diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/mopidy/spotify.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/mopidy/spotify.nix
index 86d20ea5e83b..58d2461574f0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/mopidy/spotify.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/mopidy/spotify.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, fetchFromGitHub, pythonPackages, mopidy }:
+{ lib, fetchFromGitHub, pythonPackages, mopidy, unstableGitUpdater }:
 
 pythonPackages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "mopidy-spotify";
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ pythonPackages.buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "mopidy_spotify" ];
 
+  passthru.updateScript = unstableGitUpdater { };
+
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/mopidy/mopidy-spotify";
     description = "Mopidy extension for playing music from Spotify";