diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/qu/quickmem/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/qu/quickmem/package.nix
index c1fe172c22d1..dc1332b24ad0 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/qu/quickmem/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/qu/quickmem/package.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   fetchFromGitLab,
   cmake,
   doxygen,
+  gitUpdater,
   graphviz,
   arpa2common,
   arpa2cm,
@@ -33,6 +34,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   doCheck = true;
 
+  passthru.updateScript = gitUpdater { rev-prefix = "v"; };
+
   meta = {
     description = "Memory pooling for ARPA2 projects";
     homepage = "https://gitlab.com/arpa2/Quick-MEM/";