diff --git a/phpBB/language/en/migrator.php b/phpBB/language/en/migrator.php
index 244a5faadf..7623636941 100644
--- a/phpBB/language/en/migrator.php
+++ b/phpBB/language/en/migrator.php
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ $lang = array_merge($lang, array(
 	'MIGRATION_NOT_FULFILLABLE'			=> 'The migration "%1$s" is not fulfillable, missing migration "%2$s".',
 	'MIGRATION_NOT_VALID'				=> '%s is not a valid migration.',
 	'MIGRATION_SCHEMA_DONE'				=> 'Installed Schema: %1$s; Time: %2$.2f seconds',
+	'MIGRATION_SCHEMA_IN_PROGRESS'		=> 'Installing Schema: %1$s; Time: %2$.2f seconds',
 	'MIGRATION_SCHEMA_RUNNING'			=> 'Installing Schema: %s.',
 
 	'MIGRATION_INVALID_DATA_MISSING_CONDITION'		=> 'A migration is invalid. An if statement helper is missing a condition.',
diff --git a/phpBB/phpbb/db/migrator.php b/phpBB/phpbb/db/migrator.php
index 7fc3e787e2..739959d7b7 100644
--- a/phpBB/phpbb/db/migrator.php
+++ b/phpBB/phpbb/db/migrator.php
@@ -308,7 +308,14 @@ class migrator
 			$state['migration_data_state'] = ($result === true) ? '' : $result;
 			$state['migration_schema_done'] = ($result === true);
 
-			$this->output_handler->write(array('MIGRATION_SCHEMA_DONE', $name, $elapsed_time), migrator_output_handler_interface::VERBOSITY_NORMAL);
+			if ($state['migration_schema_done'])
+			{
+				$this->output_handler->write(array('MIGRATION_SCHEMA_DONE', $name, $elapsed_time), migrator_output_handler_interface::VERBOSITY_NORMAL);
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				$this->output_handler->write(array('MIGRATION_SCHEMA_IN_PROGRESS', $name, $elapsed_time), migrator_output_handler_interface::VERBOSITY_VERY_VERBOSE);
+			}
 		}
 		else if (!$state['migration_data_done'])
 		{
@@ -493,8 +500,10 @@ class migrator
 			try
 			{
 				// Result will be null or true if everything completed correctly
+				// After any schema update step we allow to pause, since
+				// database changes can take quite some time
 				$result = $this->run_step($step, $last_result, $revert);
-				if ($result !== null && $result !== true)
+				if ($result !== null && $result !== true && strpos($step[0], 'dbtools') !== 0)
 				{
 					return serialize(array(
 						'result'	=> $result,