--- a/bin/gpo
+++ b/bin/gpo
@@ -203,6 +203,8 @@ class gPodderCli(object):
         self._config = self.core.config
         self._model = self.core.model
 
+        gpodder.user_extensions.on_ui_object_available('gpodder-cli', self)
+
         self._current_action="/?originalUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2F"'
         self._commands = dict(
             (name.rstrip('_'), func)
diff --git a/share/gpodder/extensions/youtube-dl.py b/share/gpodder/extensions/youtube-dl.py
index ed36de00..ed7d3eea 100644
--- a/share/gpodder/extensions/youtube-dl.py
+++ b/share/gpodder/extensions/youtube-dl.py
@@ -512,6 +512,10 @@ class gPodderYoutubeDL(download.CustomDownloader):
         return None
 
 
+def ytupdate(cli):
+    print('update')
+
+
 class gPodderExtension:
     def __init__(self, container):
         self.container = container
@@ -548,6 +552,8 @@ class gPodderExtension:
                 ui_object.notification(want_ytdl_version_msg %
                     {'have_version': youtube_dl.version.__version__, 'want_version': want_ytdl_version},
                     _('Old youtube-dl'), important=True, widget=ui_object.main_window)
+        elif name == 'gpodder-cli':
+            type(ui_object).ytupdate = ytupdate
 
     def on_episodes_context_menu(self, episodes):
         if not self.container.config.manage_downloads and any(e.can_download() for e in episodes):