diff --git a/pkgs/misc/cups/drivers/splix/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/cups/drivers/splix/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..02970073b116
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/misc/cups/drivers/splix/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, cups, zlib}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "splix-2.0.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/splix/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "0bwivrwwvh6hzvnycpzqs7a0capgycahc4s3v9ihx552fgy07xwp";
+  };
+
+  preBuild=''
+    makeFlags="V=1 DISABLE_JBIG=1 CUPSFILTER=$out/lib/cups/filter CUPSPPD=$out/share/cups/model"
+  '';
+
+  buildInputs = [cups zlib];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://splix.sourceforge.net;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 12368ff8fb91..f6b79a366965 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9164,6 +9164,10 @@ let
     hasktags = haskellPackages.myhasktags;
   };
 
+  splix = import ../misc/cups/drivers/splix {
+    inherit stdenv fetchurl cups zlib;
+  };
+
   synaptics = import ../misc/synaptics {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv pkgconfig;
     inherit (xlibs) libX11 libXi libXext pixman xf86inputevdev;