diff --git a/ui/terminal/dumb_status.go b/ui/terminal/dumb_status.go
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+// Copyright 2019 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package terminal
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"android/soong/ui/status"
+)
+
+type dumbStatusOutput struct {
+	writer    Writer
+	formatter formatter
+}
+
+// NewDumbStatusOutput returns a StatusOutput that represents the
+// current build status similarly to Ninja's built-in terminal
+// output.
+func NewDumbStatusOutput(w Writer, formatter formatter) status.StatusOutput {
+	return &dumbStatusOutput{
+		writer:    w,
+		formatter: formatter,
+	}
+}
+
+func (s *dumbStatusOutput) Message(level status.MsgLevel, message string) {
+	if level >= status.StatusLvl {
+		fmt.Fprintln(s.writer, s.formatter.message(level, message))
+	}
+}
+
+func (s *dumbStatusOutput) StartAction(action *status.Action, counts status.Counts) {
+}
+
+func (s *dumbStatusOutput) FinishAction(result status.ActionResult, counts status.Counts) {
+	str := result.Description
+	if str == "" {
+		str = result.Command
+	}
+
+	progress := s.formatter.progress(counts) + str
+
+	output := s.formatter.result(result)
+	output = string(stripAnsiEscapes([]byte(output)))
+
+	if output != "" {
+		fmt.Fprint(s.writer, progress, "\n", output)
+	} else {
+		fmt.Fprintln(s.writer, progress)
+	}
+}
+
+func (s *dumbStatusOutput) Flush() {}