diff --git a/pmb/config/__init__.py b/pmb/config/__init__.py
index 77b5c9df..af0c5703 100644
--- a/pmb/config/__init__.py
+++ b/pmb/config/__init__.py
@@ -441,6 +441,9 @@ git_repos = {
     "pmaports": "https://gitlab.com/postmarketOS/pmaports.git",
 }
 
+# When a git repository is considered outdated (in seconds)
+# (Measuring timestamp of FETCH_HEAD: https://stackoverflow.com/a/9229377)
+git_repo_outdated = 3600 * 24 * 2
 
 #
 # APORTGEN
diff --git a/pmb/helpers/git.py b/pmb/helpers/git.py
index f2af4192..33d1a0b6 100644
--- a/pmb/helpers/git.py
+++ b/pmb/helpers/git.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 import logging
 import os
+import time
 
 import pmb.build
 import pmb.chroot.apk
@@ -32,22 +33,25 @@ def clone(args, name_repo, shallow=True):
     if name_repo not in pmb.config.git_repos:
         raise ValueError("No git repository configured for " + name_repo)
 
-    # Skip if already checked out
     path = get_path(args, name_repo)
-    if os.path.exists(path):
-        return
+    if not os.path.exists(path):
+        # Build git command
+        url = pmb.config.git_repos[name_repo]
+        command = ["git", "clone"]
+        if shallow:
+            command += ["--depth=1"]
+        command += [url, path]
 
-    # Build git command
-    url = pmb.config.git_repos[name_repo]
-    command = ["git", "clone"]
-    if shallow:
-        command += ["--depth=1"]
-    command += [url, path]
+        # Create parent dir and clone
+        logging.info("Clone git repository: " + url)
+        os.makedirs(args.work + "/cache_git", exist_ok=True)
+        pmb.helpers.run.user(args, command, output="stdout")
 
-    # Create parent dir and clone
-    logging.info("Clone git repository: " + url)
-    os.makedirs(args.work + "/cache_git", exist_ok=True)
-    pmb.helpers.run.user(args, command, output="stdout")
+    # FETCH_HEAD does not exist after initial clone. Create it, so
+    # is_outdated() can use it.
+    fetch_head = path + "/.git/FETCH_HEAD"
+    if not os.path.exists(fetch_head):
+        open(fetch_head, "w").close()
 
 
 def rev_parse(args, path, revision="HEAD", extra_args: list = []):
@@ -164,3 +168,22 @@ def pull(args, name_repo):
     command = ["git", "merge", "--ff-only", branch_upstream]
     pmb.helpers.run.user(args, command, path, "stdout")
     return 0
+
+
+def is_outdated(args, path):
+    # FETCH_HEAD always exists in repositories cloned by pmbootstrap.
+    # Usually it does not (before first git fetch/pull), but there is no good
+    # fallback. For exampe, getting the _creation_ date of .git/HEAD is non-
+    # trivial with python on linux (https://stackoverflow.com/a/39501288).
+    # Note that we have to assume here, that the user had fetched the "origin"
+    # repository. If the user fetched another repository, FETCH_HEAD would also
+    # get updated, even though "origin" may be outdated. For pmbootstrap status
+    # it is good enough, because it should help the users that are not doing
+    # much with pmaports.git to know when it is outdated. People who manually
+    # fetch other repos should usually know that and how to handle that
+    # situation.
+    path_head = path + "/.git/FETCH_HEAD"
+    date_head = os.path.getmtime(path_head)
+
+    date_outdated = time.time() - pmb.config.git_repo_outdated
+    return date_head <= date_outdated
diff --git a/pmb/helpers/status.py b/pmb/helpers/status.py
index 6c8b4d80..b72be78a 100644
--- a/pmb/helpers/status.py
+++ b/pmb/helpers/status.py
@@ -91,6 +91,12 @@ def print_checks_git_repo(args, repo, details=True):
                            "update with 'pmbootstrap pull'")
     log_ok("up to date with remote branch")
 
+    # Outdated remote information
+    if pmb.helpers.git.is_outdated(args, path):
+        return log_nok_ret(-5, "outdated remote information",
+                           "update with 'pmbootstrap pull'")
+    log_ok("remote information updated recently (via git fetch/pull)")
+
     return (0, "")
 
 
diff --git a/test/test_helpers_git.py b/test/test_helpers_git.py
index 17f441fe..45db1ce9 100644
--- a/test/test_helpers_git.py
+++ b/test/test_helpers_git.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import os
 import sys
 import pytest
 import shutil
+import time
 
 import pmb_test  # noqa
 import pmb_test.git
@@ -146,3 +147,29 @@ def test_pull(args, monkeypatch, tmpdir):
     run_git(["reset", "--hard", "origin/master"])
     run_git(["commit", "--allow-empty", "-m", "new"], "remote")
     assert func(args, name_repo) == 0
+
+
+def test_is_outdated(args, tmpdir, monkeypatch):
+    func = pmb.helpers.git.is_outdated
+
+    # Override time.time(): now is "100"
+    def fake_time():
+        return 100.0
+    monkeypatch.setattr(time, "time", fake_time)
+
+    # Create .git/FETCH_HEAD
+    path = str(tmpdir)
+    os.mkdir(path + "/.git")
+    fetch_head = path + "/.git/FETCH_HEAD"
+    open(fetch_head, "w").close()
+
+    # Set mtime to 90
+    os.utime(fetch_head, times=(0, 90))
+
+    # Outdated (date_outdated: 90)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(pmb.config, "git_repo_outdated", 10)
+    assert func(args, path) is True
+
+    # Not outdated (date_outdated: 89)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(pmb.config, "git_repo_outdated", 11)
+    assert func(args, path) is False
diff --git a/test/test_helpers_status.py b/test/test_helpers_status.py
index f92bec0a..5fe3fefc 100644
--- a/test/test_helpers_status.py
+++ b/test/test_helpers_status.py
@@ -83,3 +83,10 @@ def test_print_checks_git_repo(args, monkeypatch, tmpdir):
     run_git(["pull"])
     status, _ = func(args, name_repo)
     assert status == 0
+
+    # Outdated remote information
+    def is_outdated(args, path):
+        return True
+    monkeypatch.setattr(pmb.helpers.git, "is_outdated", is_outdated)
+    status, _ = func(args, name_repo)
+    assert status == -5