diff --git a/gui/gui.pro b/gui/gui.pro
index 0cbaebf16..d57a237d4 100644
--- a/gui/gui.pro
+++ b/gui/gui.pro
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ INCLUDEPATH += . \
     ../lib
 QT += widgets
 QT += printsupport
+QT += network
 
 contains(LINKCORE, [yY][eE][sS]) {
     LIBS += -l../bin/cppcheck-core
@@ -121,7 +122,8 @@ HEADERS += aboutdialog.h \
            cppchecklibrarydata.h \
            libraryaddfunctiondialog.h \
            libraryeditargdialog.h \
-           newsuppressiondialog.h
+           newsuppressiondialog.h \
+           networkinfo.h
 
 SOURCES += aboutdialog.cpp \
            application.cpp \
@@ -161,7 +163,8 @@ SOURCES += aboutdialog.cpp \
            cppchecklibrarydata.cpp \
            libraryaddfunctiondialog.cpp \
            libraryeditargdialog.cpp \
-           newsuppressiondialog.cpp
+           newsuppressiondialog.cpp \
+           networkinfo.cpp
 
 win32 {
     RC_FILE = cppcheck-gui.rc
diff --git a/gui/mainwindow.cpp b/gui/mainwindow.cpp
index 3b6ad7efd..eb22394a6 100644
--- a/gui/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/gui/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -30,11 +30,13 @@
 #include "mainwindow.h"
 
 #include "cppcheck.h"
+#include "version.h"
 
 #include "applicationlist.h"
 #include "aboutdialog.h"
 #include "common.h"
 #include "threadhandler.h"
+#include "networkinfo.h"
 #include "fileviewdialog.h"
 #include "projectfile.h"
 #include "projectfiledialog.h"
@@ -76,6 +78,11 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(TranslationHandler* th, QSettings* settings) :
     mThread->setDataDir(getDataDir(settings));
     mUI.mResults->initialize(mSettings, mApplications, mThread);
 
+    mUI.mLabelUpgradeCppcheck->setVisible(false);
+    NetworkInfo *networkInfo = new NetworkInfo(this);
+    connect(networkInfo, SIGNAL(cppcheckVersion(QString)), this, SLOT(networkCppcheckVersion(QString)));
+    networkInfo->start();
+
     // Filter timer to delay filtering results slightly while typing
     mFilterTimer = new QTimer(this);
     mFilterTimer->setInterval(500);
@@ -1762,3 +1769,20 @@ void MainWindow::suppressIds(QStringList ids)
     mProjectFile->setSuppressions(suppressions);
     mProjectFile->write();
 }
+
+void MainWindow::networkCppcheckVersion(QString version)
+{
+    qDebug() << "MainWindow::networkCppcheckVersion:" << version;
+    if (!QRegExp("Cppcheck [0-9]\\.[0-9][0-9]").exactMatch(version)) {
+        mUI.mLabelUpgradeCppcheck->setVisible(false);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    version = version.mid(9,4);
+    if (version <= CPPCHECK_VERSION_STRING)
+        mUI.mLabelUpgradeCppcheck->setVisible(false);
+    else {
+        mUI.mLabelUpgradeCppcheck->setVisible(true);
+        mUI.mLabelUpgradeCppcheck->setText(tr("Newer Cppcheck version is available: %1").arg(version));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/gui/mainwindow.h b/gui/mainwindow.h
index 6812b17c8..d5bef5bb4 100644
--- a/gui/mainwindow.h
+++ b/gui/mainwindow.h
@@ -225,6 +225,9 @@ protected slots:
     /** Suppress error ids */
     void suppressIds(QStringList ids);
 
+    /** Cppcheck version received from network */
+    void networkCppcheckVersion(QString version);
+
 private:
 
     /** Get filename for last results */
diff --git a/gui/mainwindow.ui b/gui/mainwindow.ui
index a34a3b4eb..17c91e6d1 100644
--- a/gui/mainwindow.ui
+++ b/gui/mainwindow.ui
@@ -50,10 +50,29 @@
      <height>16777215</height>
     </size>
    </property>
-   <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout">
+   <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout">
     <item>
      <widget class="ResultsView" name="mResults" native="true"/>
     </item>
+    <item>
+     <widget class="QLabel" name="mLabelUpgradeCppcheck">
+      <property name="sizePolicy">
+       <sizepolicy hsizetype="Ignored" vsizetype="Fixed">
+        <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+        <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+       </sizepolicy>
+      </property>
+      <property name="autoFillBackground">
+       <bool>false</bool>
+      </property>
+      <property name="styleSheet">
+       <string notr="true">QLabel { background-color : rgb(239, 242, 172); }</string>
+      </property>
+      <property name="text">
+       <string>This is not latest Cppcheck version. Latest Cppcheck version is 999.999</string>
+      </property>
+     </widget>
+    </item>
    </layout>
   </widget>
   <widget class="QMenuBar" name="mMenuBar">
diff --git a/gui/networkinfo.cpp b/gui/networkinfo.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..915524a6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gui/networkinfo.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#include "networkinfo.h"
+#include <QNetworkReply>
+#include <QNetworkRequest>
+
+NetworkInfo::NetworkInfo(QObject *parent) : QObject(parent)
+{
+    mManager = new QNetworkAccessManager;
+    connect(mManager, SIGNAL(finished(QNetworkReply*)),
+            this, SLOT(managerFinished(QNetworkReply*)));
+}
+
+NetworkInfo::~NetworkInfo()
+{
+    delete mManager;
+}
+
+void NetworkInfo::start()
+{
+    //QNetworkRequest request;
+    request.setUrl(QUrl("http://cppcheck.sourceforge.net/version.txt"));
+    mManager->get(request);
+}
+
+void NetworkInfo::managerFinished(QNetworkReply *reply) {
+    if (reply->error()) {
+        qDebug() << reply->errorString();
+        return;
+    }
+
+    emit cppcheckVersion(reply->readAll().trimmed());
+}
diff --git a/gui/networkinfo.h b/gui/networkinfo.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8242f98c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gui/networkinfo.h
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#ifndef NETWORKINFO_H
+#define NETWORKINFO_H
+
+#include <QObject>
+#include <QNetworkAccessManager>
+#include <QNetworkRequest>
+#include <QString>
+
+/// @addtogroup GUI
+/// @{
+
+
+/**
+ * Network communications with cppcheck website to get current version etc
+ */
+class NetworkInfo : public QObject
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+public:
+    NetworkInfo(QObject *parent);
+    ~NetworkInfo();
+
+    void start();
+signals:
+    void cppcheckVersion(QString version);
+private slots:
+    void managerFinished(QNetworkReply *reply);
+private:
+    QNetworkAccessManager *mManager;
+    QNetworkRequest request;
+};
+/// @}
+#endif // NETWORKINFO_H