diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/dwm/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/dwm/default.nix
index 645bfda7a08a..0905e3f15150 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/dwm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/dwm/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, libX11, libXinerama, libXft, writeText, patches ? [ ], conf ? null}:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, libX11, libXinerama, libXft, writeText, patches ? [ ], conf ? null
+# update script dependencies
+, gitUpdater
+}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "dwm";
@@ -29,6 +32,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   makeFlags = [ "CC=${stdenv.cc.targetPrefix}cc" ];
 
+  passthru.updateScript = gitUpdater {
+    url = "git://git.suckless.org/dwm";
+  };
+
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://dwm.suckless.org/";
     description = "An extremely fast, small, and dynamic window manager for X";