diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/r128gain/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/r128gain/default.nix
index 17f6840d4e2..0d664da76af 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/r128gain/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/r128gain/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 { lib
 , fetchFromGitHub
+, genericUpdater
 , substituteAll
+, common-updater-scripts
 , ffmpeg_3
 , python3Packages
 , sox
@@ -33,6 +35,13 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   # sandbox to be disabled.
   doCheck = false;
 
+  passthru = {
+    updateScript = genericUpdater {
+      inherit pname version;
+      versionLister = "${common-updater-scripts}/bin/list-git-tags ${src.meta.homepage}";
+    };
+  };
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Fast audio loudness scanner & tagger (ReplayGain v2 / R128)";
     homepage = "https://github.com/desbma/r128gain";