diff --git a/common-functions.sh b/common-functions.sh
index 298aba5..dedf656 100644
--- a/common-functions.sh
+++ b/common-functions.sh
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ else
 	distrib="unknown"
 fi
 
+# Initializes $wget_progress: detects if the option --show-progress is available
+wget --help | grep -q '\--show-progress' && wget_progress="-q --show-progress" || wget_progress=""
+
 # ask_yesno question
 ## Asks a yes/no question and stores the result in the 'answer' variable
 ask_yesno() {
diff --git a/create-package.sh b/create-package.sh
index c4c5f2d..069a66e 100755
--- a/create-package.sh
+++ b/create-package.sh
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ fi
 # Downloads the discord tar.gz archive and puts its name in the global variable archive_name.
 download_discord() {
 	echo "Downloading $app_name for linux..."
-	wget -q --show-progress --content-disposition "${download_url}?platform=linux&format=tar.gz"
+	wget $wget_progress --content-disposition "${download_url}?platform=linux&format=tar.gz"
 	archive_name="$(ls *.tar.gz)"
 }