diff --git a/pkgs/tools/admin/tlsclient/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/admin/tlsclient/default.nix
index 89c8af32c111..4df16af2344e 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/admin/tlsclient/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/admin/tlsclient/default.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 , pkg-config
 , openssl
 , installShellFiles
+, gitUpdater
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
@@ -28,6 +29,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     installManPage tlsclient.1
   '';
 
+  passthru.updateScript = gitUpdater {
+    rev-prefix = "v";
+  };
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "tlsclient command line utility";
     longDescription = "unix port of 9front's tlsclient(1) and rcpu(1)";