diff --git a/package/boot/kexec-tools/Makefile b/package/boot/kexec-tools/Makefile
index 1c686a25400..71a10b22f95 100644
--- a/package/boot/kexec-tools/Makefile
+++ b/package/boot/kexec-tools/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=kexec-tools
 PKG_VERSION:=2.0.14
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@KERNEL/linux/utils/kernel/kexec
diff --git a/package/boot/kexec-tools/files/kdump.init b/package/boot/kexec-tools/files/kdump.init
index 057b8cc17a2..6a6a94c07e3 100755
--- a/package/boot/kexec-tools/files/kdump.init
+++ b/package/boot/kexec-tools/files/kdump.init
@@ -43,8 +43,10 @@ run_kdump() {
 	timestamp=$(date "+%Y%m%dT%H%M%S")
 
 	if [ "$save_vmcore" -eq 1 ]; then
+		echo -n "Saving vmcore (this may take a while)..."
 		# would like 'sparse' but busybox doesn't support it
 		dd if=/proc/vmcore of="$path/vmcore-$timestamp" conv=fsync bs=1M
+		echo " done"
 	fi
 
 	if [ "$save_dmesg" -eq 1 ]; then