diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/sane/backends-git.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/sane/backends-git.nix
index c9cea4109dc..0892933566d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/sane/backends-git.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/sane/backends-git.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, fetchgit, hotplugSupport ? true, libusb ? null, gt68xxFirmware ? null }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, fetchgit, hotplugSupport ? true, libusb ? null, gt68xxFirmware ? null, snapscanFirmware ? null }:
 let
   firmware = gt68xxFirmware { inherit fetchurl; };
 in
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     if gt68xxFirmware != null then
       "mkdir -p \${out}/share/sane/gt68xx ; ln -s " + firmware.fw +
       " \${out}/share/sane/gt68xx/" + firmware.name
+    else if snapscanFirmware != null then
+      "mkdir -p \${out}/share/sane/snapscan ; ln -s " + snapscanFirmware +
+      " \${out}/share/sane/snapscan/your-firmwarefile.bin ;" +
+      "mkdir -p \${out}/etc/sane.d ; " +
+      "echo epson2 > \${out}/etc/sane.d/dll.conf"
     else "";
 
   meta = {
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/sane/backends.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/sane/backends.nix
index a53466ae818..acb4ab12d4d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/sane/backends.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/sane/backends.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, hotplugSupport ? true, libusb ? null, libv4l ? null, pkgconfig ? null , gt68xxFirmware ? null }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, hotplugSupport ? true, libusb ? null, libv4l ? null, pkgconfig ? null , gt68xxFirmware ? null , snapscanFirmware ? null }:
 
 assert hotplugSupport -> (stdenv.system == "i686-linux" || stdenv.system == "x86_64-linux");
 
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     if gt68xxFirmware != null then
       "mkdir -p \${out}/share/sane/gt68xx ; ln -s " + firmware.fw +
       " \${out}/share/sane/gt68xx/" + firmware.name
+    else if snapscanFirmware != null then
+      "mkdir -p \${out}/share/sane/snapscan ; ln -s " + snapscanFirmware +
+      " \${out}/share/sane/snapscan/your-firmwarefile.bin"
     else "";
 
   meta = {
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 674dd7dd998..2dbc9c2e1bb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10067,12 +10067,14 @@ let
 
   saneBackends = callPackage ../applications/graphics/sane/backends.nix {
     gt68xxFirmware = config.sane.gt68xxFirmware or null;
+    snapscanFirmware = config.sane.snapscanFirmware or null;
     hotplugSupport = config.sane.hotplugSupport or true;
     libusb = libusb1;
   };
 
   saneBackendsGit = callPackage ../applications/graphics/sane/backends-git.nix {
     gt68xxFirmware = config.sane.gt68xxFirmware or null;
+    snapscanFirmware = config.sane.snapscanFirmware or null;
     hotplugSupport = config.sane.hotplugSupport or true;
   };