diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fcd62064ef11..bf9dcc17df50 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
     "markdown-it-emoji": "^1.4.0",
     "markdown-it-table-of-contents": "^0.4.4",
     "minimist": "^1.2.5",
+    "ora": "^5.1.0",
     "prismjs": "^1.20.0",
     "slash": "^3.0.0",
     "vite": "^1.0.0-rc.9",
diff --git a/src/node/build/build.ts b/src/node/build/build.ts
index f46d556c2def..b452a6417eee 100644
--- a/src/node/build/build.ts
+++ b/src/node/build/build.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import fs from 'fs-extra'
-import { bundle } from './bundle'
+import { bundle, okMark, failMark } from './bundle'
 import { BuildConfig as ViteBuildOptions } from 'vite'
 import { resolveConfig } from '../config'
 import { renderPage } from './render'
 import { OutputChunk, OutputAsset } from 'rollup'
+import ora from 'ora'
 
 export type BuildOptions = Pick<
   Partial<ViteBuildOptions>,
@@ -16,41 +17,54 @@ export type BuildOptions = Pick<
 export async function build(buildOptions: BuildOptions = {}) {
   process.env.NODE_ENV = 'production'
   const siteConfig = await resolveConfig(buildOptions.root)
+
   try {
     const [clientResult, , pageToHashMap] = await bundle(
       siteConfig,
       buildOptions
     )
-    console.log('rendering pages...')
-
-    const appChunk = clientResult.assets.find(
-      (chunk) =>
-        chunk.type === 'chunk' && chunk.fileName.match(/^app\.\w+\.js$/)
-    ) as OutputChunk
-
-    const cssChunk = clientResult.assets.find(
-      (chunk) => chunk.type === 'asset' && chunk.fileName.endsWith('.css')
-    ) as OutputAsset
-
-    // We embed the hash map string into each page directly so that it doesn't
-    // alter the main chunk's hash on every build. It's also embedded as a
-    // string and JSON.parsed from the client because it's faster than embedding
-    // as JS object literal.
-    const hashMapStirng = JSON.stringify(JSON.stringify(pageToHashMap))
-
-    for (const page of siteConfig.pages) {
-      await renderPage(
-        siteConfig,
-        page,
-        clientResult,
-        appChunk,
-        cssChunk,
-        pageToHashMap,
-        hashMapStirng
-      )
+
+    const spinner = ora()
+    spinner.start('rendering pages...')
+
+    try {
+      const appChunk = clientResult.assets.find(
+        (chunk) =>
+          chunk.type === 'chunk' && chunk.fileName.match(/^app\.\w+\.js$/)
+      ) as OutputChunk
+
+      const cssChunk = clientResult.assets.find(
+        (chunk) => chunk.type === 'asset' && chunk.fileName.endsWith('.css')
+      ) as OutputAsset
+
+      // We embed the hash map string into each page directly so that it doesn't
+      // alter the main chunk's hash on every build. It's also embedded as a
+      // string and JSON.parsed from the client because it's faster than embedding
+      // as JS object literal.
+      const hashMapStirng = JSON.stringify(JSON.stringify(pageToHashMap))
+
+      for (const page of siteConfig.pages) {
+        await renderPage(
+          siteConfig,
+          page,
+          clientResult,
+          appChunk,
+          cssChunk,
+          pageToHashMap,
+          hashMapStirng
+        )
+      }
+    } catch (e) {
+      spinner.stopAndPersist({
+        symbol: failMark
+      })
+      throw e
     }
+    spinner.stopAndPersist({
+      symbol: okMark
+    })
   } finally {
     await fs.remove(siteConfig.tempDir)
   }
-  console.log('done.')
+  console.log('✨ done.')
 }
diff --git a/src/node/build/bundle.ts b/src/node/build/bundle.ts
index fab681de1c43..0506ec2ad2a9 100644
--- a/src/node/build/bundle.ts
+++ b/src/node/build/bundle.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ import {
   BuildConfig as ViteBuildOptions,
   BuildResult
 } from 'vite'
+import ora from 'ora'
+
+export const okMark = '\x1b[32m✓\x1b[0m'
+export const failMark = '\x1b[31m✖\x1b[0m'
 
 const hashRE = /\.(\w+)\.js$/
 const staticInjectMarkerRE = /\b(const _hoisted_\d+ = \/\*#__PURE__\*\/createStaticVNode)\("(.*)", (\d+)\)/g
@@ -143,14 +147,37 @@ export async function bundle(
     minify: !process.env.DEBUG
   }
 
-  console.log('building client bundle...')
-  const clientResult = await build(viteOptions)
+  let clientResult, serverResult
 
-  console.log('building server bundle...')
+  const spinner = ora()
+  spinner.start('building client bundle...')
+  try {
+    clientResult = await build(viteOptions)
+  } catch (e) {
+    spinner.stopAndPersist({
+      symbol: failMark
+    })
+    throw e
+  }
+  spinner.stopAndPersist({
+    symbol: okMark
+  })
+
+  spinner.start('building server bundle...')
   isClientBuild = false
-  const serverResult = await ssrBuild({
-    ...viteOptions,
-    outDir: config.tempDir
+  try {
+    serverResult = await ssrBuild({
+      ...viteOptions,
+      outDir: config.tempDir
+    })
+  } catch (e) {
+    spinner.stopAndPersist({
+      symbol: failMark
+    })
+    throw e
+  }
+  spinner.stopAndPersist({
+    symbol: okMark
   })
 
   return [clientResult[0], serverResult[0], pageToHashMap]