diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/vi/virt-v2v/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/vi/virt-v2v/package.nix
index e482a250897f..e20eba572589 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/vi/virt-v2v/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/vi/virt-v2v/package.nix
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
   withWindowsGuestSupport ? true,
   pkgsCross, # for rsrvany
   virtio-win,
+  gitUpdater,
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
@@ -94,6 +95,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   passthru.tests.version = testers.testVersion { package = finalAttrs.finalPackage; };
 
+  passthru.updateScript = gitUpdater {
+    url = "https://github.com/libguestfs/guestfs-tools";
+    rev-prefix = "v";
+    odd-unstable = true;
+  };
+
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/libguestfs/virt-v2v";
     description = "Convert guests from foreign hypervisors to run on KVM";