diff --git a/frontend/apps/filemanager/filemanagermenu.lua b/frontend/apps/filemanager/filemanagermenu.lua
index 014c913a7..50a6e5269 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/filemanager/filemanagermenu.lua
+++ b/frontend/apps/filemanager/filemanagermenu.lua
@@ -565,8 +565,21 @@ dbg:guard(FileManagerMenu, 'setUpdateItemTable',
         end
     end)
 
-function FileManagerMenu:exitOrRestart(callback)
+function FileManagerMenu:exitOrRestart(callback, force)
     UIManager:close(self.menu_container)
+
+    -- Only restart sets a callback, which suits us just fine for this check ;)
+    if callback and not force and not Device:isStartupScriptUpToDate() then
+        UIManager:show(ConfirmBox:new{
+            text = _("KOReader's startup script has been updated. You'll need to completely exit KOReader to finalize the update."),
+            ok_text = _("Restart anyway"),
+            ok_callback = function()
+                self:exitOrRestart(callback, true)
+            end,
+        })
+        return
+    end
+
     self.ui:onClose()
     if callback then
         callback()
diff --git a/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readermenu.lua b/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readermenu.lua
index e3e31f83f..9ebba88b2 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readermenu.lua
+++ b/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readermenu.lua
@@ -259,8 +259,21 @@ dbg:guard(ReaderMenu, 'setUpdateItemTable',
         end
     end)
 
-function ReaderMenu:exitOrRestart(callback)
+function ReaderMenu:exitOrRestart(callback, force)
     if self.menu_container then self:onTapCloseMenu() end
+
+    -- Only restart sets a callback, which suits us just fine for this check ;)
+    if callback and not force and not Device:isStartupScriptUpToDate() then
+        UIManager:show(ConfirmBox:new{
+            text = _("KOReader's startup script has been updated. You'll need to completely exit KOReader to finalize the update."),
+            ok_text = _("Restart anyway"),
+            ok_callback = function()
+                self:exitOrRestart(callback, true)
+            end,
+        })
+        return
+    end
+
     UIManager:nextTick(function()
         self.ui:onClose()
         if callback ~= nil then
diff --git a/frontend/device/generic/device.lua b/frontend/device/generic/device.lua
index d08c2cca0..30d59eced 100644
--- a/frontend/device/generic/device.lua
+++ b/frontend/device/generic/device.lua
@@ -491,4 +491,9 @@ function Device:isValidPath(path)
     return util.pathExists(path)
 end
 
+-- Device specific method to check if the startup script has been updated
+function Device:isStartupScriptUpToDate()
+    return true
+end
+
 return Device
diff --git a/frontend/device/kobo/device.lua b/frontend/device/kobo/device.lua
index b42610457..9eb0c383f 100644
--- a/frontend/device/kobo/device.lua
+++ b/frontend/device/kobo/device.lua
@@ -819,6 +819,15 @@ function Kobo:toggleChargingLED(toggle)
     io.close(f)
 end
 
+function Kobo:isStartupScriptUpToDate()
+    -- Compare the hash of the *active* script (i.e., the one in /tmp) to the *potential* one (i.e., the one in KOREADER_DIR)
+    local current_script = "/tmp/koreader.sh"
+    local new_script = os.getenv("KOREADER_DIR") .. "/" .. "koreader.sh"
+
+    local md5 = require("ffi/MD5")
+    return md5.sumFile(current_script) == md5.sumFile(new_script)
+end
+
 -------------- device probe ------------
 
 local codename = Kobo:getCodeName()
diff --git a/platform/kobo/koreader.sh b/platform/kobo/koreader.sh
index ee51af1f1..8a71611e1 100755
--- a/platform/kobo/koreader.sh
+++ b/platform/kobo/koreader.sh
@@ -100,6 +100,11 @@ ko_update_check() {
             mv "${NEWUPDATE}" "${INSTALLED}"
             ./fbink -q -y -6 -pm "Update successful :)"
             ./fbink -q -y -5 -pm "KOReader will start momentarily . . ."
+
+            # Warn if the startup script has been updated...
+            if [ "$(md5sum "/tmp/koreader.sh" | cut -f1 -d' ')" != "$(md5sum "${KOREADER_DIR}/koreader.sh" | cut -f1 -d' ')" ]; then
+                ./fbink -q -pmMh "Update contains a startup script update!"
+            fi
         else
             # Uh oh...
             ./fbink -q -y -6 -pmh "Update failed :("