diff --git a/dim b/dim
index bef7bb6c401bb57a3926432060e7804296be8061..5fb3a0fee7ff62d383ffc950883080ff9feae6a9 100755
--- a/dim
+++ b/dim
@@ -179,6 +179,27 @@ if [ "$subcommand" != "setup" -a "$subcommand" != "help" -a "$subcommand" != "us
 		xargs -n 1 echo | grep '^origin' | sed -e 's/^origin\///'`
 fi
 
+function dim_uptodate
+{
+	local using="${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"
+
+	if [[ ! -e "$using" ]]; then
+		echo "$dim: could not figure out the version being used ($using)." >&2
+		exit 1
+	fi
+
+	if [[ ! -e "$DIM_PREFIX/maintainer-tools/.git" ]]; then
+		echo "$dim: could not find the upstream repo for $dim." >&2
+		exit 1
+	fi
+
+	if ! git --git-dir=$DIM_PREFIX/maintainer-tools/.git show origin/maintainer-tools:dim |\
+			diff "$using" - >& /dev/null; then
+		echo "$dim: not running upstream version of the script." >&2
+		exit 1
+	fi
+}
+
 # get message id from file
 # $1 = file
 message_get_id ()
diff --git a/dim.rst b/dim.rst
index 7244052dea038633e574282906dbcf9480cf5a6e..85de95796611e7978a5c5eed25ac4d6b385282d3 100644
--- a/dim.rst
+++ b/dim.rst
@@ -317,6 +317,10 @@ list-upstreams
 List of all upstreams commonly used for pull requests. Useful for autocompletion
 scripts.
 
+uptodate
+--------
+Try to check if you're running an up-to-date version of **dim**.
+
 help
 ----
 Show this help. Install **rst2man(1)** for best results.