diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapOnlineChangeIngest.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapOnlineChangeIngest.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..937d4358d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapOnlineChangeIngest.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+// Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
+// See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
+
+#nullable enable
+
+using System.Linq;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics;
+using osu.Game.Database;
+using osu.Game.Online.Metadata;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Ingests any changes that happen externally to the client, reprocessing as required.
+    /// </summary>
+    public class BeatmapOnlineChangeIngest : Component
+    {
+        private readonly BeatmapUpdater beatmapUpdater;
+        private readonly RealmAccess realm;
+        private readonly MetadataClient metadataClient;
+
+        public BeatmapOnlineChangeIngest(BeatmapUpdater beatmapUpdater, RealmAccess realm, MetadataClient metadataClient)
+        {
+            this.beatmapUpdater = beatmapUpdater;
+            this.realm = realm;
+            this.metadataClient = metadataClient;
+
+            metadataClient.ChangedBeatmapSetsArrived += changesDetected;
+        }
+
+        private void changesDetected(int[] beatmapSetIds)
+        {
+            // May want to batch incoming updates further if the background realm operations ever becomes a concern.
+            realm.Run(r =>
+            {
+                foreach (int id in beatmapSetIds)
+                {
+                    var matchingSet = r.All<BeatmapSetInfo>().FirstOrDefault(s => s.OnlineID == id);
+
+                    if (matchingSet != null)
+                        beatmapUpdater.Queue(matchingSet.ToLive(realm));
+                }
+            });
+        }
+
+        protected override void Dispose(bool isDisposing)
+        {
+            base.Dispose(isDisposing);
+            metadataClient.ChangedBeatmapSetsArrived -= changesDetected;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapUpdater.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapUpdater.cs
index d1d0cd9623..d2c5e5616a 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapUpdater.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapUpdater.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using osu.Framework.Extensions.ObjectExtensions;
+using osu.Framework.Logging;
 using osu.Framework.Platform;
 using osu.Game.Database;
 using osu.Game.Online.API;
@@ -30,21 +31,12 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps
             onlineLookupQueue = new BeatmapOnlineLookupQueue(api, storage);
         }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Queue a beatmap for background processing.
-        /// </summary>
-        public void Queue(int beatmapSetId)
-        {
-            // TODO: implement
-        }
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Queue a beatmap for background processing.
         /// </summary>
         public void Queue(Live<BeatmapSetInfo> beatmap)
         {
-            // For now, just fire off a task.
-            // TODO: Add actual queueing probably.
+            Logger.Log($"Queueing change for local beatmap {beatmap}");
             Task.Factory.StartNew(() => beatmap.PerformRead(Process));
         }
 
diff --git a/osu.Game/OsuGameBase.cs b/osu.Game/OsuGameBase.cs
index c060723152..a53ad48a40 100644
--- a/osu.Game/OsuGameBase.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/OsuGameBase.cs
@@ -289,6 +289,8 @@ namespace osu.Game
             dependencies.CacheAs(multiplayerClient = new OnlineMultiplayerClient(endpoints));
             dependencies.CacheAs(metadataClient = new OnlineMetadataClient(endpoints));
 
+            AddInternal(new BeatmapOnlineChangeIngest(beatmapUpdater, realm, metadataClient));
+
             BeatmapManager.ProcessBeatmap = set => beatmapUpdater.Process(set);
 
             dependencies.Cache(userCache = new UserLookupCache());