diff --git a/devscripts/gh-pages/update-feed.py b/devscripts/gh-pages/update-feed.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..f8b9fb5943
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devscripts/gh-pages/update-feed.py
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import datetime
+
+import textwrap
+
+import json
+
+atom_template=textwrap.dedent("""\
+								<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
+									<atom:feed xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
+									<atom:subtitle>Updates feed.</atom:subtitle>
+									<atom:id>youtube-dl-updates-feed</atom:id>
+									<atom:updated>@TIMESTAMP@</atom:updated>
+									@ENTRIES@
+								</atom:feed>""")
+
+entry_template=textwrap.dedent("""
+								<atom:entry>
+									<atom:id>youtube-dl-@VERSION@</atom:id>
+									<atom:title>New version @VERSION@</atom:title>
+									<atom:link href="http://rg3.github.com/youtube-dl" />
+									<atom:content type="xhtml">
+										<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
+											Downloads available at <a href="http://youtube-dl.org/downloads/@VERSION@/">http://youtube-dl.org/downloads/@VERSION@/</a>
+										</div>
+									</atom:content>
+									<atom:author>
+										<atom:name>The youtube-dl maintainers</atom:name>
+									</atom:author>
+									<atom:updated>@TIMESTAMP@</atom:updated>
+								</atom:entry>
+								""")
+
+now = datetime.datetime.now()
+now_iso = now.isoformat()
+
+atom_template = atom_template.replace('@TIMESTAMP@',now_iso)
+
+entries=[]
+
+versions_info = json.load(open('update/versions.json'))
+versions = list(versions_info['versions'].keys())
+versions.sort()
+
+for v in versions:
+	entry = entry_template.replace('@TIMESTAMP@',v.replace('.','-'))
+	entry = entry.replace('@VERSION@',v)
+	entries.append(entry)
+
+entries_str = textwrap.indent(''.join(entries), '\t')
+atom_template = atom_template.replace('@ENTRIES@', entries_str)
+
+with open('update/atom.atom','w',encoding='utf-8') as atom_file:
+	atom_file.write(atom_template)
+
+
diff --git a/devscripts/release.sh b/devscripts/release.sh
index ee650f2219..b2a91f8179 100755
--- a/devscripts/release.sh
+++ b/devscripts/release.sh
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ ROOT=$(pwd)
     ORIGIN_URL=$(git config --get remote.origin.url)
     cd build/gh-pages
     "$ROOT/devscripts/gh-pages/add-version.py" $version
+    "$ROOT/devscripts/gh-pages/update-feed.py"
     "$ROOT/devscripts/gh-pages/sign-versions.py" < "$ROOT/updates_key.pem"
     "$ROOT/devscripts/gh-pages/generate-download.py"
     "$ROOT/devscripts/gh-pages/update-copyright.py"