diff --git a/lib/Pingback.pm b/lib/Pingback.pm
index d154a85c..2159b7b5 100644
--- a/lib/Pingback.pm
+++ b/lib/Pingback.pm
@@ -28,8 +28,11 @@ use English qw(-no_match_vars);
 
 use constant PTDEBUG => $ENV{PTDEBUG} || 0;
 
-use File::Basename ();
-use Data::Dumper ();
+use File::Basename qw();
+use Data::Dumper   qw();
+use Fcntl          qw(:DEFAULT);
+
+use File::Spec;
 
 sub Dumper {
    local $Data::Dumper::Indent    = 1;
@@ -124,6 +127,42 @@ sub pingback {
    return \@suggestions;
 }
 
+my $one_day = 60 * 60 * 24;
+sub time_to_check {
+   my ($file) = @_;
+
+   if ( !$file ) {
+      my $dir = File::Spec->tmpdir();
+      $file   = File::Spec->catfile($dir, 'percona-toolkit-version-check');
+   }
+   my $mtime  = (stat $file)[9];
+
+   # If there isn't an mtime, the file (probably) doesn't exist, so
+   # touch it and return true.
+   if ( !defined $mtime ) {
+      _touch($file);
+      return 1;
+   }
+
+   # Otherwise, if there's been more than a day since the last check,
+   # update the file and return true.
+   my $time = int(time());
+   if ( ($time - $mtime) > $one_day ) {
+      _touch($file);
+      return 1;
+   }
+
+   # Otherwise, we're still within the day, so don't do the version check.
+   return;
+}
+
+sub _touch {
+   my ($file) = @_;
+   sysopen my $fh, $file, O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_NONBLOCK
+      or die "Cannot create $file : $!";
+   close $fh or die "Cannot close $file : $!";
+}
+
 sub encode_client_response {
    my (%args) = @_;
    my @required_args = qw(items versions);
diff --git a/t/lib/Pingback.t b/t/lib/Pingback.t
index 9b7747b8..60fc3bb8 100644
--- a/t/lib/Pingback.t
+++ b/t/lib/Pingback.t
@@ -179,6 +179,42 @@ SKIP: {
    );
 }
 
+# #############################################################################
+# Testing time_to_check
+# #############################################################################
+
+my $dir   = File::Spec->tmpdir();
+my $file  = File::Spec->catfile($dir, 'percona-toolkit-version-check-test');
+
+unlink $file;
+
+ok(
+   Pingback::time_to_check($file),
+   "time_to_check() returns true if the file doesn't exist",
+);
+
+ok(
+   !Pingback::time_to_check($file),
+   "...but false if it exists and it's been less than 24 hours",
+);
+
+my $one_day = 60 * 60 * 24;
+my ($old_atime, $old_mtime) = (stat($file))[8,9];
+
+utime($old_atime - $one_day * 2, $old_mtime - $one_day * 2, $file);
+
+cmp_ok(
+   (stat($file))[9],
+   q{<},
+   time() - $one_day,
+   "Sanity check, the file's mtime is now at least one day behind time()",
+);
+
+ok(
+   Pingback::time_to_check($file),
+   "time_to_check returns true if the file exists and it's mtime is at least one day old",
+);
+
 # #############################################################################
 # Done.
 # #############################################################################