diff --git a/html/cgi-bin/index.cgi b/html/cgi-bin/index.cgi
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index dfe65bf81..b85b22ce8
--- a/html/cgi-bin/index.cgi
+++ b/html/cgi-bin/index.cgi
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ my $warnmessage = '';
 my $refresh = "";
 my $ipaddr='';
 
+
 &Header::showhttpheaders();
 
 $cgiparams{'ACTION'} = '';
@@ -57,6 +58,12 @@ my %mainsettings = ();
 
 my $connstate = &Header::connectionstatus();
 
+# check if reboot is necessary
+my $reboot = 0;
+if (`find /var/run/need_reboot 2>/dev/null`) {
+	$reboot = 1;	
+}
+
 if ($cgiparams{'ACTION'} eq $Lang::tr{'shutdown'} || $cgiparams{'ACTION'} eq $Lang::tr{'reboot'}) {
 	$refresh = "<meta http-equiv='refresh' content='300;'>";
 } elsif ($connstate =~ /$Lang::tr{'connecting'}/ || /$Lang::tr{'connection closed'}/ ){
@@ -428,6 +435,7 @@ foreach my $file (@files) {
 	}
 }
 
+
 if ($warnmessage) {
 	print "<tr><td align='center' bgcolor=$Header::colourred colspan='3'><font color='white'>$warnmessage</font></table>";
 }
@@ -437,8 +445,10 @@ END
 ;
 &Pakfire::dblist("upgrade", "notice");
 print <<END;
-
 END
+if ($reboot == 0) {
+	print "<br /><font color='red'>$Lang::tr{'needreboot'}!</font>";
+}
 } else {
 	my $message='';
 	if ($death) {
diff --git a/html/cgi-bin/pakfire.cgi b/html/cgi-bin/pakfire.cgi
index 9cfe83eec..414958e50 100644
--- a/html/cgi-bin/pakfire.cgi
+++ b/html/cgi-bin/pakfire.cgi
@@ -57,6 +57,12 @@ sub refreshpage{&Header::openbox( 'Waiting', 1, "<meta http-equiv='refresh' cont
 &Header::openpage($Lang::tr{'pakfire configuration'}, 1);
 &Header::openbigbox('100%', 'left', '', $errormessage);
 
+# check if reboot is necessary
+my $reboot = 0;
+if (`find /var/run/need_reboot 2>/dev/null`) {
+	$reboot = 1;	
+}
+
 if ($pakfiresettings{'ACTION'} eq 'install'){
 	$pakfiresettings{'INSPAKS'} =~ s/\|/\ /g;
 	if ("$pakfiresettings{'FORCE'}" eq "on") {
@@ -229,6 +235,12 @@ my $packages_update_age = &General::age("/opt/pakfire/db/lists/packages_list.db"
 
 print <<END;
 	<table width='95%' cellpadding='5' >
+END
+if ($reboot == 1) {
+	print "<tr><td align='center' colspan='2'><font color='red'>$Lang::tr{'needreboot'}!</font></td></tr>";
+	print "<tr><td colspan='2'>&nbsp;</font></td></tr>"
+}
+print <<END;
 		<tr><td width="50%" bgcolor='$color{'color20'}' align="center"><b>$Lang::tr{'pakfire system state'}:</b>
 				<td width="50%">
 		<tr><td align="center">$Lang::tr{'pakfire core update level'}: $core_release<hr />
diff --git a/langs/de/cgi-bin/de.pl b/langs/de/cgi-bin/de.pl
index e02702ce1..3910ef7fe 100644
--- a/langs/de/cgi-bin/de.pl
+++ b/langs/de/cgi-bin/de.pl
@@ -1170,6 +1170,7 @@
 'name must only contain characters' => 'Name darf nur Buchstaben enthalten.',
 'name too long' => 'Der volle Benutzername oder der System Hostname ist zu lang',
 'nat-traversal' => 'Nat Traversal:',
+'needreboot' => 'Ein Update benötigt einen Neustart',
 'net' => 'Netz',
 'net address' => 'Netzadresse',
 'net config' => 'Netzwerk-Konfiguration',
diff --git a/langs/en/cgi-bin/en.pl b/langs/en/cgi-bin/en.pl
index bbd01b164..e73f741c6 100644
--- a/langs/en/cgi-bin/en.pl
+++ b/langs/en/cgi-bin/en.pl
@@ -1197,6 +1197,7 @@
 'name must only contain characters' => 'Name must only contain characters.',
 'name too long' => 'User\'s full name or system hostname is too long',
 'nat-traversal' => 'Nat Traversal:',
+'needreboot' => 'An update requires a restart',
 'net' => 'Net',
 'net address' => 'net address',
 'net config' => 'Network configuration',
diff --git a/langs/es/cgi-bin/es.pl b/langs/es/cgi-bin/es.pl
index 612f1bf1c..778799159 100644
--- a/langs/es/cgi-bin/es.pl
+++ b/langs/es/cgi-bin/es.pl
@@ -1195,6 +1195,7 @@
 'name must only contain characters' => 'El nombre solo puede contener caracteres',
 'name too long' => 'Nombre de usuario o de host es demasiado largo',
 'nat-traversal' => 'NAT Transversal:',
+'needreboot' => 'An update requires a restart',
 'net' => 'Red',
 'net address' => 'dirección de red',
 'net config' => 'Configuración de red',
diff --git a/langs/fr/cgi-bin/fr.pl b/langs/fr/cgi-bin/fr.pl
index ff07c8bd5..058276fa0 100644
--- a/langs/fr/cgi-bin/fr.pl
+++ b/langs/fr/cgi-bin/fr.pl
@@ -1196,6 +1196,7 @@
 'name must only contain characters' => 'Le nom ne doit contenir que des caractères.',
 'name too long' => 'Le nom d\'utilisateur ou du système hôte est trop long',
 'nat-traversal' => 'Nat Traversal :',
+'needreboot' => 'An update requires a restart',
 'net' => 'Réseau',
 'net address' => 'adresse net',
 'net config' => 'Configuration réseau',