diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/makemkv/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/makemkv/default.nix
index cb568d07cbf3..81a1160af205 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/makemkv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/makemkv/default.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
 {
+  autoPatchelfHook,
+  common-updater-scripts,
+  curl,
+  fetchurl,
+  ffmpeg,
   lib,
   mkDerivation,
-  fetchurl,
-  autoPatchelfHook,
-  pkg-config,
-  curl,
-  ffmpeg,
   openssl,
+  pkg-config,
   qtbase,
+  rubyPackages,
+  writeShellApplication,
   zlib,
 
   withJava ? true,
@@ -15,21 +18,21 @@
 }:
 
 let
-  version = "1.17.7";
+  version = "1.17.8";
   # Using two URLs as the first one will break as soon as a new version is released
   src_bin = fetchurl {
     urls = [
       "http://www.makemkv.com/download/makemkv-bin-${version}.tar.gz"
       "http://www.makemkv.com/download/old/makemkv-bin-${version}.tar.gz"
     ];
-    hash = "sha256-jFvIMbyVKx+HPMhFDGTjktsLJHm2JtGA8P/JZWaJUdA=";
+    hash = "sha256-jg9UdDDZr+7ZdseJtb7N+y7Prhyq3hLo4+EZpzRxcEE=";
   };
   src_oss = fetchurl {
     urls = [
       "http://www.makemkv.com/download/makemkv-oss-${version}.tar.gz"
       "http://www.makemkv.com/download/old/makemkv-oss-${version}.tar.gz"
     ];
-    hash = "sha256-di5VLUb57HWnxi3LfZfA/Z5qFRINDvb1oIDO4pHToO8=";
+    hash = "sha256-knUrzj/J+Xk5N1tg0q9iIXT+hqStkkjL3Yc2Yp5tvIo=";
   };
 in
 mkDerivation {
@@ -83,6 +86,35 @@ mkDerivation {
     runHook postInstall
   '';
 
+  passthru = {
+    srcs = {
+      inherit src_bin src_oss;
+    };
+    updateScript = lib.getExe (writeShellApplication {
+      name = "update-makemkv";
+      runtimeInputs = [
+        common-updater-scripts
+        curl
+        rubyPackages.nokogiri
+      ];
+      text = ''
+        get_version() {
+          # shellcheck disable=SC2016
+          curl --fail --silent 'https://forum.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=224' \
+            | nokogiri -e 'puts $_.css("head title").first.text.match(/\bMakeMKV (\d+\.\d+\.\d+) /)[1]'
+        }
+        oldVersion=${lib.escapeShellArg version}
+        newVersion=$(get_version)
+        if [[ $oldVersion == "$newVersion" ]]; then
+          echo "$0: New version same as old version, nothing to do." >&2
+          exit
+        fi
+        update-source-version makemkv "$newVersion" --source-key=passthru.srcs.src_bin
+        update-source-version makemkv "$newVersion" --source-key=passthru.srcs.src_oss --ignore-same-version
+      '';
+    });
+  };
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Convert blu-ray and dvd to mkv";
     longDescription = ''