diff --git a/ground/openpilotgcs/src/plugins/welcome/qml/main.qml b/ground/openpilotgcs/src/plugins/welcome/qml/main.qml
index 7a58a8fa3..7425d906d 100644
--- a/ground/openpilotgcs/src/plugins/welcome/qml/main.qml
+++ b/ground/openpilotgcs/src/plugins/welcome/qml/main.qml
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ Rectangle {
         anchors.horizontalCenter: parent.horizontalCenter
         // distribute a vertical space between the icons blocks an community widget as:
         // top - 48% - Icons - 27% - CommunityWidget - 25% - bottom
-        y: (parent.height - buttons.height - communityPanel.height) * 0.48
+        y: (parent.height - buttons.height - communityPanel.height - versionInfo.height) * 0.48
         width: parent.width
         height: 600
-        spacing: (parent.height - buttons.height - communityPanel.height) * 0.1
+        spacing: (parent.height - buttons.height - communityPanel.height - versionInfo.height) * 0.1
 
         Row {
             //if the buttons grid overlaps vertically with the wizard buttons,
@@ -109,5 +109,43 @@ Rectangle {
             width: Math.min(sourceSize.width, container.width)
             height: Math.min(450, container.height*0.5)
         }
+
+        Row {
+            id: versionInfo
+
+            height: 18
+            anchors.horizontalCenter: parent.horizontalCenter
+            width: textOpVersion.width + textOpVersionAvailable.width
+            spacing: 16
+
+            Text {
+                id: textOpVersion
+                color: "#c4c0c0"
+                text: welcomePlugin.versionString
+                verticalAlignment: Text.AlignTop
+                anchors.left: parent.anchors.left
+                font.bold: true
+                styleColor: "#00000000"
+                horizontalAlignment: Text.AlignHCenter
+                font.pixelSize: 14
+            }
+            Text {
+                id: textOpVersionAvailable
+                color: "#5fcf07"
+                text: welcomePlugin.newVersionText
+                anchors.rightMargin: 0
+                font.bold: true
+                styleColor: "#00000000"
+                horizontalAlignment: Text.AlignHCenter
+                font.pixelSize: 14
+                anchors.left: textOpVersion.right
+
+                MouseArea{
+                    width: parent.width
+                    height: parent.height
+                    onClicked: welcomePlugin.openUrl("http://wiki.openpilot.org/display/BUILDS/OpenPilot+Software+Downloads")
+                }
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/ground/openpilotgcs/src/plugins/welcome/welcome_dependencies.pri b/ground/openpilotgcs/src/plugins/welcome/welcome_dependencies.pri
index 7f369f632..04c4323a7 100644
--- a/ground/openpilotgcs/src/plugins/welcome/welcome_dependencies.pri
+++ b/ground/openpilotgcs/src/plugins/welcome/welcome_dependencies.pri
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 include(../../plugins/coreplugin/coreplugin.pri)
 include(../../libs/utils/utils.pri)
+include(../../libs/version_info/version_info.pri)
diff --git a/ground/openpilotgcs/src/plugins/welcome/welcomemode.cpp b/ground/openpilotgcs/src/plugins/welcome/welcomemode.cpp
index 381fd226a..090a77d85 100644
--- a/ground/openpilotgcs/src/plugins/welcome/welcomemode.cpp
+++ b/ground/openpilotgcs/src/plugins/welcome/welcomemode.cpp
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@
 #include <QtCore/QUrl>
 #include <QtCore/QDebug>
 
+#include <QNetworkAccessManager>
+#include <QNetworkReply>
+
 #include <QtQuick>
 #include <QQuickView>
 #include <QQmlEngine>
@@ -68,13 +71,32 @@ WelcomeModePrivate::WelcomeModePrivate()
 // ---  WelcomeMode
 WelcomeMode::WelcomeMode() :
     m_d(new WelcomeModePrivate),
-    m_priority(Core::Constants::P_MODE_WELCOME)
+    m_priority(Core::Constants::P_MODE_WELCOME),
+    m_newVersionText("")
 {
     m_d->quickView = new QQuickView;
     m_d->quickView->setResizeMode(QQuickView::SizeRootObjectToView);
     m_d->quickView->engine()->rootContext()->setContextProperty("welcomePlugin", this);
     m_d->quickView->setSource(QUrl("qrc:/welcome/qml/main.qml"));
     m_container = NULL;
+
+    QNetworkAccessManager* networkAccessManager = new QNetworkAccessManager;
+
+    // Only attempt to request our version info if the network is accessible
+    if(networkAccessManager->networkAccessible() == QNetworkAccessManager::Accessible)
+    {
+        connect(networkAccessManager, SIGNAL(finished(QNetworkReply*)), this, SLOT(networkResponseReady(QNetworkReply*)));
+
+        // This will delete the network access manager instance when we're done
+        connect(networkAccessManager, SIGNAL(finished(QNetworkReply*)), networkAccessManager, SLOT(deleteLater()));
+
+        networkAccessManager->get(QNetworkRequest(QUrl("http://www.openpilot.org/opver")));
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        // No network, can delete this now as we don't need it.
+        delete networkAccessManager;
+    }
 }
 
 WelcomeMode::~WelcomeMode()
@@ -135,4 +157,21 @@ void WelcomeMode::triggerAction(const QString &actionId)
 {
     Core::ModeManager::instance()->triggerAction(actionId);
 }
+
+void WelcomeMode::networkResponseReady(QNetworkReply* reply)
+{
+    if(reply != NULL)
+    {
+        QString version(reply->readAll());
+        version = version.trimmed();
+
+        reply->deleteLater();
+
+        if(version != VersionInfo::tagOrHash8())
+        {
+            m_newVersionText = tr("(Update Available: %1)").arg(version);
+            emit newVersionTextChanged();
+        }
+    }
+}
 } // namespace Welcome
diff --git a/ground/openpilotgcs/src/plugins/welcome/welcomemode.h b/ground/openpilotgcs/src/plugins/welcome/welcomemode.h
index b6e837cc9..ab85912b9 100644
--- a/ground/openpilotgcs/src/plugins/welcome/welcomemode.h
+++ b/ground/openpilotgcs/src/plugins/welcome/welcomemode.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #ifndef WELCOMEMODE_H
 #define WELCOMEMODE_H
 
+#include "version_info/version_info.h"
 #include "welcome_global.h"
 
 #include <coreplugin/imode.h>
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 class QWidget;
 class QUrl;
+class QNetworkReply;
 QT_END_NAMESPACE
 
 namespace Welcome {
@@ -44,6 +46,8 @@ struct WelcomeModePrivate;
 
 class WELCOME_EXPORT WelcomeMode : public Core::IMode {
     Q_OBJECT
+    Q_PROPERTY(QString versionString READ versionString)
+    Q_PROPERTY(QString newVersionText READ newVersionText NOTIFY newVersionTextChanged)
 
 public:
     WelcomeMode();
@@ -65,6 +69,17 @@ public:
     {
         m_priority = priority;
     }
+    QString versionString() const
+    {
+        return tr("OpenPilot GCS Version: %1 ").arg(VersionInfo::tagOrHash8());
+    }
+    QString newVersionText() const
+    {
+        return m_newVersionText;
+    }
+
+signals:
+    void newVersionTextChanged();
 
 public slots:
     void openUrl(const QString &url);
@@ -75,6 +90,10 @@ private:
     QWidget *m_container;
     WelcomeModePrivate *m_d;
     int m_priority;
+    QString m_newVersionText;
+
+ private slots:
+    void networkResponseReady(QNetworkReply* reply);
 };
 } // namespace Welcome