diff --git a/pkgs/misc/cups/drivers/mfcl2740dwlpr/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/cups/drivers/mfcl2740dwlpr/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6d3cf18e529
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/misc/cups/drivers/mfcl2740dwlpr/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+{ pkgsi686Linux, stdenv, fetchurl, dpkg, makeWrapper, coreutils, ghostscript, gnugrep, gnused, which, perl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "mfcl2740dwlpr-${version}";
+  version = "3.2.0-1";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://download.brother.com/welcome/dlf101727/${name}.i386.deb";
+    sha256 = "10a2bc672bd54e718b478f3afc7e47d451557f7d5513167d3ad349a3d00bffaf";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ dpkg makeWrapper ];
+
+  unpackPhase = "dpkg-deb -x $src $out";
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    dir=$out/opt/brother/Printers/MFCL2740DW
+
+    substituteInPlace $dir/lpd/filter_MFCL2740DW \
+      --replace /usr/bin/perl ${perl}/bin/perl \
+      --replace "BR_PRT_PATH =~" "BR_PRT_PATH = \"$dir\"; #" \
+      --replace "PRINTER =~" "PRINTER = \"MFCL2740DW\"; #"
+
+    wrapProgram $dir/lpd/filter_MFCL2740DW \
+      --prefix PATH : ${stdenv.lib.makeBinPath [
+        coreutils ghostscript gnugrep gnused which
+      ]}
+
+    # need to use i686 glibc here, these are 32bit proprietary binaries
+    interpreter=${pkgsi686Linux.glibc}/lib/ld-linux.so.2
+    patchelf --set-interpreter "$interpreter" $dir/inf/braddprinter
+    patchelf --set-interpreter "$interpreter" $dir/lpd/brprintconflsr3
+    patchelf --set-interpreter "$interpreter" $dir/lpd/rawtobr3
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Brother MFC-L2740DW lpr driver";
+    homepage = http://www.brother.com/;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.unfree;
+    platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" "i686-linux" ];
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.enzime ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 19785a57908..153b387d90e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -21393,6 +21393,8 @@ with pkgs;
   mfcl2720dwcupswrapper = callPackage ../misc/cups/drivers/mfcl2720dwcupswrapper { };
   mfcl2720dwlpr = callPackage ../misc/cups/drivers/mfcl2720dwlpr { };
 
+  mfcl2740dwlpr = callPackage ../misc/cups/drivers/mfcl2740dwlpr { };
+
   samsung-unified-linux-driver_1_00_37 = callPackage ../misc/cups/drivers/samsung { };
   samsung-unified-linux-driver_4_01_17 = callPackage ../misc/cups/drivers/samsung/4.01.17.nix { };
   samsung-unified-linux-driver = callPackage ../misc/cups/drivers/samsung/4.00.39 { };