diff --git a/cache/src/main/scala/coursier/Cache.scala b/cache/src/main/scala/coursier/Cache.scala
index 7f4132348..22264a200 100644
--- a/cache/src/main/scala/coursier/Cache.scala
+++ b/cache/src/main/scala/coursier/Cache.scala
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ object Cache {
         }
 
       cachePolicy match {
-        case CachePolicy.FetchMissing | CachePolicy.LocalOnly =>
+        case CachePolicy.FetchMissing | CachePolicy.LocalOnly | CachePolicy.LocalUpdate | CachePolicy.LocalUpdateChanging =>
           validErrFileExists.flatMap { exists =>
             if (exists)
               EitherT(Task.now(FileError.NotFound(url, Some(true)).left[Unit]))
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ object Cache {
       }
     }
 
-    def checkFileExists(file: File, url: String): EitherT[Task, FileError, Unit] =
+    def checkFileExists(file: File, url: String, log: Boolean = true): EitherT[Task, FileError, Unit] =
       EitherT {
         Task {
           if (file.exists()) {
@@ -576,6 +576,8 @@ object Cache {
             val cachePolicy0 = cachePolicy match {
               case CachePolicy.UpdateChanging if !artifact.changing =>
                 CachePolicy.FetchMissing
+              case CachePolicy.LocalUpdateChanging if !artifact.changing =>
+                CachePolicy.LocalOnly
               case other =>
                 other
             }
@@ -583,6 +585,10 @@ object Cache {
             cachePolicy0 match {
               case CachePolicy.LocalOnly =>
                 checkFileExists(file, url)
+              case CachePolicy.LocalUpdateChanging | CachePolicy.LocalUpdate =>
+                checkFileExists(file, url, log = false).flatMap { _ =>
+                  update
+                }
               case CachePolicy.UpdateChanging | CachePolicy.Update =>
                 update
               case CachePolicy.FetchMissing =>
diff --git a/cache/src/main/scala/coursier/CacheParse.scala b/cache/src/main/scala/coursier/CacheParse.scala
index 4add14115..becd60d43 100644
--- a/cache/src/main/scala/coursier/CacheParse.scala
+++ b/cache/src/main/scala/coursier/CacheParse.scala
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ object CacheParse {
     s.split(',').toVector.traverseU {
       case "offline" =>
         Seq(CachePolicy.LocalOnly).successNel
+      case "update-local-changing" =>
+        Seq(CachePolicy.LocalUpdateChanging).successNel
+      case "update-local" =>
+        Seq(CachePolicy.LocalUpdate).successNel
       case "update-changing" =>
         Seq(CachePolicy.UpdateChanging).successNel
       case "update" =>
diff --git a/cache/src/main/scala/coursier/CachePolicy.scala b/cache/src/main/scala/coursier/CachePolicy.scala
index 2e739640a..0123d0896 100644
--- a/cache/src/main/scala/coursier/CachePolicy.scala
+++ b/cache/src/main/scala/coursier/CachePolicy.scala
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ sealed abstract class CachePolicy extends Product with Serializable
 
 object CachePolicy {
   case object LocalOnly extends CachePolicy
+  case object LocalUpdateChanging extends CachePolicy
+  case object LocalUpdate extends CachePolicy
   case object UpdateChanging extends CachePolicy
   case object Update extends CachePolicy
   case object FetchMissing extends CachePolicy
diff --git a/cli/src/main/scala-2.11/coursier/cli/Helper.scala b/cli/src/main/scala-2.11/coursier/cli/Helper.scala
index 1f4e28e3a..93112eb26 100644
--- a/cli/src/main/scala-2.11/coursier/cli/Helper.scala
+++ b/cli/src/main/scala-2.11/coursier/cli/Helper.scala
@@ -305,13 +305,19 @@ class Helper(
   ): Seq[Artifact] = {
 
     if (subset == null && verbosityLevel >= 1) {
-      val msg = cachePolicies match {
-        case Seq(CachePolicy.LocalOnly) =>
-          "  Checking artifacts"
-        case _ =>
-          "  Fetching artifacts"
+      def isLocal(p: CachePolicy) = p match {
+        case CachePolicy.LocalOnly => true
+        case CachePolicy.LocalUpdate => true
+        case CachePolicy.LocalUpdateChanging => true
+        case _ => false
       }
 
+      val msg =
+        if (cachePolicies.forall(isLocal))
+          "  Checking artifacts"
+        else
+          "  Fetching artifacts"
+
       errPrintln(msg)
     }