diff --git a/legendary/cli.py b/legendary/cli.py
index b62eebd..a8494b5 100644
--- a/legendary/cli.py
+++ b/legendary/cli.py
@@ -2474,6 +2474,11 @@ def main():
 
                 print(f'\n- Download URL: {update_info["downloads"][dl_platform]}')
 
+    if not disable_update_message and cli.core.overlay_update_available:
+        version_info = cli.core.lgd.get_cached_overlay_version()
+        print(f'\nEOS Overlay update available ({version_info["data"]["buildVersion"]}).')
+        print('Run "legendary eos-overlay update" to update to the latest version.')
+
     cli.core.exit()
     ql.stop()
     exit(0)
diff --git a/legendary/core.py b/legendary/core.py
index 4b2f487..1fcfccb 100644
--- a/legendary/core.py
+++ b/legendary/core.py
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ class LegendaryCore:
         self.update_available = False
         self.force_show_update = False
         self.webview_killswitch = False
+        self.overlay_update_available = False
         self.logged_in = False
 
     def auth(self, username, password):
@@ -203,6 +204,13 @@ class LegendaryCore:
         else:
             self.apply_lgd_config()
 
+        # check for overlay updates
+        if self.is_overlay_installed():
+            try:
+                self.check_for_overlay_updates()
+            except Exception as e:
+                self.log.warning(f'Checking for EOS Overlay updates failed: {e!r}')
+
         if self.lgd.userdata['expires_at'] and not force_refresh:
             dt_exp = datetime.fromisoformat(self.lgd.userdata['expires_at'][:-1])
             dt_now = datetime.utcnow()
@@ -1677,6 +1685,23 @@ class LegendaryCore:
     def egl_sync_enabled(self):
         return self.lgd.config.getboolean('Legendary', 'egl_sync', fallback=False)
 
+    def check_for_overlay_updates(self):
+        cached = self.lgd.get_cached_overlay_version()
+        version_info = cached['data']
+        if not version_info or (datetime.now().timestamp() - cached['last_update']) > 24*3600:
+            # start anoymous session for update check if we're not logged in yet
+            if not self.logged_in:
+                self.egs.start_session(client_credentials=True)
+
+            manifest_response = self.egs.get_game_manifest(EOSOverlayApp.namespace,
+                                                           EOSOverlayApp.catalog_item_id,
+                                                           EOSOverlayApp.app_name)
+            version_info = manifest_response['elements'][0]
+            self.lgd.set_cached_overlay_version(version_info)
+
+        installed = self.lgd.get_overlay_install_info()
+        self.overlay_update_available = version_info['buildVersion'] != installed.version
+
     def is_overlay_installed(self):
         return self.lgd.get_overlay_install_info() is not None
 
diff --git a/legendary/lfs/lgndry.py b/legendary/lfs/lgndry.py
index 32a7b47..259530f 100644
--- a/legendary/lfs/lgndry.py
+++ b/legendary/lfs/lgndry.py
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ class LGDLFS:
         self._game_metadata = dict()
         # Legendary update check info
         self._update_info = None
+        # EOS Overlay update check info
+        self._overlay_update_info = None
         # Config with game specific settings (e.g. start parameters, env variables)
         self.config = LGDConf(comment_prefixes='/', allow_no_value=True)
 
@@ -364,6 +366,25 @@ class LGDLFS:
                   open(os.path.join(self.path, 'tmp', f'{app_name}.json'), 'w'),
                   indent=2, sort_keys=True)
 
+    def get_cached_overlay_version(self):
+        if self._overlay_update_info:
+            return self._overlay_update_info
+
+        try:
+            self._overlay_update_info = json.load(open(
+                os.path.join(self.path, 'overlay_version.json')))
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.log.debug(f'Failed to load cached Overlay update data: {e!r}')
+            self._overlay_update_info = dict(last_update=0, data=None)
+
+        return self._overlay_update_info
+
+    def set_cached_overlay_version(self, version_data):
+        self._overlay_update_info = dict(last_update=time(), data=version_data)
+        json.dump(self._overlay_update_info,
+                  open(os.path.join(self.path, 'overlay_version.json'), 'w'),
+                  indent=2, sort_keys=True)
+
     def get_overlay_install_info(self):
         try:
             data = json.load(open(os.path.join(self.path, f'overlay_install.json')))