diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gt/gtkgreet/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gt/gtkgreet/package.nix
index 27fa029536c7..bffb651c16d8 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gt/gtkgreet/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gt/gtkgreet/package.nix
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
   json_c,
   librsvg,
   scdoc,
+  nix-update-script,
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
@@ -54,6 +55,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   # G_APPLICATION_FLAGS_NONE is deprecated in GLib 2.73.3+.
   env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-Wno-error=deprecated-declarations";
 
+  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+
   meta = {
     description = "GTK based greeter for greetd, to be run under cage or similar";
     homepage = "https://git.sr.ht/~kennylevinsen/gtkgreet";