diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/nc/ncdu/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/nc/ncdu/package.nix
index fd13387c8f12..cce5d30e5cc1 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/nc/ncdu/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/nc/ncdu/package.nix
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   versionCheckProgramArg = "--version";
   doInstallCheck = true;
 
+  passthru.updateScript = ./update.sh;
+
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://dev.yorhel.nl/ncdu";
     description = "Disk usage analyzer with an ncurses interface";
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/nc/ncdu/update.sh b/pkgs/by-name/nc/ncdu/update.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..430c83649ac3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/nc/ncdu/update.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
+#!nix-shell -i bash -p common-updater-scripts coreutils gnused nix-update
+
+version=$(list-git-tags --url=https://g.blicky.net/ncdu.git | tail -1 | sed 's/^v//')
+nix-update --version="$version" ncdu