diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cdd8b157..73d195f5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ Wrapper for managing custom repository inspired by [repo-scripts](https://github
 * Add packages by using `ahriman add {package}` command:
 
     ```shell
-    sudo -u ahriman ahriman -a x86_64 add yay
+    sudo -u ahriman ahriman -a x86_64 add yay --now
     ```
 
 Note that initial service configuration can be done by running `ahriman setup` with specific arguments.
diff --git a/src/ahriman/application/ahriman.py b/src/ahriman/application/ahriman.py
index b8389675..12902b0b 100644
--- a/src/ahriman/application/ahriman.py
+++ b/src/ahriman/application/ahriman.py
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ def _set_add_parser(root: SubParserAction) -> argparse.ArgumentParser:
     parser = root.add_parser("add", help="add package", description="add package",
                              formatter_class=argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter)
     parser.add_argument("package", help="package base/name or archive path", nargs="+")
+    parser.add_argument("--now", help="run update function after", action="store_true")
     parser.add_argument("--without-dependencies", help="do not add dependencies", action="store_true")
     parser.set_defaults(handler=handlers.Add)
     return parser
diff --git a/src/ahriman/application/handlers/add.py b/src/ahriman/application/handlers/add.py
index 854c5c71..4af8de55 100644
--- a/src/ahriman/application/handlers/add.py
+++ b/src/ahriman/application/handlers/add.py
@@ -39,4 +39,10 @@ class Add(Handler):
         :param architecture: repository architecture
         :param configuration: configuration instance
         """
-        Application(architecture, configuration).add(args.package, args.without_dependencies)
+        application = Application(architecture, configuration)
+        application.add(args.package, args.without_dependencies)
+        if not args.now:
+            return
+
+        packages = application.get_updates(args.package, True, False, True, application.logger.info)
+        application.update(packages)
diff --git a/tests/ahriman/application/handlers/test_handler_add.py b/tests/ahriman/application/handlers/test_handler_add.py
index 4a6f0a4e..66a1c19c 100644
--- a/tests/ahriman/application/handlers/test_handler_add.py
+++ b/tests/ahriman/application/handlers/test_handler_add.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from ahriman.core.configuration import Configuration
 
 def _default_args(args: argparse.Namespace) -> argparse.Namespace:
     args.package = []
+    args.now = False
     args.without_dependencies = False
     return args
 
@@ -22,3 +23,19 @@ def test_run(args: argparse.Namespace, configuration: Configuration, mocker: Moc
 
     Add.run(args, "x86_64", configuration)
     application_mock.assert_called_once()
+
+
+def test_run_with_updates(args: argparse.Namespace, configuration: Configuration, mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
+    """
+    must run command with updates after
+    """
+    args = _default_args(args)
+    args.now = True
+    mocker.patch("pathlib.Path.mkdir")
+    mocker.patch("ahriman.application.application.Application.add")
+    application_mock = mocker.patch("ahriman.application.application.Application.update")
+    updates_mock = mocker.patch("ahriman.application.application.Application.get_updates")
+
+    Add.run(args, "x86_64", configuration)
+    application_mock.assert_called_once()
+    updates_mock.assert_called_once()