diff --git a/code/client/managedsoftwareupdate b/code/client/managedsoftwareupdate
index a71dd596..63dbb9d3 100755
--- a/code/client/managedsoftwareupdate
+++ b/code/client/managedsoftwareupdate
@@ -168,6 +168,16 @@ def main():
     updatesavailable = False
     if not options.installonly:
         result = updatecheck.check(id=options.id)
+        
+        # record last check date and result
+        nowString = munkicommon.NSDateNowString()
+        cmd = ['/usr/bin/defaults', 'write', '/Library/Preferences/ManagedInstalls', 
+                        'LastCheckDate', '-date', nowString]
+        retcode = subprocess.call(cmd)
+        cmd = ['/usr/bin/defaults', 'write', '/Library/Preferences/ManagedInstalls', 
+                        'LastCheckResult', '-int', str(result)]
+        retcode = subprocess.call(cmd)
+        
         if options.manualcheck:
             munkistatus.quit()
         
diff --git a/code/client/munkilib/munkicommon.py b/code/client/munkilib/munkicommon.py
index 425ac02e..6402012d 100644
--- a/code/client/munkilib/munkicommon.py
+++ b/code/client/munkilib/munkicommon.py
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ def unmountdmg(mountpoint):
 
 def NSDateNowString():
     '''
-    Generates a NSDate-compatible 
+    Generates a NSDate-compatible string
     '''
     now = NSDate.new()
     return str(now)