diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 0ace75c..8df280c 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 * Fix update runner using shell that doesn't have env path to git binary in Linux (use `git pull` to get this fix)
 * Fix under py2, a hachoir config value, without 'readline' sys.module, using the `--daemon` SG startup option, fails
 * Change remove pycryptodome from recommended.txt as only used for removed py7z
+* Add to config/General, "Package updates" > include in 'Check for Updates' menu action
 
 
 ### 0.23.3 (2020-11-30 17:20:00 UTC)
diff --git a/gui/slick/interfaces/default/config_general.tmpl b/gui/slick/interfaces/default/config_general.tmpl
index 3da97c4..7ccfcfb 100644
--- a/gui/slick/interfaces/default/config_general.tmpl
+++ b/gui/slick/interfaces/default/config_general.tmpl
@@ -178,21 +178,22 @@
 							<span class="component-title">Software updates</span>
 							<span class="component-desc">
 								<label class="nextline-block">
-									<input type="checkbox" name="update_notify"#echo ('', $checked)[$sg_var('UPDATE_NOTIFY', True)]#>
+									<input type="checkbox" class="views-if-interval1" name="update_notify"#echo ('', $checked)[$sg_var('UPDATE_NOTIFY', True)]#>
 									<p>display message for outdated software, run checks at startup and at interval<sup>1</sup></p>
 								</label>
 
 								<label class="nextline-block">
-									<input type="checkbox" name="update_auto"#echo ('', $checked)[$sg_var('UPDATE_AUTO')]#>
+									<input type="checkbox" class="views-if-interval1" name="update_auto"#echo ('', $checked)[$sg_var('UPDATE_AUTO')]#>
 									<p>update software automatically at startup and at interval<sup>1</sup></p>
 								</label>
 
-								<label class="nextline-block" style="padding:6px 0">
+    #set $hide_interval1 = not ($sg_var('UPDATE_NOTIFY') or $sg_var('UPDATE_AUTO'))
+								<label class="nextline-block show-if-interval1" style="#if $hide_interval1#display:none;#end if#padding:6px 0">
 									<input type="text" name="update_interval" value="$sg_var('UPDATE_INTERVAL', 12)" class="form-control input-sm input75">
 									<p>hours interval<sup>1</sup> (default:$sg_var('DEFAULT_UPDATE_INTERVAL', 'n/a'))</p>
 								</label>
 
-								<label class="nextline-block">
+								<label class="nextline-block show-if-interval1"#if $hide_interval1# style="display:none"#end if#>
 									<input type="checkbox" name="notify_on_update"#echo ('', $checked)[$sg_var('NOTIFY_ON_UPDATE')]#>
 									<p>send a message to all enabled notifiers when SickGear is updated</p>
 								</label>
@@ -200,26 +201,30 @@
 						</div>
 
 						<div class="field-pair">
-						<div class="field-pair">
-							<label for="update-libs" class="nextline-block">
-								<span class="component-title">Package updates</span>
-								<span class="component-desc">
-									<input class="view-if" type="checkbox" name="update_packages_notify" id="update-libs"#echo ('', $checked)[$sg_var('UPDATE_PACKAGES_NOTIFY')]#>
+							<span class="component-title">Package updates</span>
+							<span class="component-desc">
+								<label class="nextline-block">
+									<input type="checkbox" class="views-if-package-table views-if-interval2" name="update_packages_notify" #echo ('', $checked)[$sg_var('UPDATE_PACKAGES_NOTIFY')]#>
 									<p>display message for outdated packages, run checks at startup and at interval<sup>2</sup></p>
-								</span>
-							</label>
-							<div class="show-if-update-libs">
-								<span class="component-title"></span>
-								<span class="component-desc">
-									<label class="nextline-block">
-										<input type="checkbox" name="update_packages_auto"#echo ('', $checked)[$sg_var('UPDATE_PACKAGES_AUTO')]#>
-										<p>update packages automatically at startup and at interval<sup>2</sup></p>
-									</label>
+								</label>
 
-									<label class="nextline-block" style="padding-top:6px">
-										<input type="text" name="update_packages_interval" value="$sg_var('UPDATE_PACKAGES_INTERVAL', 24)" class="form-control input-sm input75">
-										<p>hours interval<sup>2</sup> (default:$sg_var('DEFAULT_UPDATE_PACKAGES_INTERVAL', 'n/a'))</p>
-									</label>
+								<label class="nextline-block">
+									<input type="checkbox" class="views-if-package-table views-if-interval2" name="update_packages_auto"#echo ('', $checked)[$sg_var('UPDATE_PACKAGES_AUTO')]#>
+									<p>update packages automatically at startup and at interval<sup>2</sup></p>
+								</label>
+
+    #set $hide_interval2 = not ($sg_var('UPDATE_PACKAGES_NOTIFY') or $sg_var('UPDATE_PACKAGES_AUTO'))
+								<label class="nextline-block show-if-interval2" style="#if $hide_interval2#display:none;#end if#padding:6px 0">
+									<input type="text" name="update_packages_interval" value="$sg_var('UPDATE_PACKAGES_INTERVAL', 24)" class="form-control input-sm input75">
+									<p>hours interval<sup>2</sup> (default:$sg_var('DEFAULT_UPDATE_PACKAGES_INTERVAL', 'n/a'))</p>
+								</label>
+
+								<label class="nextline-block">
+									<input type="checkbox" class="views-if-package-table" name="update_packages_menu"#echo ('', $checked)[$sg_var('UPDATE_PACKAGES_MENU')]#>
+									<p>include in 'Check for Updates' menu action</p>
+								</label>
+    #set $hide_package_tbl = not ($sg_var('UPDATE_PACKAGES_NOTIFY') or $sg_var('UPDATE_PACKAGES_AUTO') or $sg_var('UPDATE_PACKAGES_MENU'))
+								<div class="show-if-package-table">
     #try
         #set $installed, $extra_info, $known_failed = $check_pip_env()
     #except
@@ -253,11 +258,12 @@
 												<tr class="grey-text"><td>$item.lower()</td><td class="center">failed</td><td class="info-col">$update_link</td></tr>
         #set $update_link = ''
     #end for
-											</tbody></table>
-											<p class="extras">the above info may help with packages that don't update internally<br>manual installation tip: <code>python -m pip install -U --user package</code></p>
+											</tbody>
+										</table>
+										<p class="extras">the above info may help with packages that don't update internally<br>manual installation tip: <code>python -m pip install -U --user package</code></p>
 									</div>
-								</span>
-							</div>
+								</div>
+							</span>
 						</div>
 #else
 						<div class="field-pair">
diff --git a/gui/slick/js/config.js b/gui/slick/js/config.js
index 2113f77..bae9122 100644
--- a/gui/slick/js/config.js
+++ b/gui/slick/js/config.js
@@ -9,6 +9,27 @@ function toggle$(el, cond){
 	}
 }
 
+function viewsIf(){
+	var that, className, done = [], target;
+	$('[class*="views-if"]').each(function(){
+		that = this;
+		$.each(that.classList, function(){
+			if(/views-if-/i.test(this)){
+				className = this.replace('views-if-', '');
+				if (-1 === $.inArray(className, done)){
+					done.push(className);
+					target = '[class*="show-if-' + className + '"]';
+					if ($('[class*="views-if-' + className + '"]:checked').length){
+						$(target).fadeIn('fast', 'linear');
+					} else {
+						$(target).fadeOut('fast', 'linear');
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		});
+	});
+}
+
 $(document).ready(function () {
 	var enabler = $('.enabler'),
 		viewIf = $('input.view-if'),
@@ -27,6 +48,9 @@ $(document).ready(function () {
 			content_id.fadeOut('fast', 'linear');
 	});
 
+	$('[class*="views-if"]').on({click: viewsIf});
+	viewsIf();
+
 	viewIf.each(function () {
 		$(($(this).prop('checked') ? '.hide-if-' : '.show-if-') + $(this).attr('id')).hide();
 	});
diff --git a/sickbeard/__init__.py b/sickbeard/__init__.py
index dd1dfe4..9126459 100755
--- a/sickbeard/__init__.py
+++ b/sickbeard/__init__.py
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ MAX_UPDATE_PACKAGES_INTERVAL = 9999
 DEFAULT_UPDATE_PACKAGES_INTERVAL = 24
 UPDATE_PACKAGES_NOTIFY = False
 UPDATE_PACKAGES_AUTO = False
+UPDATE_PACKAGES_MENU = False
 UPDATE_PACKAGES_INTERVAL = DEFAULT_UPDATE_PACKAGES_INTERVAL
 
 CUR_COMMIT_HASH = None
@@ -672,7 +673,7 @@ def init_stage_1(console_logging):
     global LAUNCH_BROWSER, UPDATE_SHOWS_ON_START, SHOW_UPDATE_HOUR, \
         TRASH_REMOVE_SHOW, TRASH_ROTATE_LOGS, ACTUAL_LOG_DIR, LOG_DIR, TVINFO_TIMEOUT, ROOT_DIRS, \
         UPDATE_NOTIFY, UPDATE_AUTO, UPDATE_INTERVAL, NOTIFY_ON_UPDATE,\
-        UPDATE_PACKAGES_NOTIFY, UPDATE_PACKAGES_AUTO, UPDATE_PACKAGES_INTERVAL
+        UPDATE_PACKAGES_NOTIFY, UPDATE_PACKAGES_AUTO, UPDATE_PACKAGES_MENU, UPDATE_PACKAGES_INTERVAL
     # Gen Config/Interface
     global THEME_NAME, DEFAULT_HOME, FANART_LIMIT, SHOWLIST_TAGVIEW, SHOW_TAGS, \
         HOME_SEARCH_FOCUS, USE_IMDB_INFO, IMDB_ACCOUNTS, DISPLAY_FREESPACE, SORT_ARTICLE, FUZZY_DATING, TRIM_ZERO, \
@@ -928,6 +929,7 @@ def init_stage_1(console_logging):
     UPDATE_PACKAGES_NOTIFY = bool(
         check_setting_int(CFG, 'General', 'update_packages_notify', 'win' == sys.platform[0:3]))
     UPDATE_PACKAGES_AUTO = bool(check_setting_int(CFG, 'General', 'update_packages_auto', 0))
+    UPDATE_PACKAGES_MENU = bool(check_setting_int(CFG, 'General', 'update_packages_menu', 0))
     UPDATE_PACKAGES_INTERVAL = max(
         MIN_UPDATE_PACKAGES_INTERVAL,
         check_setting_int(CFG, 'General', 'update_packages_interval', DEFAULT_UPDATE_PACKAGES_INTERVAL))
@@ -1873,6 +1875,7 @@ def save_config():
     new_config['General']['notify_on_update'] = int(NOTIFY_ON_UPDATE)
     new_config['General']['update_packages_notify'] = int(UPDATE_PACKAGES_NOTIFY)
     new_config['General']['update_packages_auto'] = int(UPDATE_PACKAGES_AUTO)
+    new_config['General']['update_packages_menu'] = int(UPDATE_PACKAGES_MENU)
     new_config['General']['update_packages_interval'] = int(UPDATE_PACKAGES_INTERVAL)
     new_config['General']['naming_strip_year'] = int(NAMING_STRIP_YEAR)
     new_config['General']['naming_pattern'] = NAMING_PATTERN
diff --git a/sickbeard/version_checker.py b/sickbeard/version_checker.py
index 2ced2a0..1c32056 100644
--- a/sickbeard/version_checker.py
+++ b/sickbeard/version_checker.py
@@ -63,8 +63,12 @@ class PackagesUpdater(object):
 
         :returns: True when package install/updates are available
         """
+        if force and not sickbeard.UPDATE_PACKAGES_MENU:
+            logger.log('Checking not enabled from menu action for %s' % self.install_type)
+            return False
+
         if not sickbeard.UPDATE_PACKAGES_NOTIFY and not sickbeard.UPDATE_PACKAGES_AUTO and not force:
-            logger.log('Checking for %s is not enabled' % self.install_type)
+            logger.log('Checking not enabled for %s' % self.install_type)
             return False
 
         logger.log('Checking for %s%s' % (self.install_type, ('', ' (from menu)')[force]))
@@ -145,7 +149,7 @@ class SoftwareUpdater(object):
         """
 
         if not sickbeard.UPDATE_NOTIFY and not sickbeard.UPDATE_AUTO and not force:
-            logger.log('Checking for software updates is not enabled')
+            logger.log('Checking not enabled for software updates')
             return False
 
         logger.log('Checking for "%s" software update%s' % (self.install_type, ('', ' (from menu)')[force]))
diff --git a/sickbeard/webserve.py b/sickbeard/webserve.py
index f06c6be..fcfb1ed 100644
--- a/sickbeard/webserve.py
+++ b/sickbeard/webserve.py
@@ -6997,7 +6997,8 @@ class ConfigGeneral(Config):
                      indexer_default=None, indexer_timeout=None,
                      show_dirs_with_dots=None,
                      update_notify=None, update_auto=None, update_interval=None, notify_on_update=None,
-                     update_packages_notify=None, update_packages_auto=None, update_packages_interval=None,
+                     update_packages_notify=None, update_packages_auto=None, update_packages_menu=None,
+                     update_packages_interval=None,
                      update_frequency=None,  # deprecated 2020.11.07
                      theme_name=None, default_home=None, fanart_limit=None, showlist_tagview=None, show_tags=None,
                      home_search_focus=None, use_imdb_info=None, display_freespace=None, sort_article=None,
@@ -7048,6 +7049,7 @@ class ConfigGeneral(Config):
 
         config.schedule_update_packages_notify(config.checkbox_to_value(update_packages_notify))
         sickbeard.UPDATE_PACKAGES_AUTO = config.checkbox_to_value(update_packages_auto)
+        sickbeard.UPDATE_PACKAGES_MENU = config.checkbox_to_value(update_packages_menu)
         config.schedule_update_packages(update_packages_interval)
 
         # Interface