diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/rd/rdma-core/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/rd/rdma-core/package.nix
index fa6d99f4039a..feb773beb76a 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/rd/rdma-core/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/rd/rdma-core/package.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   stdenv,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  gitUpdater,
   cmake,
   pkg-config,
   docutils,
@@ -73,6 +74,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   doInstallCheck = true;
 
+  passthru.updateScript = gitUpdater {
+    rev-prefix = "v";
+  };
+
   meta = {
     description = "RDMA Core Userspace Libraries and Daemons";
     homepage = "https://github.com/linux-rdma/rdma-core";