diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index 6137ded5..370d1090 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ PlatformIO 2.0
 
 * Launched `PlatformIO Community Forums <http://community.platformio.org>`_
   (`issue #530 <https://github.com/platformio/platformio/issues/530>`_)
+* Disable progress bar for download operations when prompts are disabled
 * Fixed multiple definition errors for ST STM32 development platform and mbed
   framework
   (`issue #571 <https://github.com/platformio/platformio/issues/571>`_)
diff --git a/platformio/app.py b/platformio/app.py
index 3a6ae6cb..cda86dc4 100644
--- a/platformio/app.py
+++ b/platformio/app.py
@@ -186,4 +186,5 @@ def set_session_var(name, value):
 
 
 def is_disabled_progressbar():
-    return is_ci() or getenv("PLATFORMIO_DISABLE_PROGRESSBAR") == "true"
+    return (not get_setting("enable_prompts") or
+            getenv("PLATFORMIO_DISABLE_PROGRESSBAR") == "true")