diff --git a/tools/versions.py b/tools/versions.py
index a709852d2..69bbc5794 100755
--- a/tools/versions.py
+++ b/tools/versions.py
@@ -195,30 +195,44 @@ def do_autoupdate(args: Namespace) -> None:
         for name in names:
             if name not in upstream_vers:
                 raise ValueError(f'{name} is not tracked in Anitya; upstream version is unknown')
-            if name in ports:
-                raise ValueError(f'{name} upstream does not use Meson; cannot update automatically')
+            if name in ports and not args.port:
+                raise ValueError(f'{name} upstream does not use Meson; cannot update automatically. Use -p/--port to update everything but the packagefiles.')
     else:
-        names = [
-            name for name in cur_vers
-            if name not in ports and name in upstream_vers
-        ]
+        names = [name for name in cur_vers if name in upstream_vers]
+        if not args.port:
+            names = [name for name in names if name not in ports]
 
     # update
     failures = 0
     for name in names:
         cur_ver, upstream_ver = cur_vers[name], upstream_vers[name]
-        if cur_ver != upstream_ver:
-            try:
-                print(f'Updating {name}...')
+        try:
+            if cur_ver != upstream_ver:
+                if name in ports:
+                    # manual packagefiles changes will also be needed
+                    print(f'Updating {name}.wrap and releases.json...')
+                else:
+                    print(f'Updating {name}...')
                 update_wrap(name, cur_ver, upstream_ver)
                 releases[name]['versions'].insert(0, f'{upstream_ver}-1')
-                with open('releases.json.new', 'w') as f:
-                    json.dump(releases, f, indent=2, sort_keys=True)
-                    f.write('\n')
-                os.rename('releases.json.new', 'releases.json')
-            except Exception as e:
-                print(e, file=sys.stderr)
-                failures += 1
+            elif name in ports and args.revision:
+                # only allow for ports, since official wraps can't have
+                # downstream changes
+                print(f'Updating {name} revision...')
+                cur_rev = int(releases[name]['versions'][0].split('-')[1])
+                releases[name]['versions'].insert(
+                    0, f'{cur_vers[name]}-{cur_rev + 1}'
+                )
+            else:
+                continue
+
+            with open('releases.json.new', 'w') as f:
+                json.dump(releases, f, indent=2, sort_keys=True)
+                f.write('\n')
+            os.rename('releases.json.new', 'releases.json')
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(e, file=sys.stderr)
+            failures += 1
     if failures:
         raise Exception(f"Couldn't update {failures} wraps")
 
@@ -325,16 +339,26 @@ def main() -> None:
 
     autoupdate = subparsers.add_parser(
         'autoupdate',
+        aliases=['au'],
         help='automatically update non-port wraps',
         description='Attempt to automatically update wraps that support Meson upstream.'
     )
     autoupdate.add_argument(
         'names', metavar='name', nargs='*', help='wrap to update'
     )
+    autoupdate.add_argument(
+        '-p', '--port', action='store_true',
+        help='allow updating wraps with Meson support added in wrapdb'
+    )
+    autoupdate.add_argument(
+        '-r', '--revision', action='store_true',
+        help="update port's revision if version is current"
+    )
     autoupdate.set_defaults(func=do_autoupdate)
 
     list = subparsers.add_parser(
         'list',
+        aliases=['ls'],
         help='list wraps and their versions',
         description='List wraps and their versions.',
     )