diff --git a/common/flatpak-dir.c b/common/flatpak-dir.c
index c0b66555..0da9d05c 100644
--- a/common/flatpak-dir.c
+++ b/common/flatpak-dir.c
@@ -1829,6 +1829,9 @@ repo_pull_one_dir (OstreeRepo          *self,
   g_variant_builder_add (&builder, "{s@v}", "override-commit-ids",
                          g_variant_new_variant (g_variant_new_strv ((const char * const *) revs_to_fetch, -1)));
 
+  g_variant_builder_add (&builder, "{s@v}", "update-frequency",
+                         g_variant_new_variant (g_variant_new_uint32 (FLATPAK_DEFAULT_UPDATE_FREQUENCY)));
+
   options = g_variant_ref_sink (g_variant_builder_end (&builder));
 
   remote_and_branch = g_strdup_printf ("%s:%s", remote_name, ref_to_fetch);
@@ -2543,6 +2546,8 @@ repo_pull_one_untrusted (OstreeRepo          *self,
                          g_variant_new_variant (g_variant_new_boolean (TRUE)));
   g_variant_builder_add (&builder, "{s@v}", "inherit-transaction",
                          g_variant_new_variant (g_variant_new_boolean (TRUE)));
+  g_variant_builder_add (&builder, "{s@v}", "update-frequency",
+                         g_variant_new_variant (g_variant_new_uint32 (FLATPAK_DEFAULT_UPDATE_FREQUENCY)));
 
   if (dirs_to_pull)
     {
diff --git a/common/flatpak-dir.h b/common/flatpak-dir.h
index 43ec5a61..b5561565 100644
--- a/common/flatpak-dir.h
+++ b/common/flatpak-dir.h
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ GType flatpak_deploy_get_type (void);
 #define FLATPAK_REPO_GPGKEY_KEY "GPGKey"
 #define FLATPAK_REPO_NODEPS_KEY "NoDeps"
 
+#define FLATPAK_DEFAULT_UPDATE_FREQUENCY 100
+
 typedef struct
 {
   char           *ref;