diff --git a/plugins/updater/src/updater.rs b/plugins/updater/src/updater.rs
index aae07b0c50..28c420ca86 100644
--- a/plugins/updater/src/updater.rs
+++ b/plugins/updater/src/updater.rs
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ impl Updater {
         let mut raw_json: Option<serde_json::Value> = None;
         let mut last_error: Option<Error> = None;
         for url in &self.endpoints {
-            // replace {{current_version}}, {{target}} and {{arch}} in the provided URL
+            // replace {{current_version}}, {{target}}, {{arch}} and {{bundle_type}} in the provided URL
             // this is useful if we need to query example
             // https://releases.myapp.com/update/{{target}}/{{arch}}/{{current_version}}
             // will be translated into ->
@@ -404,6 +404,9 @@ impl Updater {
             const CONTROLS_ADD: &AsciiSet = &CONTROLS.add(b'+');
             let encoded_version = percent_encoding::percent_encode(version, CONTROLS_ADD);
             let encoded_version = encoded_version.to_string();
+            let installer = installer_for_bundle_type(bundle_type())
+                .map(|i| i.name())
+                .unwrap_or("unknown");
 
             let url: Url = url
                 .to_string()
@@ -411,10 +414,12 @@ impl Updater {
                 .replace("%7B%7Bcurrent_version%7D%7D", &encoded_version)
                 .replace("%7B%7Btarget%7D%7D", target)
                 .replace("%7B%7Barch%7D%7D", self.arch)
+                .replace("%7B%7Bbundle_type%7D%7D", installer)
                 // but not query parameters
                 .replace("{{current_version}}", &encoded_version)
                 .replace("{{target}}", target)
                 .replace("{{arch}}", self.arch)
+                .replace("{{bundle_type}}", installer)
                 .parse()?;
 
             log::debug!("checking for updates {url}");