diff --git a/cli/cdsctl/update.go b/cli/cdsctl/update.go
index f6d6ab5ff7..b7fcaea6e4 100644
--- a/cli/cdsctl/update.go
+++ b/cli/cdsctl/update.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func updateRun(v cli.Values) error {
 	if v.GetBool("from-github") {
 		// no need to have apiEndpoint here
 		var errGH error
-		urlBinary, errGH = client.DownloadURLFromGithub("cdsctl", runtime.GOOS, runtime.GOARCH)
+		urlBinary, errGH = client.DownloadURLFromGithub(sdk.GetArtifactFilename("cdsctl", runtime.GOOS, runtime.GOARCH))
 		if errGH != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("Error while getting URL from Github url:%s err:%s", urlBinary, errGH)
 		}
diff --git a/engine/main.go b/engine/main.go
index 1a3afc3536..79d71a7b2f 100644
--- a/engine/main.go
+++ b/engine/main.go
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ func init() {
 	updateCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&updateFromGithub, "from-github", false, "Update binary from latest github release")
 	updateCmd.Flags().StringVar(&updateURLAPI, "api", "", "Update binary from a CDS Engine API")
 
+	mainCmd.AddCommand(uptodateCmd)
+	uptodateCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&updateFromGithub, "from-github", false, "Update binary from latest github release")
+	uptodateCmd.Flags().StringVar(&updateURLAPI, "api", "", "Update binary from a CDS Engine API")
+
 	//Database command
 	mainCmd.AddCommand(database.DBCmd)
 	//Start command
diff --git a/engine/update.go b/engine/update.go
index 1d08cabe95..c98d86fa4c 100644
--- a/engine/update.go
+++ b/engine/update.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ var updateCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Short:   "Update engine binary",
 	Example: "engine update --from-github",
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-		fmt.Printf("CDS engine version:%s os:%s architecture:%s\n", sdk.VERSION, runtime.GOOS, runtime.GOARCH)
 
 		if !updateFromGithub && updateURLAPI == "" {
 			sdk.Exit(`You have to use "./engine update --from-github" or "./engine update --api http://intance/of/your/cds/api"`)
@@ -29,10 +28,13 @@ var updateCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		var urlBinary string
 		conf := cdsclient.Config{Host: updateURLAPI}
 		client := cdsclient.New(conf)
+
+		fmt.Printf("CDS engine version:%s os:%s architecture:%s\n", sdk.VERSION, runtime.GOOS, runtime.GOARCH)
+
 		if updateFromGithub {
 			// no need to have apiEndpoint here
 			var errGH error
-			urlBinary, errGH = client.DownloadURLFromGithub("engine", runtime.GOOS, runtime.GOARCH)
+			urlBinary, errGH = client.DownloadURLFromGithub(sdk.GetArtifactFilename("engine", runtime.GOOS, runtime.GOARCH))
 			if errGH != nil {
 				sdk.Exit("Error while getting URL from Github url:%s err:%s\n", urlBinary, errGH)
 			}
diff --git a/engine/uptodate.go b/engine/uptodate.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8f327b6757
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/uptodate.go
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/http"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+
+	"github.com/ovh/cds/sdk"
+	"github.com/ovh/cds/sdk/cdsclient"
+)
+
+var uptodateCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "uptodate",
+	Short: "check if engine is uptodate",
+	Long: `check if engine is uptodate with latest release on github (--from-github) or from an existing API. 
+
+This command exit 0 if current binary is uptodate.
+`,
+	Example: "engine uptodate --from-github",
+	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		if !updateFromGithub && updateURLAPI == "" {
+			sdk.Exit(`You have to use "./engine uptodate --from-github" or "./engine uptodate --api http://intance/of/your/cds/api"`)
+		}
+
+		conf := cdsclient.Config{Host: updateURLAPI}
+		client := cdsclient.New(conf)
+
+		var versionTxt string
+		if updateFromGithub {
+			urlVersionFile, errGH := client.DownloadURLFromGithub("VERSION")
+			if errGH != nil {
+				sdk.Exit("Error while getting URL from Github url:%s err:%s\n", urlVersionFile, errGH)
+			}
+			resp, errG := http.Get(urlVersionFile)
+			if errG != nil {
+				sdk.Exit("Error while getting binary from CDS API: %s\n", errG)
+			}
+			defer resp.Body.Close()
+			respB, errR := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+			if errR != nil {
+				sdk.Exit("Error while reading VERSION file: %v\n", errR)
+			}
+			versionTxt = strings.TrimSpace(string(respB))
+		} else {
+			remoteVersion, errv := client.MonVersion()
+			if errv != nil {
+				sdk.Exit("Error while getting version from GithubAPI err:%s\n", errv)
+			}
+			versionTxt = remoteVersion.Version
+		}
+
+		if versionTxt == sdk.VERSION {
+			fmt.Println("uptodate:true")
+			os.Exit(0)
+		}
+		fmt.Println("uptodate:false")
+		os.Exit(1)
+	},
+}
diff --git a/engine/worker/cmd_update.go b/engine/worker/cmd_update.go
index 260357fa4a..7beeec2ecc 100644
--- a/engine/worker/cmd_update.go
+++ b/engine/worker/cmd_update.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func updateCmd(w *currentWorker) func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			w.client = cdsclient.NewWorker("", "download", nil)
 
 			var errGH error
-			urlBinary, errGH = w.client.DownloadURLFromGithub("worker", runtime.GOOS, runtime.GOARCH)
+			urlBinary, errGH = w.client.DownloadURLFromGithub(sdk.GetArtifactFilename("worker", runtime.GOOS, runtime.GOARCH))
 			if errGH != nil {
 				sdk.Exit("Error while getting URL from Github: %s", errGH)
 			}
diff --git a/sdk/cdsclient/client_download.go b/sdk/cdsclient/client_download.go
index ae8cc13dc5..bf6498d1b1 100644
--- a/sdk/cdsclient/client_download.go
+++ b/sdk/cdsclient/client_download.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ func (c *client) DownloadURLFromAPI(name, os, arch string) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s/download/%s/%s/%s", c.APIURL(), name, os, arch)
 }
 
-func (c *client) DownloadURLFromGithub(name, os, arch string) (string, error) {
+func (c *client) DownloadURLFromGithub(filename string) (string, error) {
 	var httpClient = &http.Client{Timeout: 10 * time.Second}
 
 	r, err := httpClient.Get("https://api.github.com/repos/ovh/cds/releases/latest")
@@ -39,13 +39,13 @@ func (c *client) DownloadURLFromGithub(name, os, arch string) (string, error) {
 
 	if len(release.Assets) > 0 {
 		for _, asset := range release.Assets {
-			if *asset.Name == sdk.GetArtifactFilename(name, os, arch) {
+			if *asset.Name == filename {
 				return *asset.BrowserDownloadURL, nil
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
-	text := fmt.Sprintf("Invalid Artifacts on latest release (%s %s %s). Please try again in few minutes.\n", name, os, arch)
+	text := fmt.Sprintf("Invalid Artifacts on latest release (%s). Please try again in few minutes.\n", filename)
 	text += fmt.Sprintf("If the problem persists, please open an issue on %s\n", sdk.URLGithubIssues)
 	text += fmt.Sprintf("You can manually download binary from latest release: %s\n", sdk.URLGithubReleases)
 	return "", fmt.Errorf(text)
diff --git a/sdk/cdsclient/client_mon.go b/sdk/cdsclient/client_mon.go
index b6b60e1f16..7a33e4c3ca 100644
--- a/sdk/cdsclient/client_mon.go
+++ b/sdk/cdsclient/client_mon.go
@@ -12,6 +12,14 @@ func (c *client) MonStatus() (*sdk.MonitoringStatus, error) {
 	return &monStatus, nil
 }
 
+func (c *client) MonVersion() (*sdk.Version, error) {
+	monVersion := sdk.Version{}
+	if _, err := c.GetJSON("/mon/version", &monVersion); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return &monVersion, nil
+}
+
 func (c *client) MonDBMigrate() ([]sdk.MonDBMigrate, error) {
 	monDBMigrate := []sdk.MonDBMigrate{}
 	if _, err := c.GetJSON("/mon/db/migrate", &monDBMigrate); err != nil {
diff --git a/sdk/cdsclient/interface.go b/sdk/cdsclient/interface.go
index 29c877e4be..90e40263dc 100644
--- a/sdk/cdsclient/interface.go
+++ b/sdk/cdsclient/interface.go
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ type EnvironmentVariableClient interface {
 type DownloadClient interface {
 	Download() ([]sdk.Download, error)
 	DownloadURLFromAPI(name, os, arch string) string
-	DownloadURLFromGithub(name, os, arch string) (string, error)
+	DownloadURLFromGithub(filename string) (string, error)
 }
 
 // ActionClient exposes actions related functions
@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@ type WorkflowClient interface {
 // MonitoringClient exposes monitoring functions
 type MonitoringClient interface {
 	MonStatus() (*sdk.MonitoringStatus, error)
+	MonVersion() (*sdk.Version, error)
 	MonDBTimes() (*sdk.MonDBTimes, error)
 	MonDBMigrate() ([]sdk.MonDBMigrate, error)
 }