diff --git a/arkdep b/arkdep
index 9cb44cb..1153c40 100755
--- a/arkdep
+++ b/arkdep
@@ -862,6 +862,13 @@ deploy () {
 	# Image deployment finished, allow for interupts again
 	trap 'echo "User interupt received, canceling cleanup step"; exit 4' INT TERM
 
+	# Check if there is an update script available
+	if tar -xf $arkdep_dir/cache/${data[0]}.tar.${data[1]} -C $arkdep_dir/cache/ ./${data[0]}-update.sh 2> /dev/null; then
+		printf '\e[1;34m-->\e[0m\e[1m Running update script\e[0m\n'
+		# Run the migration script if provided
+		(source $arkdep_dir/cache/${data[0]}-update.sh)
+	fi
+
 	# Remove tarball if configured to remove
 	if [[ $remove_tar_after_deployment -eq 1 ]]; then
 		printf '\e[1;34m-->\e[0m\e[1m Removing tarball from cache\e[0m\n'
diff --git a/arkdep-build b/arkdep-build
index 1afe3c3..5c88fe0 100755
--- a/arkdep-build
+++ b/arkdep-build
@@ -314,6 +314,13 @@ if [[ $type == 'archlinux' ]]; then
 	# Create dir for storing the images
 	mkdir -p $output_target/$image_name
 
+	# Add update script, utilized to perform minor system changes and updates
+	if [[ -f $variantdir/update.sh ]]; then
+		printf '\e[1;34m-->\e[0m\e[1m Including update script\e[0m\n'
+		cp -v $variantdir/update.sh $output_target/$image_name/$image_name-update.sh ||
+			cleanup_and_quit 'Failed copying update script to image'
+	fi
+
 	# Generate package list
 	pacman -Q --root=$workdir > $output_target/$image_name.pkgs