diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/strace/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/strace/default.nix
index bee5d227f4d6..63a24bac8354 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/strace/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/strace/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, perl, libunwind, buildPackages }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, perl, libunwind, buildPackages, gitUpdater }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "strace";
-  version = "5.18";
+  version = "5.19";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://strace.io/files/${version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "sha256-YCk+p5rJJT1gDNyb4HetKYjKIihKQ5yeZr5RUNs9EYc=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-qj3ByOYOT2/z05ZRSqJH88e/cZ2KjcTdT6eTvnhr7KM=";
   };
 
   depsBuildBuild = [ buildPackages.stdenv.cc ];
@@ -18,6 +18,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   configureFlags = [ "--enable-mpers=check" ];
 
+  passthru.updateScript = gitUpdater {
+    inherit pname version;
+    # No nicer place to find latest release.
+    url = "https://github.com/strace/strace.git";
+    rev-prefix = "v";
+  };
+
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://strace.io/";
     description = "A system call tracer for Linux";