diff --git a/system/.local/bin/update-count b/system/.local/bin/update-count
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f3dde94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system/.local/bin/update-count
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+UPDATES=$(checkupdates | wc -l)
+echo "${UPDATES}"