diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/jruby/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/jruby/default.nix
index 676c98e30910..a316a407d80d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/jruby/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/jruby/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, callPackage, fetchurl, mkRubyVersion, makeBinaryWrapper, jre }:
+{ lib, stdenv, callPackage, fetchurl, gitUpdater, mkRubyVersion, makeBinaryWrapper, jre }:
 
 let
   # The version number here is whatever is reported by the RUBY_VERSION string
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     devEnv = callPackage ../ruby/dev.nix {
       ruby = finalAttrs.finalPackage;
     };
+    updateScript = gitUpdater {
+      url = "https://github.com/jruby/jruby.git";
+    };
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {