diff --git a/bin/pacman-updates b/bin/pacman-updates
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..baf0b93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/pacman-updates
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/usr/bin/bash
+
+if ! type -P fakeroot >/dev/null; then
+	error 'Cannot find the fakeroot binary.'
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+if [[ -z $CHECKUPDATES_DB ]]; then
+	CHECKUPDATES_DB="${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/checkup-db-${USER}/"
+fi
+
+trap 'rm -f $CHECKUPDATES_DB/db.lck' INT TERM EXIT
+
+DBPath="${DBPath:-/var/lib/pacman/}"
+eval $(awk -F' *= *' '$1 ~ /DBPath/ { print $1 "=" $2 }' /etc/pacman.conf)
+
+mkdir -p "$CHECKUPDATES_DB"
+ln -s "${DBPath}/local" "$CHECKUPDATES_DB" &> /dev/null
+fakeroot -- pacman -Sy --dbpath "$CHECKUPDATES_DB" --logfile /dev/null &> /dev/null
+fakeroot pacman -Su -p --dbpath "$CHECKUPDATES_DB"
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/bin/toggle-display.sh b/bin/toggle-display.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..bd13a29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/toggle-display.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+echo $(dirname $(readlink -f "$0"))
+
+i3bar_update=$(dirname $(readlink -f "$0"))/load-i3-bars.sh
+
+xrandr "$@"
+
+if [ -f $i3bar_update ]; then
+	sleep 1
+	$i3bar_update
+fi
diff --git a/bumblebee/modules/pacman.py b/bumblebee/modules/pacman.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..da3e66f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bumblebee/modules/pacman.py
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+# pylint: disable=C0111,R0903
+
+"""Displays update information per repository for pacman."
+"""
+
+import os
+import bumblebee.input
+import bumblebee.output
+import bumblebee.engine
+
+class Module(bumblebee.engine.Module):
+    def __init__(self, engine, config):
+        super(Module, self).__init__(engine, config,
+            bumblebee.output.Widget(full_text=self.updates)
+        )
+        self._count = 0
+        self._out = ""
+
+    def updates(self, widget):
+        return self._out
+
+    def update(self, widgets):
+        path = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+        if self._count == 0:
+            self._out = "?/?/?/?"
+            try:
+                result = bumblebee.util.execute("{}/../../bin/pacman-updates".format(path))
+                self._community = 0
+                self._core = 0
+                self._extra = 0
+                self._other = 0
+
+                for line in result.splitlines():
+                    if line.startswith("http"):
+                        if "community" in line:
+                            self._community += 1
+                            continue
+                        if "core" in line:
+                            self._core += 1;
+                            continue
+                        if "extra" in line:
+                            self._extra += 1
+                            continue
+                        self._other += 1
+                self._out = str(self._core)+"/"+str(self._extra)+"/"+str(self._community)+"/"+str(self._other)
+            except RuntimeError:
+                self._out = "?/?/?/?"
+ 
+        # TODO: improve this waiting mechanism a bit
+        self._count += 1
+        self._count = 0 if self._count > 300 else self._count
+
+    def sumUpdates(self):
+        return self._core + self._community + self._extra + self._other 
+    
+    def state(self, widget):
+        if self.sumUpdates() > 0:
+            return "critical"
+
+# vim: tabstop=8 expandtab shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4