diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/n8n/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/n8n/default.nix
index d882134473b6..e7e1be095a20 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/n8n/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/n8n/default.nix
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ nodePackages.n8n.override {
     node-pre-gyp
   ];
 
+  passthru.updateScript = ./generate-dependencies.sh;
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Free and open fair-code licensed node based Workflow Automation Tool";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ freezeboy k900 ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/n8n/generate-dependencies.sh b/pkgs/applications/networking/n8n/generate-dependencies.sh
index 26926deefb68..f7412bc5e5e2 100755
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/n8n/generate-dependencies.sh
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/n8n/generate-dependencies.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #          -> cpu-features
 #             -> node-gyp@3.8.0 -> python2
 #             -> cmake
+cd "$(dirname $(readlink -f $0))"
 
 node2nix \
   --14 \