diff --git a/pkgs/lib/maintainers.nix b/pkgs/lib/maintainers.nix
index 021fdf91b10..e95d6a7ad0e 100644
--- a/pkgs/lib/maintainers.nix
+++ b/pkgs/lib/maintainers.nix
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
   chaoflow = "Florian Friesdorf <flo@chaoflow.net>";
   coconnor = "Corey O'Connor <coreyoconnor@gmail.com>";
   eelco = "Eelco Dolstra <e.dolstra@tudelft.nl>";
+  garbas = "Rok Garbas <rok@garbas.si>";
   goibhniu = "Cillian de Róiste <cillian.deroiste@gmail.com>";
   guibert = "David Guibert <david.guibert@gmail.com>";
   kkallio = "Karn Kallio <tierpluspluslists@gmail.com>";
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/tp_smapi/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/tp_smapi/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..224b808721b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/tp_smapi/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, kernel}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "tp_smapi-0.41-${kernel.version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/downloads/evgeni/tp_smapi/tp_smapi-0.41.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "6aef02b92d10360ac9be0db29ae390636be55017990063a092a285c70b54e666";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ kernel ];
+
+  makeFlags = [
+    "KBASE=${kernel}/lib/modules/${kernel.modDirVersion}"
+    "SHELL=/bin/sh"
+  ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    install -v -D -m 644 thinkpad_ec.ko "$out/lib/modules/${kernel.modDirVersion}/kernel/drivers/firmware/thinkpad_ec.ko"
+    install -v -D -m 644 tp_smapi.ko "$out/lib/modules/${kernel.modDirVersion}/kernel/drivers/firmware/tp_smapi.ko"
+  '';
+
+  dontStrip = true;
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "IBM ThinkPad hardware functions driver";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/evgeni/tp_smapi/tree/tp-smapi/0.41";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.garbas ];
+    # driver is only ment for linux thinkpads i think  bellow platforms should cover it.
+    platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" "i686-linux" ];
+  };
+}
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 8cd599ef999..09747980818 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5770,6 +5770,8 @@ let
       inherit (gnome) libglademm;
     };
 
+    tp_smapi = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/tp_smapi { };
+
     v86d = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/v86d { };
 
     virtualbox = callPackage ../applications/virtualization/virtualbox {