diff --git a/containers/jug/eic-news b/containers/jug/eic-news
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e01795173660881d1ce6c15536ea6ea1d91f504d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/containers/jug/eic-news
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+news=$HOME/.eic-news
+
+# run only if stdin and sterr
+if [[ -t 0 && -t 2 && ! -f $HOME/.hushlogin && -f $news ]] ; then
+
+  if [[ $- == *i* ]] ; then
+    # sourced: print once a day
+    if [[ -z $(find $HOME/.eic-news -atime -1) ]] ; then
+      cat $news
+    fi
+  else
+    # else: print always
+    cat $news
+  fi
+
+  # update once a day
+  if [[ -z $(find $HOME/.eic-news -mtime -1) ]] ; then
+    (&>/dev/null curl --silent --connect-timeout 5 --location https://eic.github.io/motd --output $news &)
+  fi
+fi
diff --git a/containers/jug/xl.Dockerfile b/containers/jug/xl.Dockerfile
index 31a0b7c75bb4e6b470bb229d6d7d90f0e84612c3..ff5d2c9a38d619224e2839fa7e354e3c61d742b5 100644
--- a/containers/jug/xl.Dockerfile
+++ b/containers/jug/xl.Dockerfile
@@ -140,5 +140,10 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/ccache/,sharing=locked,id=${TARGETPLATFORM}
  && ccache --show-stats                                                         \
  && rm /tmp/setup_detectors.py
 
+## eic-news
+COPY --chmod=0755 eic-news /usr/local/bin/eic-news
+RUN echo "test -f $HOME/.eic-news && source /usr/local/bin/eic-news"            \
+    > /etc/profile.d/z13_eic-news.sh 
+
 ## Hotfix for misbehaving OSG nodes
 RUN mkdir /hadoop