diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/86box/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/86box/default.nix
index 1e9b887d2d6a..bcf47838aeeb 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/86box/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/86box/default.nix
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       rev = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
       hash = "sha256-58nNTOLund/KeDlNwzwwihjFVigs/P0K8SN07zExE2c=";
     };
+    updateScript = ./update.sh;
   };
 
   # Some libraries are loaded dynamically, but QLibrary doesn't seem to search
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/86box/update.sh b/pkgs/applications/emulators/86box/update.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..8af12478529f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/86box/update.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
+#!nix-shell -i bash -p jq nix-prefetch-github common-updater-scripts
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+latest_release=$(curl --silent https://api.github.com/repos/86Box/86Box/releases/latest)
+version=$(jq -r '.tag_name' <<<"$latest_release" | cut -c2-)
+main_hash=$(nix-prefetch-github --json --rev "v$version" 86Box 86Box | jq -r '.hash')
+roms_hash=$(nix-prefetch-github --json --rev "v$version" 86Box roms | jq -r '.hash')
+
+update-source-version _86Box "_$version" "$main_hash"
+update-source-version _86Box "$version" "$roms_hash" --source-key=roms