diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libfprint/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libfprint/default.nix
index 3f3062e3c081..410496a7bb77 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libfprint/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libfprint/default.nix
@@ -1,16 +1,29 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, meson, ninja, libusb, pixman, glib, nss, gtk3
-, coreutils, gtk-doc, docbook_xsl, docbook_xml_dtd_43 }:
+{ thinkpad ? false, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchurl, pkgconfig, meson, ninja, libusb, pixman, glib, nss, gtk3
+, coreutils, gtk-doc, docbook_xsl, docbook_xml_dtd_43, openssl ? null }:
+
+assert thinkpad -> openssl != null;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "libfprint-${version}";
+  pname = "libfprint" + stdenv.lib.optionalString thinkpad "-thinkpad";
   version = "0.99.0";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libfprint/libfprint/uploads/82ba3cef5bdf72997df711eacdb13c0f/libfprint-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "16r4nl40y0jri57jiqmdz4s87byblx22lbhyvqpljd6mqm5rg187";
-  };
+  src = {
+    libfprint-thinkpad =
+      fetchFromGitHub {
+        owner = "3v1n0";
+        repo = "libfprint";
+        rev = "2e2e3821717e9042e93a995bdbd3d00f2df0be9c";
+        sha256 = "1vps1wrp7hskf13f7jrv0dwry2fcid76x2w463wplngp63cj7b3b";
+      };
+    libfprint = fetchurl {
+      url = "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libfprint/libfprint/uploads/82ba3cef5bdf72997df711eacdb13c0f/libfprint-${version}.tar.xz";
+      sha256 = "16r4nl40y0jri57jiqmdz4s87byblx22lbhyvqpljd6mqm5rg187";
+    };
+  }.${pname};
+
+  buildInputs = [ libusb pixman glib nss gtk3 ]
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optional thinkpad openssl;
 
-  buildInputs = [ libusb pixman glib nss gtk3 ];
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig meson ninja gtk-doc docbook_xsl docbook_xml_dtd_43 ];
 
   mesonFlags = [ "-Dudev_rules_dir=lib/udev/rules.d" "-Dx11-examples=false" ];
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f2dab6fdba34..f9655363a90d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -11299,6 +11299,9 @@ in
   };
 
   libfprint = callPackage ../development/libraries/libfprint { };
+  libfprint-thinkpad = libfprint.override {
+    thinkpad = true;
+  };
 
   libfpx = callPackage ../development/libraries/libfpx { };