diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 79ee0db8f70..c80b1aeace2 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ doctest = false
 [features]
 default = ["max"]
 max = ["fast", "pretty-cli"]
-lean = ["fast", "lean-cli"]
+lean = ["fast", "lean-cli", "prodash-line-renderer-crossterm", "git-features/progress-prodash"]
 small = ["lean-cli"]
 
 fast = ["git-features/parallel", "git-features/fast-sha1"]
diff --git a/src/plumbing/lean.rs b/src/plumbing/lean.rs
index 91e262dd975..b132798897f 100644
--- a/src/plumbing/lean.rs
+++ b/src/plumbing/lean.rs
@@ -50,6 +50,22 @@ fn prepare(verbose: bool, name: &str) -> ((), progress::Log) {
     ((), progress::Log::new(name, Some(1)))
 }
 
+#[cfg(any(
+    feature = "prodash-line-renderer-crossterm",
+    feature = "prodash-line-renderer-termion"
+))]
+fn prepare(verbose: bool, name: &str) -> (prodash::line::JoinHandle, progress::DoOrDiscard<prodash::tree::Item>) {
+    super::init_env_logger(false);
+
+    let progress = prodash::Tree::new();
+    let sub_progress = progress.add_child(name);
+    let handle = prodash::line::render(stderr(), progress, prodash::line::Options::default());
+    (
+        handle,
+        progress::DoOrDiscard::from(if verbose { Some(sub_progress) } else { None }),
+    )
+}
+
 pub fn main() -> Result<()> {
     pub use options::*;
     let cli: Args = crate::shared::from_env();