diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pi/picom/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/pi/picom/package.nix
index 8646eed571c1..b85254b07bc3 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/pi/picom/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/pi/picom/package.nix
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
   xorgproto,
   xwininfo,
   withDebug ? false,
+  nix-update-script,
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
@@ -100,6 +101,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       cp -r ../src $out/
     '';
 
+  passthru = {
+    updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+  };
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Fork of XCompMgr, a sample compositing manager for X servers";
     longDescription = ''