diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/trace-cmd/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/trace-cmd/default.nix
index 80b20c555b4e..48da6b31b240 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/trace-cmd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/trace-cmd/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchpatch, fetchzip, pkg-config, asciidoc, xmlto, docbook_xsl, docbook_xml_dtd_45, libxslt, libtraceevent, libtracefs, zstd, sourceHighlight }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchpatch, fetchzip, pkg-config, asciidoc, xmlto, docbook_xsl, docbook_xml_dtd_45, libxslt, libtraceevent, libtracefs, zstd, sourceHighlight, gitUpdater }:
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "trace-cmd";
   version = "3.2";
@@ -61,6 +61,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "BASH_COMPLETE_DIR=${placeholder "out"}/share/bash-completion/completions"
   ];
 
+  passthru.updateScript = gitUpdater {
+    # No nicer place to find latest release.
+    url = "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/trace-cmd/trace-cmd.git";
+    rev-prefix = "trace-cmd-v";
+  };
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "User-space tools for the Linux kernel ftrace subsystem";
     mainProgram = "trace-cmd";