diff --git a/devel/management/commands/read_bumpbuddy_status.py b/devel/management/commands/read_bumpbuddy_status.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..883ddf95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/management/commands/read_bumpbuddy_status.py
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+
+"""
+read_bumpbuddy_status
+
+Usage: ./manage.py read_bumpbuddy_status
+"""
+
+
+import logging
+
+import requests
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.core.cache import cache
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
+from django.utils.timezone import now
+
+from main.models import Package
+from packages.models import FlagRequest
+
+logger = logging.getLogger("command")
+logger.setLevel(logging.WARNING)
+
+
+class Command(BaseCommand):
+
+    def process_package(self, pkgdata):
+        pkgbase = pkgdata['pkgbase']
+        version = pkgdata['local_version']
+        logger.debug("Import new out of date package '%s'", pkgbase)
+        print(pkgdata)
+
+        # TODO: testing/staging packages, verify if should be flagged?
+        packages = Package.objects.filter(pkgbase=pkgbase)
+        flagged_packages = list(packages)
+
+        if len(flagged_packages) == 0:
+            logger.warning("no matching packages found for pkgbase='%s', pkgver='%s'", pkgbase, version)
+            return
+
+
+        pkg = packages[0]
+        if pkg.flag_date is not None:
+            logger.debug("package is already flagged pkgbase='%d'", pkgbase)
+            return
+
+        versions = {(pkg.pkgver, pkg.pkgrel, pkg.epoch) for pkg in flagged_packages}
+        if len(versions) == 1:
+            version = versions.pop()
+        else:
+            version = ('', '', 0)
+        current_time = now()
+
+        flag_request = FlagRequest(created=current_time,
+                                   user_email="bumpbuddy@archlinux.org",
+                                   message=f"New version {pkgdata['upstream_version']} is available",
+                                   ip_address="0.0.0.0",
+                                   pkgbase=pkg.pkgbase,
+                                   repo=pkg.repo,
+                                   pkgver=version[0],
+                                   pkgrel=version[1],
+                                   epoch=version[2],
+                                   num_packages=len(packages))
+
+        return flag_request
+
+    def handle(self, *args, **options):
+        v = int(options.get('verbosity', 0))
+        if v == 0:
+            logger.level = logging.ERROR
+        elif v == 1:
+            logger.level = logging.INFO
+        elif v >= 2:
+            logger.level = logging.DEBUG
+
+        url = getattr(settings, "BUMPBUDDY_URL", None)
+        headers = {}
+        last_modified = cache.get('bumpbuddy:last-modified')
+        if last_modified:
+            logger.debug('Setting If-Modified-Since header')
+            headers = {'If-Modified-Since': last_modified}
+
+        req = requests.get(url, headers)
+        if req.status_code == 304:
+            logger.debug('The rebuilderd data has not been updated since we last checked it')
+            return
+
+        if req.status_code != 200:
+            logger.error("Issues retrieving bumpbuddy data: '%s'", req.status_code)
+            return
+
+        last_modified = req.headers.get('last-modified')
+        if last_modified:
+            cache.set('bumpbuddy:last-modified', last_modified, 3600) # cache one hour
+
+        flagged_packages = []
+        for pkgdata in req.json().values():
+            if not pkgdata['out_of_date']:
+                continue
+
+            package = self.process_package(pkgdata)
+            if package is not None:
+                flagged_packages.append(package)
+
+        # if flagged_packages:
+        #     FlagRequest.objects.bulk_create(flagged_packages)
+
+# vim: set ts=4 sw=4 et:
diff --git a/settings.py b/settings.py
index 928e83f5..7abbbb73 100644
--- a/settings.py
+++ b/settings.py
@@ -225,6 +225,9 @@
 # Rebuilderd API endpoint
 REBUILDERD_URL = 'https://reproducible.archlinux.org/api/v0/pkgs/list'
 
+# Bumpbuddy json endpoint
+BUMPBUDDY_URL = "https://bumpbuddy.archlinux.org/data.json"
+
 # Protected TIER0 Mirror
 TIER0_MIRROR_DOMAIN = 'repos.archlinux.org'
 # TIER0_MIRROR_SECRET = ''