diff --git a/pkgs/development/php-packages/vld/default.nix b/pkgs/development/php-packages/vld/default.nix
index 8aacb6734294..290350fc48af 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/php-packages/vld/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/php-packages/vld/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   buildPecl,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  nix-update-script,
   php,
 }:
 
@@ -19,6 +20,8 @@ buildPecl {
   # Tests relies on PHP 7.0
   doCheck = false;
 
+  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { extraArgs = [ "--version=branch" ]; };
+
   meta = {
     description = "Vulcan Logic Dumper hooks into the Zend Engine and dumps all the opcodes (execution units) of a script";
     homepage = "https://github.com/derickr/vld";