diff --git a/pkgs/common-updater/unstable-updater.nix b/pkgs/common-updater/unstable-updater.nix
index 01f8ae2533e6..ded31e1ddb9c 100644
--- a/pkgs/common-updater/unstable-updater.nix
+++ b/pkgs/common-updater/unstable-updater.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ let
     # By default we set url to src.url
     if [[ -z "$url" ]]; then
         url="$(${nix}/bin/nix-instantiate $systemArg --eval -E \
-                   "with import ./. {}; $UPDATE_NIX_ATTR_PATH.src.url" \
+                   "with import ./. {}; $UPDATE_NIX_ATTR_PATH.src.url or $UPDATE_NIX_ATTR_PATH.src.meta.homepage" \
             | tr -d '"')"
     fi