diff --git a/vim-7.4.1938.tar.xz b/vim-7.4.1938.tar.xz
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diff --git a/vim-gvim.SlackBuild b/vim-gvim.SlackBuild
index 0af5aab..bed1783 100755
--- a/vim-gvim.SlackBuild
+++ b/vim-gvim.SlackBuild
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 # This package must be build right after the main vim package, and the
 # generated vim package must still be in $TMP.
 
-VIMBRANCH=7.4
+VIMBRANCH=8.1
 VERSION=$(echo vim-${VIMBRANCH}*.tar.xz | rev | cut -f 3- -d . | cut -f 1 -d - | rev)
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 
diff --git a/vim.SlackBuild b/vim.SlackBuild
index 5f5e79b..98a6dd8 100755
--- a/vim.SlackBuild
+++ b/vim.SlackBuild
@@ -20,16 +20,34 @@
 #  OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
-VIMBRANCH=7.4
+VIMBRANCH=8.1
 CTAGSVER=5.8
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 
 CWD=$(pwd)
 
+if [ "$1" = "check" ]; then
+  VERSION=$(echo vim-${VIMBRANCH}*.tar.xz | rev | cut -f 3- -d . | cut -f 1 -d - | rev)
+  NEWVERSION="$(echo $(basename $(wget -q -O - https://github.com/vim/vim/releases | grep -F v${VIMBRANCH} | head -n 1 | cut -f 2 -d \" )) | cut -b2- )"
+
+  if [ ! "$NEWVERSION" ]; then
+    echo "Failed to fetch latest version"
+    exit
+  fi
+
+  if [ "$VERSION" != "$NEWVERSION" ]; then
+    echo "New version available: $NEWVERSION"
+    exit
+  fi
+
+  echo "No updates available"
+  exit
+fi
+
 if [ -r vim-${VIMBRANCH}*.tar.xz ]; then # if there's a source archive already, use the version number from it:
   VERSION=$(echo vim-${VIMBRANCH}*.tar.xz | rev | cut -f 3- -d . | cut -f 1 -d - | rev)
 else # need to fetch the latest source archive for this branch:
-  VERSION="$(echo $(basename $(wget -q -O - https://github.com/vim/vim/releases | grep v${VIMBRANCH} | head -n 1 | cut -f 2 -d \" )) | cut -b2- )"
+  VERSION="$(echo $(basename $(wget -q -O - https://github.com/vim/vim/releases | grep -F v${VIMBRANCH} | head -n 1 | cut -f 2 -d \" )) | cut -b2- )"
   ( lftpget https://github.com/vim/vim/archive/v${VERSION}.tar.gz
     gzip -d v${VERSION}.tar.gz
     mv v${VERSION}.tar vim-${VERSION}.tar
diff --git a/vim.vimrc.diff.gz b/vim.vimrc.diff.gz
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