diff --git a/tix/tix-install.c b/tix/tix-install.c
index b122a17f..5aaae6c4 100644
--- a/tix/tix-install.c
+++ b/tix/tix-install.c
@@ -310,6 +310,7 @@ void InstallPackage(const char* tix_path)
 		if ( strcmp(collection, "/") != 0 )
 			printf(" into `%s'", collection);
 		printf("...\n");
+		fflush(stdout);
 	}
 
 	char* data_and_prefix = package_prefix && package_prefix[0] ?