diff --git a/dashboard/src/lib/components/PrefillProgressBar.svelte b/dashboard/src/lib/components/PrefillProgressBar.svelte
index ea08d11d5..c07be12c9 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/lib/components/PrefillProgressBar.svelte
+++ b/dashboard/src/lib/components/PrefillProgressBar.svelte
@@ -14,6 +14,21 @@
       : 0,
   );
 
+  const etaText = $derived.by(() => {
+    if (progress.processed <= 0 || progress.total <= 0) return null;
+    const elapsedMs = performance.now() - progress.startedAt;
+    if (elapsedMs < 200) return null; // need a minimum sample window
+    const tokensPerMs = progress.processed / elapsedMs;
+    const remainingTokens = progress.total - progress.processed;
+    const remainingMs = remainingTokens / tokensPerMs;
+    const remainingSec = Math.ceil(remainingMs / 1000);
+    if (remainingSec <= 0) return null;
+    if (remainingSec < 60) return `~${remainingSec}s remaining`;
+    const mins = Math.floor(remainingSec / 60);
+    const secs = remainingSec % 60;
+    return `~${mins}m ${secs}s remaining`;
+  });
+
   function formatTokenCount(count: number | undefined): string {
     if (count == null) return "0";
     if (count >= 1000) {
@@ -40,8 +55,11 @@
       style="width: {percentage}%"
     ></div>
   </div>
-  <div class="text-right text-xs text-exo-light-gray/70 mt-0.5 font-mono">
-    {percentage}%
+  <div
+    class="flex items-center justify-between text-xs text-exo-light-gray/70 mt-0.5 font-mono"
+  >
+    <span>{etaText ?? ""}</span>
+    <span>{percentage}%</span>
   </div>
 </div>
 
diff --git a/dashboard/src/lib/stores/app.svelte.ts b/dashboard/src/lib/stores/app.svelte.ts
index 3e0074e37..ef9f12072 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/lib/stores/app.svelte.ts
+++ b/dashboard/src/lib/stores/app.svelte.ts
@@ -276,6 +276,8 @@ export interface TokenData {
 export interface PrefillProgress {
   processed: number;
   total: number;
+  /** Timestamp (performance.now()) when prefill started. */
+  startedAt: number;
 }
 
 export interface Message {
@@ -2459,6 +2461,7 @@ class AppStore {
             this.prefillProgress = {
               processed: inner.processed_tokens,
               total: inner.total_tokens,
+              startedAt: this.prefillProgress?.startedAt ?? performance.now(),
             };
           },
         },