diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/rocm-runtime/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/rocm-runtime/default.nix
index fc3c627a5628..ceaa164b867e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/rocm-runtime/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/rocm-runtime/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv
 , lib
 , fetchFromGitHub
+, writeScript
 , addOpenGLRunpath
 , clang-unwrapped
 , cmake
@@ -41,6 +42,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     rm -rf $out/hsa
   '';
 
+  passthru.updateScript = writeScript "update.sh" ''
+    #!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
+    #!nix-shell -i bash -p curl jq common-updater-scripts
+    version="$(curl -sL "https://api.github.com/repos/RadeonOpenCompute/ROCR-Runtime/releases?per_page=1" | jq '.[0].tag_name | split("-") | .[1]' --raw-output)"
+    update-source-version rocm-runtime "$version"
+  '';
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Platform runtime for ROCm";
     homepage = "https://github.com/RadeonOpenCompute/ROCR-Runtime";