diff --git a/pkgs/misc/drivers/hplip/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/drivers/hplip/default.nix
index c6bf3b6411c6..90d5967a29c3 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/drivers/hplip/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/drivers/hplip/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, cups, zlib, libjpeg, libusb1, pythonPackages, saneBackends, dbus
-, pkgconfig, polkit, qtSupport ? true, qt4, pythonDBus, pyqt4, net_snmp, automake
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, automake, pkgconfig
+, cups, zlib, libjpeg, libusb1, pythonPackages, saneBackends, dbus
+, polkit, qtSupport ? true, qt4, pythonDBus, pyqt4, net_snmp
+, withPlugin ? false
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -10,20 +12,23 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1j8h44f8igl95wqypj4rk9awcw513hlps980jmcnkx60xghc4l6f";
   };
 
-  #preBuild=''
-  #  makeFlags="V=1 DISABLE_JBIG=1 CUPSFILTER=$out/lib/cups/filter CUPSPPD=$out/share/cups/model"
-  #'';
+  plugin = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://www.openprinting.org/download/printdriver/auxfiles/HP/plugins/${name}-plugin.run";
+    sha256 = "0k1vpmy7babbm3c5v4dcbhq0jgyr8as722nylfs8zx0dy7kr8874";
+  };
+
+  hplip_state = ./hplip.state;
 
   prePatch = ''
-    sed -i s,/etc/sane.d,$out/etc/sane.d/, Makefile.in
-    sed -i s,/etc/hp/,$out/etc/hp/, base/g.py
-    substituteInPlace Makefile.in \
-      --replace "/usr/include/libusb-1.0" "${libusb1}/include/libusb-1.0" \
-      --replace "/usr/lib/systemd/system" "$out/lib/systemd/system"
+    # HPLIP hardcodes absolute paths everywhere. Nuke from orbit.
+    find . -type f -exec sed -i s,/etc/hp,$out/etc/hp, {} \;
+    find . -type f -exec sed -i s,/etc/sane.d,$out/etc/sane.d, {} \;
+    find . -type f -exec sed -i s,/usr/include/libusb-1.0,${libusb1}/include/libusb-1.0, {} \;
+    find . -type f -exec sed -i s,/usr/share/hal/fdi/preprobe/10osvendor,$out/share/hal/fdi/preprobe/10osvendor, {} \;
+    find . -type f -exec sed -i s,/usr/lib/systemd/system,$out/lib/systemd/system, {} \;
+    find . -type f -exec sed -i s,/var/lib/hp,$out/var/lib/hp, {} \;
   '';
 
-  # --disable-network-build Until we have snmp
-
   preConfigure = ''
     export configureFlags="$configureFlags
       --with-cupsfilterdir=$out/lib/cups/filter
@@ -36,18 +41,56 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
     export makeFlags="
       halpredir=$out/share/hal/fdi/preprobe/10osvendor
-      hplip_statedir=$out/var
       rulesdir=$out/etc/udev/rules.d
       policykit_dir=$out/share/polkit-1/actions
       policykit_dbus_etcdir=$out/etc/dbus-1/system.d
       policykit_dbus_sharedir=$out/share/dbus-1/system-services
       hplip_confdir=$out/etc/hp
+      hplip_statedir=$out/var/lib/hp
     ";
   '';
 
-  postInstall = ''
+  postInstall =
+    ''
     wrapPythonPrograms
-    '';
+    ''
+    + (stdenv.lib.optionalString withPlugin
+    (let hplip_arch =
+          if builtins.currentSystem == "i686-linux"
+            then "x86_32"
+            else if builtins.currentSystem == "x86_64-linux"
+              then "x86_64"
+              else abort "Platform must be i686-linux or x86_64-linux!";
+    in
+    ''
+    sh ${plugin} --noexec --keep
+    cd plugin_tmp
+
+    cp plugin.spec $out/share/hplip/
+
+    mkdir -p $out/share/hplip/data/firmware
+    cp *.fw.gz $out/share/hplip/data/firmware
+
+    mkdir -p $out/share/hplip/data/plugins
+    cp license.txt $out/share/hplip/data/plugins
+
+    mkdir -p $out/share/hplip/prnt/plugins
+    for plugin in lj hbpl1; do
+      cp $plugin-${hplip_arch}.so $out/share/hplip/prnt/plugins
+      ln -s $out/share/hplip/prnt/plugins/$plugin-${hplip_arch}.so \
+        $out/share/hplip/prnt/plugins/$plugin.so
+    done
+
+    mkdir -p $out/share/hplip/scan/plugins
+    for plugin in bb_soap bb_marvell bb_soapht fax_marvell; do
+      cp $plugin-${hplip_arch}.so $out/share/hplip/scan/plugins
+      ln -s $out/share/hplip/scan/plugins/$plugin-${hplip_arch}.so \
+        $out/share/hplip/scan/plugins/$plugin.so
+    done
+
+    mkdir -p $out/var/lib/hp
+    cp ${hplip_state} $out/var/lib/hp/hplip.state
+    ''));
 
   buildInputs = [
       libjpeg
@@ -70,7 +113,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Print, scan and fax HP drivers for Linux";
     homepage = http://hplipopensource.com/;
-    license = "free"; # MIT/BSD/GPL
+    license = if withPlugin then licenses.unfree else "free"; # MIT/BSD/GPL
     platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/drivers/hplip/hplip.state b/pkgs/misc/drivers/hplip/hplip.state
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..52679963f064
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/misc/drivers/hplip/hplip.state
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[plugin]
+installed=1
+eula=1
+version=3.14.4
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 5fa278924b6a..5ae4e923e6ab 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10604,6 +10604,8 @@ let
 
   hplip = callPackage ../misc/drivers/hplip { };
 
+  hplipWithPlugin = hplip.override { withPlugin = true; };
+
   # using the new configuration style proposal which is unstable
   jack1d = callPackage ../misc/jackaudio/jack1.nix { };