diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/bo/bootspec/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/bo/bootspec/package.nix
index e3f1b8c598a0..caea01c53b9f 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/bo/bootspec/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/bo/bootspec/package.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   rustPlatform,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  nix-update-script,
 }:
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   pname = "bootspec";
@@ -16,6 +17,8 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
 
   cargoHash = "sha256-fKbF5SyI0UlZTWsygdE8BGWuOoNSU4jx+CGdJoJFhZs=";
 
+  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Implementation of RFC-0125's datatype and synthesis tooling";
     homepage = "https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/bootspec";