diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 53e53b827..820cef564 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  * #277: Customize Healthchecks log level via borgmatic "--monitoring-verbosity" flag.
  * #280: Change "exclude_if_present" option to support multiple filenames that indicate a directory
    should be excluded from backups, rather than just a single filename.
+ * #287: View consistency check progress via "--progress" flag for "check" action.
  * For "create" and "prune" actions, no longer list files or show detailed stats at any verbosities
    by default. You can opt back in with "--files" or "--stats" flags.
  * For "list" and "info" actions, show repository names even at verbosity 0.
diff --git a/borgmatic/borg/check.py b/borgmatic/borg/check.py
index 45e59f28a..55332157b 100644
--- a/borgmatic/borg/check.py
+++ b/borgmatic/borg/check.py
@@ -91,13 +91,15 @@ def check_archives(
     consistency_config,
     local_path='borg',
     remote_path=None,
+    progress=None,
     repair=None,
     only_checks=None,
 ):
     '''
     Given a local or remote repository path, a storage config dict, a consistency config dict,
-    local/remote commands to run, whether to attempt a repair, and an optional list of checks
-    to use instead of configured checks, check the contained Borg archives for consistency.
+    local/remote commands to run, whether to include progress information, whether to attempt a
+    repair, and an optional list of checks to use instead of configured checks, check the contained
+    Borg archives for consistency.
 
     If there are no consistency checks to run, skip running them.
     '''
@@ -124,17 +126,17 @@ def check_archives(
             + (('--remote-path', remote_path) if remote_path else ())
             + (('--lock-wait', str(lock_wait)) if lock_wait else ())
             + verbosity_flags
+            + (('--progress',) if progress else ())
             + (tuple(extra_borg_options.split(' ')) if extra_borg_options else ())
             + (repository,)
         )
 
         # The Borg repair option trigger an interactive prompt, which won't work when output is
-        # captured.
-        if repair:
+        # captured. And progress messes with the terminal directly.
+        if repair or progress:
             execute_command_without_capture(full_command, error_on_warnings=True)
-            return
-
-        execute_command(full_command, error_on_warnings=True)
+        else:
+            execute_command(full_command, error_on_warnings=True)
 
     if 'extract' in checks:
         extract.extract_last_archive_dry_run(repository, lock_wait, local_path, remote_path)
diff --git a/borgmatic/commands/arguments.py b/borgmatic/commands/arguments.py
index 61a754dff..cde8539e2 100644
--- a/borgmatic/commands/arguments.py
+++ b/borgmatic/commands/arguments.py
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ def parse_arguments(*unparsed_arguments):
         dest='progress',
         default=False,
         action='store_true',
-        help='Display progress for each file as it is processed',
+        help='Display progress for each file as it is backed up',
     )
     create_group.add_argument(
         '--stats',
@@ -287,6 +287,13 @@ def parse_arguments(*unparsed_arguments):
         add_help=False,
     )
     check_group = check_parser.add_argument_group('check arguments')
+    check_group.add_argument(
+        '--progress',
+        dest='progress',
+        default=False,
+        action='store_true',
+        help='Display progress for each file as it is checked',
+    )
     check_group.add_argument(
         '--repair',
         dest='repair',
@@ -336,7 +343,7 @@ def parse_arguments(*unparsed_arguments):
         dest='progress',
         default=False,
         action='store_true',
-        help='Display progress for each file as it is processed',
+        help='Display progress for each file as it is extracted',
     )
     extract_group.add_argument(
         '-h', '--help', action='help', help='Show this help message and exit'
diff --git a/borgmatic/commands/borgmatic.py b/borgmatic/commands/borgmatic.py
index daece3a56..9914668ab 100644
--- a/borgmatic/commands/borgmatic.py
+++ b/borgmatic/commands/borgmatic.py
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ def run_actions(
             consistency,
             local_path=local_path,
             remote_path=remote_path,
+            progress=arguments['check'].progress,
             repair=arguments['check'].repair,
             only_checks=arguments['check'].only,
         )
diff --git a/tests/unit/borg/test_check.py b/tests/unit/borg/test_check.py
index b2506aae0..96b9979ef 100644
--- a/tests/unit/borg/test_check.py
+++ b/tests/unit/borg/test_check.py
@@ -158,6 +158,21 @@ def test_make_check_flags_with_default_checks_and_prefix_includes_prefix_flag():
     assert flags == ('--prefix', 'foo-')
 
 
+def test_check_archives_with_progress_calls_borg_with_progress_parameter():
+    checks = ('repository',)
+    consistency_config = {'check_last': None}
+    flexmock(module).should_receive('_parse_checks').and_return(checks)
+    flexmock(module).should_receive('_make_check_flags').and_return(())
+    flexmock(module).should_receive('execute_command').never()
+    flexmock(module).should_receive('execute_command_without_capture').with_args(
+        ('borg', 'check', '--progress', 'repo'), error_on_warnings=True
+    ).once()
+
+    module.check_archives(
+        repository='repo', storage_config={}, consistency_config=consistency_config, progress=True
+    )
+
+
 def test_check_archives_with_repair_calls_borg_with_repair_parameter():
     checks = ('repository',)
     consistency_config = {'check_last': None}