diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/nlopt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/nlopt/default.nix
index db7071ba429e..ec5effa6dae3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/nlopt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/nlopt/default.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   stdenv,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   cmake,
+  nix-update-script,
   # Optionally build Python bindings
   withPython ? false,
   python3,
@@ -65,6 +66,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       'INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "''${_IMPORT_PREFIX}/' 'INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "'
   '';
 
+  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://nlopt.readthedocs.io/en/latest/";
     changelog = "https://github.com/stevengj/nlopt/releases/tag/v${finalAttrs.version}";