diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/update-org b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/update-org
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..2119a1672287
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/update-org
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env nix-shell
+#! nix-shell --show-trace ./emacs2nix.nix -i bash
+
+exec org-packages.sh --names $EMACS2NIX/names.nix -o org-generated.nix