diff --git a/src/application-delegate.coffee b/src/application-delegate.coffee
index 8368e10ec..f70bd7d0c 100644
--- a/src/application-delegate.coffee
+++ b/src/application-delegate.coffee
@@ -182,6 +182,9 @@ class ApplicationDelegate
     new Disposable ->
       ipcRenderer.removeListener('message', outerCallback)
 
+  onDidBeginDownloadingUpdate: (callback) ->
+    @onUpdateAvailable(callback)
+
   onDidBeginCheckingForUpdate: (callback) ->
     outerCallback = (message, detail) ->
       if message is 'checking-for-update'