diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/UpdateCenter.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/UpdateCenter.java
index 55ce6e222fe6297c6f903e294fcb5712131d38d6..442c70a26c339826b69553d84dc405de5c1ee13c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/UpdateCenter.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/UpdateCenter.java
@@ -244,6 +244,13 @@ public class UpdateCenter implements ModelObject {
                 plugins.put(e.getKey(),new Plugin(e.getValue()));
             }
         }
+
+        /**
+         * Is there a new version of the core?
+         */
+        public boolean hasCoreUpdates() {
+            return core.isNewerThan(Hudson.VERSION);
+        }
     }
 
     public static class Entry {
diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/hudson/model/Hudson/manage.jelly b/core/src/main/resources/hudson/model/Hudson/manage.jelly
index 818993062dd5e86e6014fa097f327f0a99b52e11..f06be32091a9d0c59c63ac4606e482a5a2279d03 100644
--- a/core/src/main/resources/hudson/model/Hudson/manage.jelly
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/hudson/model/Hudson/manage.jelly
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@
       </script>
       <span id="message"></span>
     </j:if>
+    <j:set var="ucData" value="${it.updateCenter.data}" />
+    <j:if test="${ucData.hasCoreUpdates()}">
+      <div class="warning">${%NewVersionAvailable(ucData.core.version,ucData.core.url)}</div>
+    </j:if>
     <table style="padding-left: 2em;">
       <local:feature icon="setting.gif"          href="configure"    title="${%Configure System}">
         ${%Configure global settings and paths.}  
diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/hudson/model/Hudson/manage.properties b/core/src/main/resources/hudson/model/Hudson/manage.properties
index c7e7ba5acd5a1cd47c5997f3b164e89bc3a2e6fb..f9249358288b6065fd3e301e0239b317a3f5ab56 100644
--- a/core/src/main/resources/hudson/model/Hudson/manage.properties
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/hudson/model/Hudson/manage.properties
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 SystemLogText=\
-System log captures output from <tt>java.util.logging</tt> output related to Hudson.
\ No newline at end of file
+System log captures output from <tt>java.util.logging</tt> output related to Hudson.
+NewVersionAvailable=New version of Hudson ({0}) is available for <a href="{1}">download</a>.
\ No newline at end of file