diff --git a/docs/content/2.components/table.md b/docs/content/2.components/table.md
index a83a23867d..f747feff21 100644
--- a/docs/content/2.components/table.md
+++ b/docs/content/2.components/table.md
@@ -302,11 +302,11 @@ componentProps:
 
 ### Loading
 
-Use the `loading` prop to display a loading state.
+Use the `loading` prop to indicate that data is currently loading with an indeterminate [Progress](/components/progress#indeterminate) bar.
 
-Use the `loading-state` prop to customize the `icon` and `label` or change them globally in `ui.table.default.loadingState`.
+You can use the `progress` prop to customize the `color` and `animation` of the progress bar or change them globally in `ui.table.default.progress` (you can set it to `null` to hide the progress bar).
 
-You can also set it to `null` to hide the loading state.
+If there is no rows provided, a loading state will also be displayed. You can use the `loading-state` prop to customize the `icon` and `label` or change them globally in `ui.table.default.loadingState` (you can set it to `null` to hide the loading state).
 
 ::component-card
 ---
@@ -330,8 +330,12 @@ props:
   loadingState:
     icon: 'i-heroicons-arrow-path-20-solid'
     label: "Loading..."
+  progress:
+    color: 'primary'
+    animation: 'carousel'
 excludedProps:
   - loadingState
+  - progress
 ---
 ::
 
diff --git a/src/runtime/components/data/Table.vue b/src/runtime/components/data/Table.vue
index 1bdf1cbc7d..605a55d7f7 100644
--- a/src/runtime/components/data/Table.vue
+++ b/src/runtime/components/data/Table.vue
@@ -20,9 +20,15 @@
             </slot>
           </th>
         </tr>
+
+        <tr v-if="loading && progress">
+          <td :colspan="0" :class="ui.progress.wrapper">
+            <UProgress v-bind="{ ...(ui.default.progress || {}), ...progress }" size="2xs" />
+          </td>
+        </tr>
       </thead>
       <tbody :class="ui.tbody">
-        <tr v-if="loadingState && loading">
+        <tr v-if="loadingState && loading && !rows.length">
           <td :colspan="columns.length + (modelValue ? 1 : 0)">
             <slot name="loading-state">
               <div :class="ui.loadingState.wrapper">
@@ -72,12 +78,13 @@ import type { PropType } from 'vue'
 import { upperFirst } from 'scule'
 import { defu } from 'defu'
 import { useVModel } from '@vueuse/core'
-import UButton from '../elements/Button.vue'
 import UIcon from '../elements/Icon.vue'
+import UButton from '../elements/Button.vue'
+import UProgress from '../elements/Progress.vue'
 import UCheckbox from '../forms/Checkbox.vue'
 import { useUI } from '../../composables/useUI'
 import { mergeConfig, get } from '../../utils'
-import type { Strategy, Button } from '../../types'
+import type { Strategy, Button, ProgressColor, ProgressAnimation } from '../../types'
 // @ts-expect-error
 import appConfig from '#build/app.config'
 import { table } from '#ui/ui.config'
@@ -102,8 +109,9 @@ function defaultSort (a: any, b: any, direction: 'asc' | 'desc') {
 
 export default defineComponent({
   components: {
-    UButton,
     UIcon,
+    UButton,
+    UProgress,
     UCheckbox
   },
   inheritAttrs: false,
@@ -160,6 +168,10 @@ export default defineComponent({
       type: Object as PropType<{ icon: string, label: string }>,
       default: () => config.default.emptyState
     },
+    progress: {
+      type: Object as PropType<{ color: ProgressColor, animation: ProgressAnimation }>,
+      default: () => config.default.progress
+    },
     class: {
       type: [String, Object, Array] as PropType<any>,
       default: () => ''
diff --git a/src/runtime/ui.config/data/table.ts b/src/runtime/ui.config/data/table.ts
index b3364ca50a..d486cc1ec1 100644
--- a/src/runtime/ui.config/data/table.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/ui.config/data/table.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ export default {
   wrapper: 'relative overflow-x-auto',
   base: 'min-w-full table-fixed',
   divide: 'divide-y divide-gray-300 dark:divide-gray-700',
-  thead: '',
+  thead: 'relative',
   tbody: 'divide-y divide-gray-200 dark:divide-gray-800',
   tr: {
     base: '',
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ export default {
     label: 'text-sm text-center text-gray-900 dark:text-white',
     icon: 'w-6 h-6 mx-auto text-gray-400 dark:text-gray-500 mb-4'
   },
+  progress: {
+    wrapper: 'absolute inset-x-0 -bottom-[0.5px] p-0'
+  },
   default: {
     sortAscIcon: 'i-heroicons-bars-arrow-up-20-solid',
     sortDescIcon: 'i-heroicons-bars-arrow-down-20-solid',
@@ -47,6 +50,10 @@ export default {
       variant: 'ghost' as const,
       class: '-m-1.5'
     },
+    progress: {
+      color: 'primary' as const,
+      animation: 'carousel' as const
+    },
     loadingState: {
       icon: 'i-heroicons-arrow-path-20-solid',
       label: 'Loading...'