diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libfprint-tod/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libfprint-tod/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8d7df57896d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libfprint-tod/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+{ lib
+, libfprint
+, fetchFromGitLab
+}:
+
+# for the curious, "tod" means "Touch OEM Drivers" meaning it can load
+# external .so's.
+libfprint.overrideAttrs ({ postPatch ? "", mesonFlags ? [], ... }: let
+  version = "1.90.7+git20210222+tod1";
+in  {
+  pname = "libfprint-tod";
+  inherit version;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitLab {
+    domain = "gitlab.freedesktop.org";
+    owner = "3v1n0";
+    repo = "libfprint";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0cj7iy5799pchyzqqncpkhibkq012g3bdpn18pfb19nm43svhn4j";
+  };
+
+  mesonFlags = mesonFlags ++ [
+    "-Dudev_hwdb_dir=${placeholder "out"}/lib/udev/hwdb.d"
+  ];
+
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    ${postPatch}
+    patchShebangs ./tests/*.py ./tests/*.sh
+  '';
+
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/3v1n0/libfprint";
+    description = "A library designed to make it easy to add support for consumer fingerprint readers, with support for loaded drivers";
+    license = licenses.lgpl21;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ grahamc ];
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e0915e88b0e..cca86607301 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -15226,6 +15226,8 @@ in
 
   libfprint = callPackage ../development/libraries/libfprint { };
 
+  libfprint-tod = callPackage ../development/libraries/libfprint-tod { };
+
   libfpx = callPackage ../development/libraries/libfpx { };
 
   libgadu = callPackage ../development/libraries/libgadu { };