diff --git a/BTCPayServer/HostedServices/NewVersionCheckerHostedService.cs b/BTCPayServer/HostedServices/NewVersionCheckerHostedService.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6679e0fab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/BTCPayServer/HostedServices/NewVersionCheckerHostedService.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+using System;
+using System.Net.Http;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using BTCPayServer.Services;
+using BTCPayServer.Services.Notifications;
+using BTCPayServer.Services.Notifications.Blobs;
+using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
+
+namespace BTCPayServer.HostedServices
+{
+    public class NewVersionCheckerHostedService : BaseAsyncService
+    {
+        private readonly SettingsRepository _settingsRepository;
+        private readonly BTCPayServerEnvironment _env;
+        private readonly NotificationSender _notificationSender;
+        private readonly IVersionFetcher _versionFetcher;
+
+        public NewVersionCheckerHostedService(SettingsRepository settingsRepository, BTCPayServerEnvironment env,
+            NotificationSender notificationSender, IVersionFetcher versionFetcher)
+        {
+            _settingsRepository = settingsRepository;
+            _env = env;
+            _notificationSender = notificationSender;
+            _versionFetcher = versionFetcher;
+        }
+
+        internal override Task[] InitializeTasks()
+        {
+            return new Task[] { CreateLoopTask(CheckForNewVersion) };
+        }
+
+        protected async Task CheckForNewVersion()
+        {
+            var policies = await _settingsRepository.GetSettingAsync<PoliciesSettings>() ?? new PoliciesSettings();
+            if (policies.CheckForNewVersions && !_env.IsDevelopping)
+            {
+                var tag = await _versionFetcher.Fetch(Cancellation);
+                if (tag != null && tag != _env.Version)
+                {
+                    var dh = await _settingsRepository.GetSettingAsync<NewVersionCheckerDataHolder>() ?? new NewVersionCheckerDataHolder();
+                    if (dh.LastVersion != tag)
+                    {
+                        await _notificationSender.SendNotification(new AdminScope(), new NewVersionNotification(tag));
+
+                        dh.LastVersion = tag;
+                        await _settingsRepository.UpdateSetting(dh);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            await Task.Delay(TimeSpan.FromDays(1));
+        }
+
+        public class NewVersionCheckerDataHolder
+        {
+            public string LastVersion { get; set; }
+        }
+
+        public interface IVersionFetcher
+        {
+            Task<string> Fetch(CancellationToken cancellation);
+        }
+
+        public class GithubVersionFetcher : IVersionFetcher
+        {
+            private readonly HttpClient _httpClient;
+            public GithubVersionFetcher()
+            {
+                _httpClient = new HttpClient();
+                _httpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Accept", "application/vnd.github.v3+json");
+                _httpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("User-Agent", "BTCPayServer/NewVersionChecker");
+            }
+
+            public async Task<string> Fetch(CancellationToken cancellation)
+            {
+                const string url = "https://api.github.com/repos/btcpayserver/btcpayserver/releases/latest";
+                var resp = await _httpClient.GetAsync(url, cancellation);
+
+                if (resp.IsSuccessStatusCode)
+                {
+                    var jobj = await resp.Content.ReadAsAsync<JObject>(cancellation);
+                    var tag = jobj["name"].ToString();
+                    return tag;
+                }
+
+                return null;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/BTCPayServer/Hosting/BTCPayServerServices.cs b/BTCPayServer/Hosting/BTCPayServerServices.cs
index f0e86abc2..e1b9b78f0 100644
--- a/BTCPayServer/Hosting/BTCPayServerServices.cs
+++ b/BTCPayServer/Hosting/BTCPayServerServices.cs
@@ -239,7 +239,10 @@ namespace BTCPayServer.Hosting
             services.AddSingleton<IBackgroundJobClient, BackgroundJobClient>();
             services.AddScoped<IAuthorizationHandler, CookieAuthorizationHandler>();
             services.AddScoped<IAuthorizationHandler, BitpayAuthorizationHandler>();
+
+            services.AddSingleton<IHostedService, NewVersionCheckerHostedService>();
             services.AddSingleton<INotificationHandler, NewVersionNotification.Handler>();
+
             services.AddSingleton<INotificationHandler, InvoiceEventNotification.Handler>();
             services.AddSingleton<INotificationHandler, PayoutNotification.Handler>();
 
diff --git a/BTCPayServer/Services/PoliciesSettings.cs b/BTCPayServer/Services/PoliciesSettings.cs
index 382992bab..39793ad46 100644
--- a/BTCPayServer/Services/PoliciesSettings.cs
+++ b/BTCPayServer/Services/PoliciesSettings.cs
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ namespace BTCPayServer.Services
         public bool AllowHotWalletForAll { get; set; }
         [Display(Name = "Allow non-admins to import their hot wallets to the node wallet")]
         public bool AllowHotWalletRPCImportForAll { get; set; }
+        [Display(Name = "Check releases on GitHub and alert when new BTCPayServer versions is available")]
+        public bool CheckForNewVersions { get; set; }
 
         [Display(Name = "Display app on website root")]
         public string RootAppId { get; set; }