, which is free software. It is made
+ * available to you under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version. For more
+ * information, see COPYING.
+ */
+#endregion
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Drawing;
+using System.Linq;
+using OpenRA.Mods.Common.Effects;
+using OpenRA.Primitives;
+using OpenRA.Traits;
+
+namespace OpenRA.Mods.Common.Traits
+{
+	[Desc("Blinks the actor and captor when it is being captured.")]
+	class CapturableProgressBlinkInfo : ITraitInfo, Requires<CapturableInfo>
+	{
+		[Desc("Number of ticks to wait between repeating blinks.")]
+		public readonly int Interval = 50;
+
+		public object Create(ActorInitializer init) { return new CapturableProgressBlink(this); }
+	}
+
+	class CapturableProgressBlink : ITick, ICaptureProgressWatcher
+	{
+		readonly CapturableProgressBlinkInfo info;
+		List<Player> captorOwners = new List<Player>();
+		HashSet<Actor> captors = new HashSet<Actor>();
+		int tick = 0;
+
+		public CapturableProgressBlink(CapturableProgressBlinkInfo info)
+		{
+			this.info = info;
+		}
+
+		void ICaptureProgressWatcher.Update(Actor self, Actor captor, Actor target, int current, int total)
+		{
+			if (self != target)
+				return;
+
+			if (total == 0)
+			{
+				captors.Remove(captor);
+				if (!captors.Any(c => c.Owner == captor.Owner))
+					captorOwners.Remove(captor.Owner);
+			}
+			else if (captors.Add(captor) && !captorOwners.Contains(captor.Owner))
+				captorOwners.Add(captor.Owner);
+		}
+
+		void ITick.Tick(Actor self)
+		{
+			if (!captorOwners.Any())
+			{
+				tick = 0;
+				return;
+			}
+
+			// Separate the blinks from different players by 4 ticks
+			if (tick / 4 < captorOwners.Count && tick % 4 == 0)
+			{
+				var captorOwner = captorOwners[tick / 4];
+				self.World.Add(new FlashTarget(self, captorOwner));
+				foreach (var captor in captors)
+					if (captor.Owner == captorOwner)
+						self.World.Add(new FlashTarget(captor, captorOwner));
+			}
+
+			if (++tick >= info.Interval)
+				tick = 0;
+		}
+	}
+}