diff --git a/backend.native/cli.bc/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/bc/K2Native.kt b/backend.native/cli.bc/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/bc/K2Native.kt
index ec980257735..51cb414c2fc 100644
--- a/backend.native/cli.bc/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/bc/K2Native.kt
+++ b/backend.native/cli.bc/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/bc/K2Native.kt
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.addKotlinSourceRoots
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.target.CompilerOutputKind
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.target.TargetManager
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.utils.KotlinPaths
-import java.io.File
 import kotlin.reflect.KFunction
 
 class K2Native : CLICompiler<K2NativeCompilerArguments>() {
diff --git a/dependencies/build.gradle b/dependencies/build.gradle
index 4d0cb3120ea..073ba9306d5 100644
--- a/dependencies/build.gradle
+++ b/dependencies/build.gradle
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import groovy.transform.stc.FirstParam
 import groovy.transform.stc.FromString
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.target.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.util.DependencyProcessor
-
 import static org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.target.KonanTarget.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.properties.KonanProperties
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.properties.*
diff --git a/shared/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/konan/util/DependencyDownloader.kt b/shared/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/konan/util/DependencyDownloader.kt
index 5e703a65d10..f59d4369f5b 100644
--- a/shared/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/konan/util/DependencyDownloader.kt
+++ b/shared/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/konan/util/DependencyDownloader.kt
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ import java.net.URL
 import java.net.URLConnection
 import java.nio.file.Files
 import java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
+import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock
+import kotlin.concurrent.thread
+import kotlin.concurrent.withLock
 
 class DependencyDownloader(
         var maxAttempts: Int = DEFAULT_MAX_ATTEMPTS,
@@ -21,29 +25,77 @@ class DependencyDownloader(
         RETURN_EXISTING
     }
 
+    class DownloadingProgress(@Volatile var currentBytes: Long, val totalBytes: Long) {
+        @Volatile var done: Boolean = false
+            private set
+        @Volatile var exception: Throwable? = null
+            private set
+
+        private val lock = ReentrantLock()
+        private val condition = lock.newCondition()
+
+        val doneCorrectly: Boolean
+            get() = done && exception != null
+
+        fun update(readBytes: Int) { currentBytes += readBytes }
+
+        fun done() = lock.withLock {
+            done = true
+            condition.signalAll()
+        }
+
+        fun done(e: Throwable) = lock.withLock {
+            done = true
+            exception = e
+            condition.signalAll()
+        }
+
+        fun trackProgress(interval: Long,
+                          intervalTimeUnit: TimeUnit = TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS,
+                          action: (progress: DownloadingProgress) -> Unit) =
+            lock.withLock {
+                action(this)
+                while (!done) {
+                    condition.await(interval, intervalTimeUnit)
+                    action(this)
+                }
+            }
+    }
+
     private fun doDownload(originalUrl: URL,
                            connection: URLConnection,
                            tmpFile: File,
                            currentBytes: Long,
                            totalBytes: Long,
                            append: Boolean) {
-        @Suppress("NAME_SHADOWING")
-        var currentBytes = currentBytes
-        connection.getInputStream().use { from ->
-            FileOutputStream(tmpFile, append).use { to ->
-                val buffer = ByteArray(DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE)
-                var read = from.read(buffer)
-                while (read != -1) {
-                    to.write(buffer, 0, read)
-                    currentBytes += read
-                    updateProgressMsg(originalUrl.toString(), currentBytes, totalBytes)
-                    read = from.read(buffer)
-                }
-                if (currentBytes != totalBytes) {
-                    throw EOFException("The stream closed before end of downloading.")
+        val progress = DownloadingProgress(currentBytes, totalBytes)
+
+        // TODO: Implement multi-thread downloading + use some sort of thread pool.
+        thread {
+            Thread.setDefaultUncaughtExceptionHandler { _, throwable -> progress.done(throwable) }
+            connection.getInputStream().use { from ->
+                FileOutputStream(tmpFile, append).use { to ->
+                    val buffer = ByteArray(DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE)
+                    var read = from.read(buffer)
+                    while (read != -1) {
+                        to.write(buffer, 0, read)
+                        progress.update(read)
+                        read = from.read(buffer)
+                    }
+                    if (currentBytes != totalBytes) {
+                        throw EOFException("The stream closed before end of downloading.")
+                    }
+                    progress.done()
                 }
             }
         }
+
+        progress.trackProgress(1000) {
+            updateProgressMsg(originalUrl.toString(), it.currentBytes, it.totalBytes)
+        }
+        if (!progress.doneCorrectly) {
+            throw progress.exception!!
+        }
     }
 
     private fun tryHttpDownload(originalUrl: URL, connection: HttpURLConnection, tmpFile: File) {
@@ -82,7 +134,7 @@ class DependencyDownloader(
 
     /** Performs an attempt to download a specified file into the specified location */
     private fun tryDownload(url: URL, tmpFile: File) {
-        var connection = url.openConnection()
+        val connection = url.openConnection()
         if (connection is HttpURLConnection) {
             tryHttpDownload(url, connection, tmpFile)
         } else {
@@ -152,8 +204,6 @@ class DependencyDownloader(
         print("\rDownloading dependency: $url (${currentBytes.humanReadable}/${totalBytes.humanReadable}). ")
     }
 
-
-
     companion object {
         const val DEFAULT_MAX_ATTEMPTS = 10
         const val DEFAULT_ATTEMPT_INTERVAL_MS = 3000L