diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 30871f92..2ee3cf0e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # ofborg
 
+test
+
 ## Guidelines
 
 1. Review the code of all PRs before triggering the bot on them.
diff --git a/ofborg/src/tasks/eval/nixpkgs.rs b/ofborg/src/tasks/eval/nixpkgs.rs
index 9374d168..341328b0 100644
--- a/ofborg/src/tasks/eval/nixpkgs.rs
+++ b/ofborg/src/tasks/eval/nixpkgs.rs
@@ -101,6 +101,41 @@ impl<'a> NixpkgsStrategy<'a> {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Takes a list of commit messages and a list of attributes in order to
+    /// check:
+    ///
+    /// 1) if any of the commits contain the version bump indicator, `->`, at
+    /// the second index after splitting on whitespace; and
+    /// 2) if the mentioned attribute will be rebuilt.
+    ///
+    /// If both of these checks return true, the `8.has: package (update)` label
+    /// will be added.
+    ///
+    /// * `attr: 1.0.0 -> 1.1.0` will get the label
+    /// * `attr: move from fetchTarball -> fetchFromGitHub` will not get the
+    /// label
+    fn tag_from_commits(&self, messages: &[String], attrs: &[PackageArch]) {
+        for message in messages {
+            let message = message.replacen(':', "", 1);
+            let msg: Vec<&str> = message.split(char::is_whitespace).collect();
+
+            // attr: 1.0.0 -> 1.1.0
+            //   0     1   2    3
+            if msg.get(2) == Some(&"->")
+                && attrs
+                    .iter()
+                    .map(|attr| &attr.package)
+                    .any(|pkg| msg.get(0) == Some(&pkg.as_ref()))
+            {
+                update_labels(
+                    &self.issue_ref,
+                    &[String::from("8.has: package (update)")],
+                    &[],
+                );
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     fn check_stdenvs_before(&mut self, dir: &Path) {
         let mut stdenvs = Stdenvs::new(self.nix.clone(), dir.to_path_buf());
         stdenvs.identify_before();
@@ -379,13 +414,22 @@ impl<'a> EvaluationStrategy for NixpkgsStrategy<'a> {
         let changed_paths = co
             .files_changed_from_head(&self.job.pr.head_sha)
             .unwrap_or_else(|_| vec![]);
-        self.changed_paths = Some(changed_paths);
+        let commit_messages = co
+            .commit_messages_from_head(&self.job.pr.head_sha)
+            .unwrap_or_else(|_| vec!["".to_owned()]);
+
+        if let Some(ref rebuildsniff) = self.outpath_diff {
+            if let Some(attrs) = rebuildsniff.calculate_rebuild() {
+                if !attrs.is_empty() {
+                    self.tag_from_commits(&commit_messages, &attrs);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         self.tag_from_paths();
 
-        self.touched_packages = Some(parse_commit_messages(
-            &co.commit_messages_from_head(&self.job.pr.head_sha)
-                .unwrap_or_else(|_| vec!["".to_owned()]),
-        ));
+        self.changed_paths = Some(changed_paths);
+        self.touched_packages = Some(parse_commit_messages(&commit_messages));
 
         Ok(())
     }