diff --git a/Classes/BITUpdateManager.m b/Classes/BITUpdateManager.m
index 875bbf3786..f58878854b 100644
--- a/Classes/BITUpdateManager.m
+++ b/Classes/BITUpdateManager.m
@@ -113,6 +113,10 @@ typedef NS_ENUM(NSInteger, BITUpdateAlertViewTag) {
     // we only care about iOS 8 or later
     if (bit_isPreiOS8Environment()) return;
     
+    if (self.delegate != nil && [self.delegate respondsToSelector:@selector(updateManagerWillExitApp:)]) {
+      [self.delegate updateManagerWillExitApp:self];
+    }
+    
     // for now we simply exit the app, later SDK versions might optionally show an alert with localized text
     // describing the user to press the home button to start the update process
     exit(0);
diff --git a/Classes/BITUpdateManagerDelegate.h b/Classes/BITUpdateManagerDelegate.h
index 4d12646a41..8e557195ae 100644
--- a/Classes/BITUpdateManagerDelegate.h
+++ b/Classes/BITUpdateManagerDelegate.h
@@ -106,6 +106,21 @@
 - (BOOL)updateManagerShouldSendUsageData:(BITUpdateManager *)updateManager;
 
 
+///-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+/// @name Privacy
+///-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/**
+ Invoked right before the app will exit to allow app update to start (>= iOS8 only)
+ 
+ The iOS installation mechanism only starts if the app the should be updated is currently
+ not running. On all iOS versions up to iOS 7, the system did automatically exit the app
+ in these cases. Since iOS 8 this isn't done any longer.
+ 
+ */
+- (void)updateManagerWillExitApp:(BITUpdateManager *)updateManager;
+
+
 #pragma mark - Deprecated
 
 ///-----------------------------------------------------------------------------