diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/rect-mark/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/rect-mark/default.nix
index 890893115b1c..aee5c8ba2dbf 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/rect-mark/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/rect-mark/default.nix
@@ -2,11 +2,15 @@
   lib,
   melpaBuild,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  gitUpdater,
 }:
 
-melpaBuild rec {
-  pname = "rect-mark";
+let
   version = "1.4";
+in
+melpaBuild {
+  pname = "rect-mark";
+  inherit version;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "emacsmirror";
@@ -15,9 +19,12 @@ melpaBuild rec {
     hash = "sha256-/8T1VTYkKUxlNWXuuS54S5jpl4UxJBbgSuWc17a/VyM=";
   };
 
+  passthru.updateScript = gitUpdater { };
+
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://emacswiki.org/emacs/RectangleMark";
     description = "Mark a rectangle of text with highlighting";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ AndersonTorres ];
   };
 }