diff --git a/src/main/java/htsjdk/samtools/util/AbstractProgressLogger.java b/src/main/java/htsjdk/samtools/util/AbstractProgressLogger.java
index 4499c211aa..2b73cc8d76 100644
--- a/src/main/java/htsjdk/samtools/util/AbstractProgressLogger.java
+++ b/src/main/java/htsjdk/samtools/util/AbstractProgressLogger.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ abstract public class AbstractProgressLogger implements ProgressLoggerInterface
     private long lastStartTime = -1;
     private String lastChrom = null;
     private int lastPos = 0;
+    private String lastReadName = null;
 
     /**
      * Construct an AbstractProgressLogger.
@@ -60,10 +61,18 @@ private synchronized void record() {
         if (this.lastChrom == null) readInfo = "*/*";
         else readInfo = this.lastChrom + ":" + fmt.format(this.lastPos);
 
+        final String rnInfo;
+        if(lastReadName != null) {
+            rnInfo = ".  Last read name: " + lastReadName;
+        }
+        else {
+            rnInfo = "";
+        }
+
         final long n = (this.processed % this.n == 0) ? this.n : this.processed % this.n;
 
         log(this.verb, " ", processed, " " + noun + ".  Elapsed time: ", elapsed, "s.  Time for last ", fmt.format(n),
-                ": ", period, "s.  Last read position: ", readInfo);
+                ": ", period, "s.  Last read position: ", readInfo, rnInfo);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -80,10 +89,10 @@ public synchronized boolean log() {
         }
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public synchronized boolean record(final String chrom, final int pos) {
+    protected synchronized boolean record(final String chrom, final int pos, final String rname) {
         this.lastChrom = chrom;
         this.lastPos = pos;
+        this.lastReadName = rname;
         if (this.lastStartTime == -1) {
             this.lastStartTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
         }
@@ -96,6 +105,11 @@ public synchronized boolean record(final String chrom, final int pos) {
         }
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public synchronized boolean record(final String chrom, final int pos) {
+        return record(chrom, pos, null);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Records that a given record has been processed and triggers logging if necessary.
      * @return boolean true if logging was triggered, false otherwise
@@ -103,10 +117,10 @@ public synchronized boolean record(final String chrom, final int pos) {
     @Override
     public synchronized boolean record(final SAMRecord rec) {
         if (SAMRecord.NO_ALIGNMENT_REFERENCE_NAME.equals(rec.getReferenceName())) {
-            return record(null, 0);
+            return record(null, 0, rec.getReadName());
         }
         else {
-            return record(rec.getReferenceName(), rec.getAlignmentStart());
+            return record(rec.getReferenceName(), rec.getAlignmentStart(), rec.getReadName());
         }
     }