diff --git a/pkgs/misc/cups/pdf-filter.nix b/pkgs/misc/cups/pdf-filter.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8a08eadc6a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/misc/cups/pdf-filter.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, cups, poppler }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "cups-pdf-filter-${cups.version}";
+
+  inherit (cups) src;
+
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig cups poppler ];
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    sed -e 's@\.\./cups/$(LIBCUPS)@@' -e 's@$(LIBCUPSIMAGE)@@' -i filter/Makefile
+    '';
+
+  NIX_LDFLAGS="-L${cups}/lib";
+
+  configureFlags = ''
+    --localstatedir=/var --enable-dbus
+    --enable-image --with-pdftops=pdftops'';
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+    cd filter
+    make pdftops
+    '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -pv $out/lib/cups/filter $out/share/cups/mime
+    cp -v pdftops $out/lib/cups/filter
+    echo >$out/share/cups/mime/pdftops.convs 'application/pdf application/vnd.cups-postscript 66 pdftops'
+    '';
+
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://www.cups.org/;
+    description = "Image and pdf filters for CUPS";
+    license = "GPLv2";
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.urkud ];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0704abb5796..153da2fd227 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8691,6 +8691,8 @@ let
 
   cups = callPackage ../misc/cups { };
 
+  cups_pdf_filter = callPackage ../misc/cups/pdf-filter.nix { };
+
   gutenprint = callPackage ../misc/drivers/gutenprint { };
 
   gutenprintBin = callPackage ../misc/drivers/gutenprint/bin.nix { };