diff --git a/apps/main.c b/apps/main.c
index 596d76223d..9d5aa77bcf 100644
--- a/apps/main.c
+++ b/apps/main.c
@@ -144,15 +144,32 @@ void init_tagcache(void)
 {
 #ifdef HAVE_LCD_BITMAP
     int font_w, font_h;
-    
-    /* Print "Scanning disk..." to the display. */
-    lcd_getstringsize("A", &font_w, &font_h);
-    lcd_putsxy((LCD_WIDTH/2) - ((strlen(str(LANG_TAGCACHE_INIT))*font_w)/2),
-                LCD_HEIGHT-font_h*3, str(LANG_TAGCACHE_INIT));
-    lcd_update();
 #endif
     
     tagcache_init();
+    
+    while (!tagcache_is_initialized())
+    {
+#ifdef HAVE_LCD_BITMAP
+        char buf[64];
+        int ret;
+        
+        ret = tagcache_get_commit_step();
+        if (ret > 0)
+        {
+            snprintf(buf, sizeof buf, "%s [%d/%d]",
+                     str(LANG_TAGCACHE_INIT), ret, TAG_COUNT);
+            
+            /* Print "Scanning disk..." to the display. */
+            lcd_getstringsize("A", &font_w, &font_h);
+            lcd_putsxy((LCD_WIDTH/2) - ((strlen(buf)*font_w)/2),
+                   LCD_HEIGHT-font_h*3, buf);
+            lcd_update();
+        }
+#endif
+        sleep(HZ/4);
+    }
+    
     tagtree_init();
 
 #ifdef HAVE_LCD_BITMAP
@@ -377,9 +394,9 @@ void init(void)
 
     
     init_dircache();
-    init_tagcache();
     gui_sync_wps_init();
     settings_apply();
+    init_tagcache();
 
     status_init();
     playlist_init();
diff --git a/apps/tagcache.c b/apps/tagcache.c
index b6b12b7035..b91e065ab8 100644
--- a/apps/tagcache.c
+++ b/apps/tagcache.c
@@ -59,6 +59,12 @@ static const int unique_tags[] = { tag_artist, tag_album, tag_genre, tag_compose
 /* Numeric tags (we can use these tags with conditional clauses). */
 static const int numeric_tags[] = { tag_year, tag_tracknumber, tag_length, tag_bitrate };
 
+/* When thread initialization and memory allocation has been made. */
+static bool tagcache_init_done = false;
+
+/* Progress indicator while committing the cache. */
+static int init_step;
+
 /* Queue commands. */
 #define Q_STOP_SCAN     0
 #define Q_START_SCAN    1
@@ -1780,8 +1786,10 @@ static bool commit(void)
     logf("commit %d entries...", header.entry_count);
     
     /* Now create the index files. */
+    init_step = 0;
     for (i = 0; i < TAG_COUNT; i++)
     {
+        init_step++;
         if (tagcache_is_numeric_tag(i))
         {
             build_numeric_index(i, &header, tmpfd);
@@ -1791,11 +1799,13 @@ static bool commit(void)
         {
             logf("tagcache failed init");
             remove_files();
+            init_step = 0;
             return false;
         }
     }
     
     close(tmpfd);
+    init_step = 0;
     
     /* Update the master index headers. */
     masterfd = open(TAGCACHE_FILE_MASTER, O_RDWR);
@@ -2221,6 +2231,20 @@ static void tagcache_thread(void)
     struct event ev;
     bool check_done = false;
 
+    /* If the previous cache build/update was interrupted, commit
+     * the changes first. */
+    cpu_boost(true);
+    allocate_tempbuf();
+    commit();
+    free_tempbuf();
+    cpu_boost(false);
+    
+#ifdef HAVE_TC_RAMCACHE
+    /* Allocate space for the tagcache if found on disk. */
+    allocate_tagcache();
+#endif
+    tagcache_init_done = true;
+    
     while (1)
     {
         queue_wait_w_tmo(&tagcache_queue, &ev, HZ);
@@ -2316,22 +2340,20 @@ bool tagcache_is_ramcache(void)
 
 void tagcache_init(void)
 {
-    /* If the previous cache build/update was interrupted, commit
-     * the changes first. */
-    cpu_boost(true);
-    allocate_tempbuf();
-    commit();
-    free_tempbuf();
-    cpu_boost(false);
-    
-#ifdef HAVE_TC_RAMCACHE
-    /* Allocate space for the tagcache if found on disk. */
-    allocate_tagcache();
-#endif
-    
+    tagcache_init_done = false;
+    init_step = 0;
     queue_init(&tagcache_queue);
     create_thread(tagcache_thread, tagcache_stack,
                   sizeof(tagcache_stack), tagcache_thread_name);
 }
 
+bool tagcache_is_initialized(void)
+{
+    return tagcache_init_done;
+}
+    
+int tagcache_get_commit_step(void)
+{
+    return init_step;
+}
 
diff --git a/apps/tagcache.h b/apps/tagcache.h
index 2def028b7c..468c48c45d 100644
--- a/apps/tagcache.h
+++ b/apps/tagcache.h
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ bool tagcache_is_ramcache(void);
 bool tagcache_fill_tags(struct mp3entry *id3, const char *filename);
 #endif
 void tagcache_init(void);
+bool tagcache_is_initialized(void);
+int tagcache_get_commit_step(void);
 void tagcache_start_scan(void);
 void tagcache_stop_scan(void);
 bool tagcache_force_update(void);