diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index edf6ebf..d518f11 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -129,9 +129,17 @@ btn_cb (GtkWidget *b, gchar *cmd)
 static gboolean
 timeout_cb (gpointer data)
 {
-  static guint count = 1;
+  static guint count = 0;
+  static gboolean initialized = FALSE;
   GtkWidget *w = (GtkWidget *) data;
 
+  /* Initialize count only once, accounting for elapsed time from previous dialog */
+  if (!initialized)
+    {
+      count = options.data.timeout_elapsed + 1;
+      initialized = TRUE;
+    }
+
   if (options.data.timeout < count)
     {
       yad_exit (YAD_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT);
@@ -463,8 +471,15 @@ create_dialog (void)
 
       if (G_LIKELY (options.data.to_indicator) && strcasecmp (options.data.to_indicator, "none") != 0)
         {
+          gdouble initial_fraction = 1.0;
+
           topb = gtk_progress_bar_new ();
-          gtk_progress_bar_set_fraction (GTK_PROGRESS_BAR (topb), 1.0);
+
+          /* Calculate initial fraction accounting for elapsed time */
+          if (options.data.timeout_elapsed > 0 && options.data.timeout_elapsed < options.data.timeout)
+            initial_fraction = (gdouble)(options.data.timeout - options.data.timeout_elapsed) / (gdouble)options.data.timeout;
+
+          gtk_progress_bar_set_fraction (GTK_PROGRESS_BAR (topb), initial_fraction);
           gtk_widget_set_name (topb, "yad-timeout-indicator");
         }
 
@@ -508,7 +523,13 @@ create_dialog (void)
           if (SHOW_REMAIN)
 #endif
             {
-              gchar *lbl = g_strdup_printf (_("%d sec"), options.data.timeout);
+              guint remaining = options.data.timeout;
+
+              /* Account for elapsed time in initial label */
+              if (options.data.timeout_elapsed > 0 && options.data.timeout_elapsed < options.data.timeout)
+                remaining = options.data.timeout - options.data.timeout_elapsed;
+
+              gchar *lbl = g_strdup_printf (_("%d sec"), remaining);
               gtk_progress_bar_set_show_text (GTK_PROGRESS_BAR (topb), TRUE);
               gtk_progress_bar_set_text (GTK_PROGRESS_BAR (topb), lbl);
               g_free (lbl);
diff --git a/src/option.c b/src/option.c
index 11e48e5..c4de235 100644
--- a/src/option.c
+++ b/src/option.c
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ static GOptionEntry general_options[] = {
     N_("Set dialog timeout in seconds"), N_("TIMEOUT") },
   { "timeout-indicator", 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING, &options.data.to_indicator,
     N_("Show remaining time indicator (top, bottom, left, right)"), N_("POS") },
+  { "timeout-elapsed", 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_INT, &options.data.timeout_elapsed,
+    N_("Set elapsed time for timeout continuation"), N_("SECONDS") },
   { "text", 0, G_OPTION_FLAG_NOALIAS, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING, &options.data.dialog_text,
     N_("Set the dialog text"), N_("TEXT") },
   { "text-width", 0, G_OPTION_FLAG_NOALIAS, G_OPTION_ARG_INT, &options.data.text_width,
@@ -1667,6 +1669,7 @@ yad_options_init (void)
   options.data.icon_theme = NULL;
   options.data.expander = NULL;
   options.data.timeout = 0;
+  options.data.timeout_elapsed = 0;
   options.data.to_indicator = NULL;
   options.data.hscroll_policy = GTK_POLICY_AUTOMATIC;
   options.data.vscroll_policy = GTK_POLICY_AUTOMATIC;
diff --git a/src/yad.h b/src/yad.h
index 649ba4f..565c20f 100644
--- a/src/yad.h
+++ b/src/yad.h
@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ typedef struct {
   gboolean negy;
   gchar *geometry;
   guint timeout;
+  guint timeout_elapsed; /* Time already elapsed from previous dialog */
   gchar *to_indicator;
   gchar *dialog_text;
   guint text_width;