diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/nh/nh/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/nh/nh/package.nix
index c32b16876dd8..0feea409df9d 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/nh/nh/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/nh/nh/package.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 , installShellFiles
 , makeWrapper
 , fetchFromGitHub
+, nix-update-script
 , nvd
 , use-nom ? true
 , nix-output-monitor ? null
@@ -49,6 +50,8 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
 
   cargoHash = "sha256-Ul4DM8WmKvKG32zBXzpdzHZknpTQAVvrxFcEd/C1buA=";
 
+  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+
   meta = {
     description = "Yet another nix cli helper";
     homepage = "https://github.com/ViperML/nh";