diff --git a/nglib/nglib.cpp b/nglib/nglib.cpp
index 4e189c86..b692ce46 100644
--- a/nglib/nglib.cpp
+++ b/nglib/nglib.cpp
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ namespace netgen
 }
 #endif
 
-
 /*
 namespace netgen
 {
@@ -101,6 +100,19 @@ namespace nglib
    }
 
 
+   DLL_HEADER void Ng_GetStatus(char ** str, double & percent)
+   {
+	   ::netgen::MyStr s;
+	   ::netgen::GetStatus(s, percent);
+	   *str = new char[s.Length() + 1];
+	   strcpy(*str, s.c_str());
+   }
+
+
+   DLL_HEADER void Ng_SetTerminate(bool abort)
+   {
+	   ::netgen::multithread.terminate = abort ? 1 : 0;
+   }
 
 
    // Clean-up functions before ending usage of nglib
diff --git a/nglib/nglib.h b/nglib/nglib.h
index eb8c312d..913b66a5 100644
--- a/nglib/nglib.h
+++ b/nglib/nglib.h
@@ -250,6 +250,16 @@ DLL_HEADER void Ng_Init (bool cout_to_null = false, bool cerr_to_null = false, b
 DLL_HEADER void Ng_Exit ();
   
 
+/*! \brief Get current status, e.g. info string and percent
+*/
+DLL_HEADER void Ng_GetStatus(char ** str, double & percent);
+
+
+/*! \brief Set abort flag
+*/
+DLL_HEADER void Ng_SetTerminate(bool abort);
+
+
 /*! \brief Create a new (and empty) Netgen Mesh Structure
 
     This function creates a new Netgen Mesh, initialises