diff --git a/pkgs/common-updater/scripts.nix b/pkgs/common-updater/scripts.nix
index cb7f23f7480..b260c67ca7c 100644
--- a/pkgs/common-updater/scripts.nix
+++ b/pkgs/common-updater/scripts.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, makeWrapper, coreutils, gawk, gnused, nix }:
+{ stdenv, makeWrapper, coreutils, gawk, gnused, diffutils, nix }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "common-updater-scripts";
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     cp ${./scripts}/* $out/bin
 
     for f in $out/bin/*; do
-      wrapProgram $f --prefix PATH : ${stdenv.lib.makeBinPath [ coreutils gawk gnused nix ]}
+      wrapProgram $f --prefix PATH : ${stdenv.lib.makeBinPath [ coreutils gawk gnused nix diffutils ]}
     done
   '';
 }