diff --git a/src/slic3r/GUI/PluginProgressDialog.cpp b/src/slic3r/GUI/PluginProgressDialog.cpp
index 509f147165..778cbcde57 100644
--- a/src/slic3r/GUI/PluginProgressDialog.cpp
+++ b/src/slic3r/GUI/PluginProgressDialog.cpp
@@ -10,11 +10,15 @@ PluginProgressDialog::PluginProgressDialog(wxWindow*       parent,
                                            int             maximum,
                                            int             style,
                                            CloseHandler    on_destroyed)
-    : wxProgressDialog(title, message, maximum, parent, style)
+    : ProgressDialog(title, message, maximum, parent, style)
     , m_pulse_message(message)
     , m_on_destroyed(std::move(on_destroyed))
 {
-    Bind(wxEVT_CLOSE_WINDOW, &PluginProgressDialog::on_close_window, this);
+    // The base ProgressDialog already binds wxEVT_CLOSE_WINDOW (its OnClose vetoes
+    // a non-cancelable dialog and marks a cancelable one Canceled). We deliberately
+    // don't add a second handler: a user-initiated close surfaces to the plugin as
+    // update()/pulse() returning false, and programmatic close() calls Destroy()
+    // directly, so no extra wiring is needed here.
 }
 
 PluginProgressDialog::~PluginProgressDialog()
@@ -120,11 +124,6 @@ void PluginProgressDialog::close()
     Destroy();
 }
 
-void PluginProgressDialog::on_close_window(wxCloseEvent& /*event*/)
-{
-    close();
-}
-
 void PluginProgressDialog::on_timer(wxTimerEvent& /*event*/)
 {
     if (m_open)
diff --git a/src/slic3r/GUI/PluginProgressDialog.hpp b/src/slic3r/GUI/PluginProgressDialog.hpp
index e50cbb232d..81e3950441 100644
--- a/src/slic3r/GUI/PluginProgressDialog.hpp
+++ b/src/slic3r/GUI/PluginProgressDialog.hpp
@@ -5,17 +5,24 @@
 #include <memory>
 
 #include <wx/event.h>
-#include <wx/progdlg.h>
 #include <wx/string.h>
 #include <wx/timer.h>
 #include <wx/window.h>
 
+#include "Widgets/ProgressDialog.hpp"
+
 namespace Slic3r { namespace GUI {
 
 // A host-owned progress dialog for Python plugins. This class is deliberately
 // Python-agnostic; the plugin layer owns any pybind/GIL concerns and marshals
 // all calls to the UI thread.
-class PluginProgressDialog : public wxProgressDialog
+//
+// It derives from OrcaSlicer's own Slic3r::GUI::ProgressDialog (a real wxDialog
+// with themable wx children) rather than the native wxProgressDialog: on Windows
+// wxProgressDialog is a comctl32 TaskDialog running on a worker thread with no
+// recolorable wx surface, so it cannot follow OrcaSlicer's (OS-independent) dark
+// theme. The base themes itself via UpdateDlgDarkUI(this) in its Create().
+class PluginProgressDialog : public ProgressDialog
 {
 public:
     using CloseHandler = std::function<void()>;
@@ -52,7 +59,6 @@ public:
     bool is_open() const { return m_open; }
 
 private:
-    void on_close_window(wxCloseEvent& event);
     void on_timer(wxTimerEvent& event);
 
     bool                     m_open{true};
diff --git a/src/slic3r/GUI/Widgets/ProgressDialog.cpp b/src/slic3r/GUI/Widgets/ProgressDialog.cpp
index 0ace737d8d..9bb5452d52 100644
--- a/src/slic3r/GUI/Widgets/ProgressDialog.cpp
+++ b/src/slic3r/GUI/Widgets/ProgressDialog.cpp
@@ -231,6 +231,17 @@ bool ProgressDialog::Create(const wxString &title, const wxString &message, int
         m_sizer_main->Add(m_gauge, 0, wxEXPAND | wxLEFT | wxRIGHT, FromDIP(28));
     }
 
+    // Optional elapsed/estimated/remaining time labels, created only when the
+    // caller opts in via the wxPD_*_TIME style flags (so callers that don't set
+    // them are unaffected). Update()/Pulse() already refresh these once non-null.
+    if (HasPDFlag(wxPD_ELAPSED_TIME | wxPD_ESTIMATED_TIME | wxPD_REMAINING_TIME)) {
+        wxFlexGridSizer *sizer_times = new wxFlexGridSizer(2, FromDIP(2), FromDIP(8));
+        if (HasPDFlag(wxPD_ELAPSED_TIME))   m_elapsed   = CreateLabel(GetElapsedLabel(), sizer_times);
+        if (HasPDFlag(wxPD_ESTIMATED_TIME)) m_estimated = CreateLabel(GetEstimatedLabel(), sizer_times);
+        if (HasPDFlag(wxPD_REMAINING_TIME)) m_remaining = CreateLabel(GetRemainingLabel(), sizer_times);
+        m_sizer_main->Add(sizer_times, 0, wxALIGN_CENTER_HORIZONTAL | wxTOP | wxLEFT | wxRIGHT, FromDIP(12));
+    }
+
 #ifdef __WXMSW__
     //m_block_left = new wxWindow(m_gauge, wxID_ANY, wxPoint(0, 0), wxSize(FromDIP(2), PROGRESSDIALOG_GAUGE_SIZE.y * 2));
     //m_block_left->SetBackgroundColour(PROGRESSDIALOG_DEF_BK);
@@ -490,6 +501,14 @@ wxStaticText *ProgressDialog::CreateLabel(const wxString &text, wxSizer *sizer)
     wxStaticText *label = new wxStaticText(this, wxID_ANY, text);
     wxStaticText *value = new wxStaticText(this, wxID_ANY, wxGetTranslation("unknown"));
 
+    // Match the message label's look so the times theme with the rest of the
+    // dialog: PROGRESSDIALOG_GREY_700 is a key in the dark-mode colour map, so
+    // UpdateDlgDarkUI() (called at the end of Create()) remaps it in dark mode.
+    for (wxStaticText *st : {label, value}) {
+        st->SetFont(::Label::Body_13);
+        st->SetForegroundColour(PROGRESSDIALOG_GREY_700);
+    }
+
     // select placement most native or nice on target GUI
 #if defined(__WXMSW__) || defined(__WXMAC__) || defined(__WXGTK20__)
     // value and time centered in one row