diff --git a/ipasserelle-base.spec b/ipasserelle-base.spec
index da2c665..d677083 100644
--- a/ipasserelle-base.spec
+++ b/ipasserelle-base.spec
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ Requires: perl(Net::LDAP)
 Requires: perl(Proc::ProcessTable)
 Requires: perl(Proc::ProcessTable::Process)
 Requires: pbzip2
+Requires: yum-downloadonly
 
 
 %description
@@ -232,6 +233,7 @@ perl createlinks
    --file /etc/cron.hourly/qmail-notify 'attr(0755,root,root)' \
    --file /etc/cron.hourly/cacrl 'attr(0755,root,root)' \
    --file /etc/cron.daily/purge-homes-recycle 'attr(0755,root,root)' \
+   --file /etc/cron.daily/download-updates 'attr(0755,root,root)' \
    --dir /home/e-smith/files/scan 'attr(0750,root,shared)' \
    --dir /var/lib/qpsmtpd/greylisting 'attr(0750,qpsmtpd,qpsmtpd)' \
    --file /usr/bin/make-srv 'attr(0755,root,root)' \
diff --git a/root/etc/cron.daily/download-updates b/root/etc/cron.daily/download-updates
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dc89e92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/root/etc/cron.daily/download-updates
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+/usr/bin/yum --downloadonly -y update 2>&1 > /dev/null
+exit 0