diff --git a/scripts/check_composer.sh b/scripts/check_composer.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d518593
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/check_composer.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env bash
+
+RED='\033[0;31m'
+GREEN='\033[0;32m'
+NC='\033[0m' # No Color
+
+vercomp () {
+    if [[ $1 == $2 ]]
+    then
+        return 1
+    fi
+    local IFS=.
+    local i ver1=($1) ver2=($2)
+    # fill empty fields in ver1 with zeros
+    for ((i=${#ver1[@]}; i<${#ver2[@]}; i++))
+    do
+        ver1[i]=0
+    done
+    for ((i=0; i<${#ver1[@]}; i++))
+    do
+        if [[ -z ${ver2[i]} ]]
+        then
+            # fill empty fields in ver2 with zeros
+            ver2[i]=0
+        fi
+        if ((10#${ver1[i]} > 10#${ver2[i]}))
+        then
+            return 1
+        fi
+    done
+    return 0
+}
+
+composer_version_string=`composer --version`
+composer_version=`echo $composer_version_string | awk 'BEGIN { FS="[ ]" } ; { print $3 }'`
+
+if [[ $(vercomp $composer_version 1.9.0 ; echo $?) -eq 0 ]]; then
+    echo -e "${RED}Please update your version of composer.${NC} The minimum requirements is 1.9.0."
+    echo -e "The minimum requirement is 1.9.0. You can use the following to update your composer installation:"
+
+    cat << EOF
+
+  $ php -r "copy('https://getcomposer.org/installer', 'composer-setup.php');"
+  $ php -r "if (hash_file('sha384', 'composer-setup.php') === 'e0012edf3e80b6978849f5eff0d4b4e4c79ff1609dd1e613307e16318854d24ae64f26d17af3ef0bf7cfb710ca74755a') { echo 'Installer verified'; } else { echo 'Installer corrupt'; unlink('composer-setup.php'); } echo PHP_EOL;"
+  $ php composer-setup.php --install-dir=/tmp --filename=composer
+  $ mv /tmp/composer /usr/local/bin/composer
+EOF
+
+    exit 1
+
+fi
diff --git a/scripts/update-all.sh b/scripts/update-all.sh
index 96ff9dd..90d8e27 100755
--- a/scripts/update-all.sh
+++ b/scripts/update-all.sh
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ if [ $? != 0 ]; then
        exit 1
 fi
 
+./scripts/check_composer.sh
+if [[ $? -eq 1 ]]; then
+    exit 1
+fi
+
 composer install -o --no-dev
 
 pathCore="module/Monarc/Core"