diff --git a/config/zsh/functions/_dots b/config/zsh/functions/_dots
index 9263c5c..9658349 100644
--- a/config/zsh/functions/_dots
+++ b/config/zsh/functions/_dots
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ commands=(
 	clone:'download dotfiles packages over Git'
 	fetch:'retrieve updates to your packages'
 	link:'install downloaded packages into your ~'
+	pull:'fetch and apply package updates'
 	status:'check whether your packages have changes'
 )
 if ! _retrieve_cache dots-repositories; then
@@ -29,6 +30,6 @@ case $state in
 			else
 				_message 'all known packages are already installed, you can still enter a git url manually'
 			fi ;;
-		fetch|link|st|status) _values -w package $DOTFILES/*(/:t) ;;
+		fetch|link|pull|st|status) _values -w package $DOTFILES/*(/:t) ;;
 	esac ;;
 esac
diff --git a/local/bin/dots b/local/bin/dots
index be93ffa..f6f3b47 100755
--- a/local/bin/dots
+++ b/local/bin/dots
@@ -75,6 +75,17 @@
 	done
 }
 
+'pull'() {
+	local -a packages
+	packages=($argv)
+	(( $#packages == 0 )) && packages=( $DOTFILES/*(N:t) )
+	for p in $packages; do
+		cd $DOTFILES/$p
+		git pull
+	done
+}
+
+
 'status'() {
 	local -a packages
 	packages=($argv)
@@ -132,5 +143,6 @@ case $comm in
 	clone) clone ${argv[2,-1]} ;;
 	fetch) fetch ${argv[2,-1]} ;;
 	link) link ${argv[2,-1]} ;;
+	pull) pull ${argv[2,-1]} ;;
 	st|status) status ${argv[2,-1]} ;;
 esac