diff --git a/audeer/core/utils.py b/audeer/core/utils.py
index 4186c59..c6db4e3 100644
--- a/audeer/core/utils.py
+++ b/audeer/core/utils.py
@@ -541,6 +541,7 @@ def run_tasks(
     multiprocessing: bool = False,
     progress_bar: bool = False,
     task_description: str = None,
+    maximum_refresh_time: float = None,
 ) -> typing.Sequence[typing.Any]:
     r"""Run parallel tasks using multprocessing.
 
@@ -562,6 +563,11 @@ def run_tasks(
         progress_bar: show a progress bar
         task_description: task description
             that will be displayed next to progress bar
+        maximum_refresh_time: refresh the progress bar
+            at least every ``maximum_refresh_time`` seconds,
+            using another thread.
+            If ``None``,
+            no refreshing is enforced
 
     Examples:
         >>> power = lambda x, n: x**n
@@ -578,6 +584,7 @@ def run_tasks(
             params,
             total=len(params),
             desc=task_description,
+            maximum_refresh_time=maximum_refresh_time,
             disable=not progress_bar,
         ) as pbar:
             for index, param in enumerate(pbar):
@@ -592,6 +599,7 @@ def run_tasks(
             with audeer_progress_bar(
                 total=len(params),
                 desc=task_description,
+                maximum_refresh_time=maximum_refresh_time,
                 disable=not progress_bar,
             ) as pbar:
                 futures = []