diff --git a/pkgs/misc/drivers/epkowa/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/drivers/epkowa/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..38cfb75fa09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/misc/drivers/epkowa/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, makeWrapper, symlinkJoin,
+pkgconfig, libtool,
+gtk2,
+libxml2,
+libxslt,
+libusb,
+sane-backends,
+rpm, cpio,
+eject,
+patchelf, gcc
+}:
+
+let common_meta = {
+    homepage = "http://download.ebz.epson.net/dsc/search/01/search/?OSC=LX";
+    license = with stdenv.lib.licenses; epson;
+    platforms = with stdenv.lib.platforms; linux;
+   };
+in
+############################
+#
+#  PLUGINS
+#
+############################
+
+# adding a plugin for another printer shouldn't be too difficult, but you need the firmware to test...
+
+let plugins = {
+  f720 = stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+    name = "iscan-gt-f720-bundle";
+    version = "1.0.1";
+    pluginVersion = "0.1.1-2";
+
+    buildInputs = [ patchelf ];
+    src = fetchurl {
+      url = "https://download2.ebz.epson.net/iscan/plugin/gt-f720/rpm/x64/iscan-gt-f720-bundle-${version}.x64.rpm.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "0dvikq5ad6wid3lxw1amar8lsbr50g39g6zlmcjxdcsg0wb1qspp";
+    };
+    installPhase = ''
+      cd plugins
+      ${rpm}/bin/rpm2cpio esci-interpreter-gt-f720-${pluginVersion}.x86_64.rpm | ${cpio}/bin/cpio -idmv
+      mkdir $out
+      cp -r usr/share $out
+      cp -r usr/lib64 $out/lib
+      '';
+    preFixup = ''
+      lib=$out/lib/esci/libesci-interpreter-gt-f720.so
+      rpath=${gcc.cc.lib}/lib/
+      patchelf --set-rpath $rpath $lib
+      '';
+    passthru = {
+      registrationCommand = ''
+        $registry --add interpreter usb 0x04b8 0x0131 "$plugin/lib/esci/libesci-interpreter-gt-f720 $plugin/share/esci/esfw8b.bin"
+        '';
+      hw = "GT-F720, GT-S620, Perfection V30, Perfection V300 Photo";
+      };
+
+    meta = common_meta // { description = "iscan esci f720 plugin for "+passthru.hw; };
+  };
+};
+in
+
+
+
+let fwdir = symlinkJoin {
+  name = "esci-firmware-dir";
+  paths = stdenv.lib.mapAttrsToList (name: value: value + /share/esci) plugins;
+};
+in
+let iscan-data = stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "iscan-data-${version}";
+  version = "1.39.0-1";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://support.epson.net/linux/src/scanner/iscan/iscan-data_${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0pvm67gqyvzhnv5qyfbaz802l4sbgvaf0zb8wz60k1wcasb99vv1";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    libxslt
+  ];
+
+  meta = common_meta;
+};
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "iscan-${version}";
+  version = "2.30.3-1";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://support.epson.net/linux/src/scanner/iscan/iscan_${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0ryy946h7ddmxh866hfszqfyff1qy4svpsk7w3739v75f4awr9li";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    pkgconfig
+    gtk2
+    libxml2
+    libtool
+    libusb
+    sane-backends
+    makeWrapper
+  ];
+
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/plain/media-gfx/iscan/files/iscan-2.28.1.3+libpng-1.5.patch";
+      sha256 = "04y70qjd220dpyh771fiq50lha16pms98mfigwjczdfmx6kpj1jd";
+    })
+    ./firmware_location.patch
+    ];
+  patchFlags = "-p0";
+
+  configureFlags = [ "--disable-static" "--enable-dependency-reduction" "--disable-frontend"];
+
+  postConfigure = ''
+    echo '#define NIX_ESCI_PREFIX "'${fwdir}'"' >> config.h
+    '';
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/etc/sane.d
+    cp backend/epkowa.conf $out/etc/sane.d
+    echo "epkowa" > $out/etc/sane.d/dll.conf
+    ln -s ${iscan-data}/share/iscan-data $out/share/iscan-data
+    '';
+  postFixup = ''
+    # iscan-registry is a shell script requiring getopt
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/iscan-registry --prefix PATH : ${eject}/bin
+    registry=$out/bin/iscan-registry;
+    '' +
+    stdenv.lib.concatStrings (stdenv.lib.mapAttrsToList (name: value: ''
+    plugin=${value};
+    ${value.passthru.registrationCommand}
+    '') plugins);
+  meta = common_meta // {
+    description = "sane-epkowa backend for some epson scanners.";
+    longDescription = ''
+      Includes gui-less iscan (aka. Image Scan! for Linux).
+      Supported hardware: at least :
+    '' +
+    stdenv.lib.concatStringsSep ", " (stdenv.lib.mapAttrsToList (name: value: value.passthru.hw) plugins);
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/drivers/epkowa/firmware_location.patch b/pkgs/misc/drivers/epkowa/firmware_location.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7f67d9cf457
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/misc/drivers/epkowa/firmware_location.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+Explanation:
+in libesci-interpreter-gt-f720.so in
+libesci_interpreter_gt_f720_342::libesci_interpreter_gt_f720_348 at 0xdf74: the
+binary blob esfw8b.bin is searched either in /usr/share/esci/ or in
+$ESCI_FIRMWARE_DIR. But since this library is to be used wia libsane.so in
+every binary in the system, we can't wrapProgram the relevant executables to
+set this environment variable. Instead, we patch iscan to set this variable
+before loading libesci-interpreter-gt-f720.so.
+--- backend/channel-usb.c.orig	2017-08-14 11:24:27.669582456 +0200
++++ backend/channel-usb.c	2017-08-14 11:31:40.509010897 +0200
+@@ -169,6 +169,8 @@
+ {
+   SANE_Status s;
+ 
++  setenv("ESCI_FIRMWARE_DIR", NIX_ESCI_PREFIX, 1);
++
+   s = sanei_usb_open (self->name, &self->fd);
+ 
+   if (SANE_STATUS_GOOD == s)
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e7db6eee5c6..387a51c122a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -18655,6 +18655,8 @@ with pkgs;
   hplip_3_15_9 = callPackage ../misc/drivers/hplip/3.15.9.nix { };
 
   hplipWithPlugin_3_15_9 = hplip_3_15_9.override { withPlugin = true; };
+  
+  epkowa = callPackage ../misc/drivers/epkowa { };
 
   illum = callPackage ../tools/system/illum { };