diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/zi/zinit/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/zi/zinit/package.nix
index 3e808e4efbe7..295419ac4126 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/zi/zinit/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/zi/zinit/package.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   lib,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   installShellFiles,
+  nix-update-script,
 }:
 
 stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
@@ -52,6 +53,10 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   #TODO: output doc through zshelldoc
 
+  passthru = {
+    updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+  };
+
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/zdharma-continuum/zinit";
     description = "Flexible zsh plugin manager";