diff --git a/maintainers/scripts/pluginupdate.py b/maintainers/scripts/pluginupdate.py
index 9eabcfcebc6..af0376213a3 100644
--- a/maintainers/scripts/pluginupdate.py
+++ b/maintainers/scripts/pluginupdate.py
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ class CleanEnvironment(object):
 
 def get_current_plugins(editor: Editor) -> List[Plugin]:
     with CleanEnvironment():
-        cmd = ["nix", "eval", "--impure", "--json", "--expr", editor.get_plugins]
+        cmd = ["nix", "eval", "--extra-experimental-features", "nix-command", "--impure", "--json", "--expr", editor.get_plugins]
         log.debug("Running command %s", cmd)
         out = subprocess.check_output(cmd)
     data = json.loads(out)