diff --git a/bin/bower b/bin/bower
index 73e60061..fc6dcd8f 100755
--- a/bin/bower
+++ b/bin/bower
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 
-var semver = require('semver');
-var nopt   = require('nopt');
-var path   = require('path');
-var pkg    = require(path.join(__dirname, '..', 'package.json'));
+var semver         = require('semver');
+var nopt           = require('nopt');
+var path           = require('path');
+var pkg            = require(path.join(__dirname, '..', 'package.json'));
+var updateNotifier = require('update-notifier');
 
 var template = require('../lib/util/template');
 var bower    = require('../lib');
@@ -15,6 +16,11 @@ var input   = process.argv;
 var nodeVer = process.version;
 var reqVer  = pkg.engines.node;
 var errors = [];
+var notifier = updateNotifier({ packageName: pkg.name, packageVersion: pkg.version });
+
+if (notifier.update) {
+  process.stderr.write(template('update-notice', notifier.update, true));
+}
 
 process.title = 'bower';
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 381f49fc..adebc5a5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@
     "unzip": "0.1.4",
     "tar": "~0.1.13",
     "promptly": "~0.1.0",
-    "abbrev": "~1.0.4"
+    "abbrev": "~1.0.4",
+    "update-notifier": "~0.1.3"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "test": "mocha --reporter spec --timeout 40000"
diff --git a/templates/update-notice.mustache b/templates/update-notice.mustache
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a9af17ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/update-notice.mustache
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{{#red}}-----------------------------------------{{/red}}
+Update available: {{#yellow}}{{latest}}{{/yellow}} {{#cyan}}(current: {{current}}){{/cyan}}
+Run {{#yellow}}npm update -g {{name}}{{/yellow}} to update
+{{#red}}-----------------------------------------{{/red}}