diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/wh/whisper-cpp/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/wh/whisper-cpp/package.nix
index abf1ac8cfe25..b0aedd9ec344 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/wh/whisper-cpp/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/wh/whisper-cpp/package.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
   which,
   autoAddDriverRunpath,
   makeWrapper,
+  nix-update-script,
 
   metalSupport ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin && stdenv.hostPlatform.isAarch64,
   coreMLSupport ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin && false, # FIXME currently broken
@@ -170,6 +171,8 @@ effectiveStdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     runHook postInstallCheck
   '';
 
+  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+
   meta = {
     description = "Port of OpenAI's Whisper model in C/C++";
     longDescription = ''