diff --git a/bin/checkver.ps1 b/bin/checkver.ps1
index 385050070..9871d435a 100644
--- a/bin/checkver.ps1
+++ b/bin/checkver.ps1
@@ -1,10 +1,22 @@
 # checks websites for newer versions using an (optional) regular expression defined in the manifest
 # use $dir to specify a manifest directory to check from, otherwise ./bucket is used
-param($app, $dir)
+param(
+    [String]$app,
+    [String]$dir,
+    [Switch]$update = $false
+)
+
+if (!$app -and $update) {
+    # While developing the feature we only allow specific updates
+    Write-Host "[ERROR] AUTOUPDATE CAN ONLY BE USED WITH A APP SPECIFIED" -f DarkRed
+    exit
+}
 
 . "$psscriptroot\..\lib\core.ps1"
 . "$psscriptroot\..\lib\manifest.ps1"
 . "$psscriptroot\..\lib\config.ps1"
+. "$psscriptroot\..\lib\buckets.ps1"
+. "$psscriptroot\..\lib\autoupdate.ps1"
 
 if(!$dir) { $dir = "$psscriptroot\..\bucket" }
 $dir = resolve-path $dir
@@ -79,6 +91,10 @@ while($in_progress -gt 0) {
             } else {
                 write-host "$ver" -f darkred -nonewline
                 write-host " (scoop version is $expected_ver)"
+
+                if($update -and $json.autoupdate) {
+                    autoupdate $app $json $ver
+                }
             }
 
         } else {
diff --git a/bucket/nodejs.json b/bucket/nodejs.json
index bb0df2ccc..d37b5d3ae 100644
--- a/bucket/nodejs.json
+++ b/bucket/nodejs.json
@@ -1,24 +1,32 @@
-{
-    "homepage": "http://nodejs.org",
-    "version": "7.1.0",
-    "license": "MIT",
-    "architecture": {
-        "64bit": {
-            "url": "https://nodejs.org/dist/v7.1.0/node-v7.1.0-x64.msi",
-            "hash": "853936FE0AA946E16BBAB10D1C7E964BBF7A1820D12ADBFD748D7CF9F8059FA3"
-        },
-        "32bit": {
-            "url": "https://nodejs.org/dist/v7.1.0/node-v7.1.0-x86.msi",
-            "hash": "5D95A909788239B4ED97C5F79B2D16837EA577A1A68E34E014D0A45DE7F27B1D"
-        }
-    },
-    "env_add_path": "nodejs",
-    "post_install": "
-# Remove npmrc that makes global modules get installed in AppData\\Roaming\\npm
-rm $dir\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\npmrc
-npm update -g",
-    "checkver": {
-        "url": "https://nodejs.org/en/download/current/",
-        "re": "Current version: <strong>v([\\d.]+)</strong>"
-    }
+{
+    "homepage":  "http://nodejs.org",
+    "version":  "7.2.0",
+    "license":  "MIT",
+    "architecture":  {
+                         "64bit":  {
+                                       "url":  "https://nodejs.org/dist/v7.2.0/node-v7.2.0-x64.msi",
+                                       "hash":  "728047841ee8ef46c0273b57dd1f7ed0fc97e89c0d970c1be5387bcf2be5eaa8"
+                                   },
+                         "32bit":  {
+                                       "url":  "https://nodejs.org/dist/v7.2.0/node-v7.2.0-x86.msi",
+                                       "hash":  "3518b031bed17dfe2334981fd4ed3f0c8b71315a42462e6ccd4e949de3e06bc0"
+                                   }
+                     },
+    "env_add_path":  "nodejs",
+    "post_install":  "\r\n# Remove npmrc that makes global modules get installed in AppData\\Roaming\\npm\r\nrm $dir\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\npmrc\r\nnpm update -g",
+    "checkver":  {
+                     "url":  "https://nodejs.org/en/download/current/",
+                     "re":  "Current version: \u003cstrong\u003ev([\\d.]+)\u003c/strong\u003e"
+                 },
+    "autoupdate":  {
+                       "url":  {
+                                   "64bit":  "https://nodejs.org/dist/v$version/node-v$version-x64.msi",
+                                   "32bit":  "https://nodejs.org/dist/v$version/node-v$version-x86.msi"
+                               },
+                       "hash":  {
+                                    "mode":  "extract",
+                                    "url":  "https://nodejs.org/dist/v$version/SHASUMS256.txt.asc",
+                                    "find":  "([a-z0-9]{64})\\s+(?:$basename)"
+                                }
+                   }
 }
diff --git a/lib/autoupdate.ps1 b/lib/autoupdate.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9e7615486
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/autoupdate.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+<#
+TODO
+ - add a github release autoupdate type
+ - tests (single arch, without hashes etc.)
+ - clean up
+#>
+
+function substitute([String] $str, [Hashtable] $params) {
+    $params.GetEnumerator() | % {
+        $str = $str.Replace($_.Name, $_.Value);
+    }
+
+    return $str
+}
+
+function check_url([String] $url) {
+    $response = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $url -Method HEAD
+    if ($response.StatusCode.Equals(200)) { # redirects might be ok
+        return $true
+    }
+
+    return $false
+}
+
+function autoupdate([String] $app, $json, [String] $version)
+{
+    Write-Host -f DarkCyan "Autoupdating $app"
+    $has_changes = $false
+    $has_errors = $false
+
+     $json.architecture | Get-Member -MemberType NoteProperty | % {
+        [Bool]$valid = $true
+        $architecture = $_.Name
+
+        # create new url
+        <#
+        TODO There should be a second option to extract the url from the page
+        #>
+        $template = $json.autoupdate.url.$architecture;
+        $url = substitute $template @{'$version' = $version}
+
+        # check url 
+        if (!(check_url $url)) {
+            $valid = $false
+            Write-Host -f DarkRed "URL $url is not valid"
+        }
+
+        # create hash
+        <#
+        TODO implement more hashing types
+        `extract` Should be able to extract from origin page source (checkver)
+        `download` Last resort, download the real file and hash it
+        #>
+        $hashmode = $json.autoupdate.hash.mode;
+        if ($hashmode -eq "extract") {
+            $hashfile_url = substitute $json.autoupdate.hash.url @{'$version' = $version};
+            $hashfile = (new-object net.webclient).downloadstring($hashfile_url)
+
+            $basename = fname($url)
+            $regex = substitute $json.autoupdate.hash.find @{'$basename' = [regex]::Escape($basename)}
+
+            if ($hashfile -match $regex) {
+                $hash = $matches[1]
+            } else {
+                $valid = $false
+                Write-Error "could no find hash in hashfile"
+            }
+        }
+
+        # write changes to the json object
+        if ($valid) {
+            $has_changes = $true
+            $json.version = $version
+            $json.architecture.$architecture.url = $url
+            $json.architecture.$architecture.hash = $hash
+        } else {
+            $has_errors = $true
+            Write-Host -f DarkRed "Could not update $app $architecture"
+        }
+    }
+
+    if ($has_changes -and !$has_errors) {
+        # write file
+        Write-Host -f DarkGreen "Writing updated $app manifest"
+
+        $path = manifest_path $app
+        <#
+        TODO improve json formatting 
+        #>
+        $json | convertto-json | out-file -filepath $path -encoding utf8
+    } else {
+        Write-Host -f DarkGray "No updates for $app"
+    }
+}