diff --git a/edward2/maps.py b/edward2/maps.py
index 41f57a21..4d246781 100644
--- a/edward2/maps.py
+++ b/edward2/maps.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ def robust_map(
     max_workers: int | None = ...,
     raise_error: Literal[False] = ...,
     retry_exception_types: list[type[Exception]] | None = ...,
+    show_progress: bool = True,
 ) -> list[U | V]:
   ...
 
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ def robust_map(
     max_workers: int | None = ...,
     raise_error: Literal[True] = ...,
     retry_exception_types: list[type[Exception]] | None = ...,
+    show_progress: bool = True,
 ) -> list[U]:
   ...
 
@@ -69,6 +71,7 @@ def robust_map(
     max_workers: int | None = ...,
     raise_error: bool = ...,
     retry_exception_types: list[type[Exception]] | None = ...,
+    show_progress: bool = True,
 ) -> list[U | V]:
   ...
 
@@ -84,6 +87,7 @@ def robust_map(
     max_workers: int | None = ...,
     raise_error: bool = ...,
     progress_desc: str = ...,
+    show_progress: bool = True,
 ) -> list[U | V]:
   ...
 
@@ -100,6 +104,7 @@ def robust_map(
     raise_error: bool = False,
     retry_exception_types: list[type[Exception]] | None = None,
     progress_desc: str = 'robust_map',
+    show_progress: bool = True,
 ) -> list[U | V]:
   """Maps a function to inputs using a threadpool.
 
@@ -126,6 +131,7 @@ def robust_map(
     retry_exception_types: Exception types to retry on. Defaults to retrying
       only on grpc's RPC exceptions.
     progress_desc: A string to display in the progress bar.
+    show_progress: Whether to show the progress bar.
 
   Returns:
     A list of items each of type U. They are the outputs of `fn` applied to
@@ -162,7 +168,12 @@ def robust_map(
   num_existing = len(index_to_output)
   num_inputs = len(inputs)
   logging.info('Found %s/%s existing examples.', num_existing, num_inputs)
-  progress_bar = tqdm.tqdm(total=num_inputs - num_existing, desc=progress_desc)
+  if show_progress:
+    progress_bar = tqdm.tqdm(
+        total=num_inputs - num_existing, desc=progress_desc
+    )
+  else:
+    progress_bar = None
   indices = [i for i in range(num_inputs) if i not in index_to_output.keys()]
   with concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(
       max_workers=max_workers
@@ -175,7 +186,8 @@ def robust_map(
       try:
         output = future.result()
         index_to_output[index] = output
-        progress_bar.update(1)
+        if progress_bar:
+          progress_bar.update(1)
       except tenacity.RetryError as e:
         if raise_error:
           logging.exception('Item %s exceeded max retries.', index)
@@ -189,6 +201,7 @@ def robust_map(
               e,
           )
           index_to_output[index] = error_output
-          progress_bar.update(1)
+          if progress_bar:
+            progress_bar.update(1)
   outputs = [index_to_output[i] for i in range(num_inputs)]
   return outputs