diff --git a/.repo/nvchecker.toml b/.repo/nvchecker.toml
index 661463b..3f1fa72 100644
--- a/.repo/nvchecker.toml
+++ b/.repo/nvchecker.toml
@@ -1293,6 +1293,10 @@ pypi = "pytest-check"
 #source = "cmd"
 #cmd = './.repo/pkgver/firefox-nightly-en-gb.sh'
 
+[oil]
+source = "cmd"
+cmd = "./.repo/pkgver/oil.sh"
+
 [enigma]
 source = "cmd"
 cmd = "./.repo/pkgver/enigma.sh"
diff --git a/.repo/pkgver/oil.sh b/.repo/pkgver/oil.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ee8654d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.repo/pkgver/oil.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+# check dependencies
+count=0
+for dependency in curl hxnormalize hxselect grep sed; do
+	if [ ! -x "$(command -v $dependency)" ]; then
+		echo "$dependency missing"
+		count=$((count+1))
+	fi
+done
+
+# exit script if any dependencies missing
+if [ $count -ne 0 ]; then
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+# upstream URL
+UPSTREAM_URL="https://www.oilshell.org/release/latest/"
+
+
+# options to pass to cURL, including custom user agent
+USER_AGENT="oil-version-checker/1.0 george@rawlinson.net.nz"
+CURL_OPTS=(--silent --user-agent "$USER_AGENT")
+
+curl "${CURL_OPTS[@]}" "$UPSTREAM_URL" | \
+	hxnormalize -x | \
+	hxselect -c 'a' -s '\n' | \
+	grep '.tar.gz' | \
+	sed -e "s/^oil-//" -e "s/\.tar.gz$//"
+exit 0