diff --git a/pkgs/misc/sane-backends/builder.sh b/pkgs/misc/sane-backends/builder.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0b61d421abc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/misc/sane-backends/builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+source $stdenv/setup
+
+genericBuild
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/sane-backends/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/sane-backends/default.nix
index e3c9d2bbe3f..dca6da31cd0 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/sane-backends/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/sane-backends/default.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl}:
+{stdenv, fetchurl, hotplug ? null, hotplugSupport ? false}:
+
+assert hotplugSupport -> hotplug != null;
+assert hotplugSupport -> stdenv.system == "i686-linux";
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "sane-backends-1.0.16";
+  name = "sane-backends-1.0.17";
+  builder = ./builder.sh;
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = ftp://ftp3.sane-project.org/pub/sane/old-versions/sane-backends-1.0.16/sane-backends-1.0.16.tar.gz;
-    md5 = "bec9b9262246316b4ebfe2bc7451aa28";
+    url = ftp://ftp3.sane-project.org/pub/sane/sane-backends-1.0.17/sane-backends-1.0.17.tar.gz;
+    md5 = "b51c10da8a81a04e1bae88c9e6556df2";
   };
+  inherit (if hotplugSupport then hotplug else null);
 }