diff --git a/pkgs/misc/drivers/utsushi/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/drivers/utsushi/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..328e8ce45625
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/misc/drivers/utsushi/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, autoreconfHook, boost, gtkmm2
+, pkg-config, libtool, udev, libjpeg, file, texlive
+, libusb, libtiff, imagemagick, sane-backends, tesseract }:
+
+/*
+Alternatively, this package could use the "community source" at 
+https://gitlab.com/utsushi/utsushi/
+Epson provides proprietary plugins for networking, ocr and some more
+scanner models. Those are not (yet ?) packaged here.
+*/
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "utsushi";
+  version = "3.57.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://support.epson.net/linux/src/scanner/imagescanv3/common/imagescan_${version}.orig.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0qy6n6nbisbvy0q3idj7hpmj9i85cd0a18klfd8nsqsa2nkg57ny";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    pkg-config
+    autoreconfHook
+    libtool
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    boost
+    libusb
+    libtiff
+    libjpeg
+    udev
+    imagemagick
+    sane-backends
+    gtkmm2
+    file
+    tesseract
+  ];
+
+  patches = [
+    ./patches/absolute-path-to-convert.patch
+    ./patches/print-errors.patch
+    ./patches/absolute_path_for_tesseract.patch
+  ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    # remove vendored dependencies
+    rm -r upstream/boost
+    # create fake udev and sane config
+    mkdir -p $out/etc/{sane.d,udev/rules.d}
+    touch $out/etc/sane.d/dll.conf
+  '';
+
+  configureFlags = [
+    "--with-boost-libdir=${boost}/lib"
+    "--with-sane-confdir=${placeholder "out"}/etc/sane.d"
+    "--with-udev-confdir=${placeholder "out"}/etc/udev"
+    "--with-sane"
+    "--with-gtkmm"
+    "--with-jpeg"
+    "--with-magick"
+    "--with-sane"
+    "--with-tiff"
+  ];
+
+  installFlags = [ "SANE_BACKENDDIR=${placeholder "out"}/lib/sane" ];
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "SANE utsushi backend for some Epson scanners";
+    longDescription = ''
+        ImageScanV3 (aka utsushi) scanner driver.
+        Non-free plugins are not included so no network support.
+        To use the SANE backend, in /etc/nixos/configuration.nix:
+
+        hardware.sane = {
+          enable = true;
+          extraBackends = [ pkgs.utsushi ];
+        };
+        services.udev.packages = [ pkgs.utsushi ];
+
+        Supported hardware: 
+        - DS-40
+        - DS-70
+        - DS-80W
+        - DS-410
+        - DS-510
+        - DS-520
+        - DS-530
+        - DS-535
+        - DS-535H
+        - DS-560
+        - DS-575W
+        - DS-760
+        - DS-775
+        - DS-780N
+        - DS-860
+        - DS-1630
+        - DS-5500
+        - DS-6500
+        - DS-7500
+        - DS-50000
+        - DS-60000
+        - DS-70000
+        - EP-10VA Series
+        - EP-808A Series
+        - EP-978A3 Series
+        - ES-50
+        - ES-55R
+        - ES-60W
+        - ES-65WR
+        - ES-300WR
+        - ES-400
+        - ES-500WR
+        - ES-8500
+        - ET-2500 Series
+        - ET-2550 Series
+        - ET-4500 Series
+        - ET-4550 Series
+        - Expression 1640XL
+        - FF-680W
+        - L220/L360 Series
+        - L365/L366 Series
+        - L380 Series
+        - L455 Series
+        - L565/L566 Series
+        - L655 Series
+        - PX-M840FX
+        - PX-M860F
+        - PX-M884F
+        - PX-M7050 Series
+        - PX-M7050FX Series
+        - WF-4720
+        - WF-6530 Series
+        - WF-6590 Series
+        - WF-8510/8590 Series
+        - WF-R8590 Series
+        - XP-220 Series
+        - XP-230 Series
+        - XP-235 Series
+        - XP-332 335 Series
+        - XP-430 Series
+        - XP-432 435 Series
+        - XP-530 Series
+        - XP-540
+        - XP-630 Series
+        - XP-640
+        - XP-830 Series
+        - XP-960 Series
+      '';
+      license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/drivers/utsushi/patches/absolute-path-to-convert.patch b/pkgs/misc/drivers/utsushi/patches/absolute-path-to-convert.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2bc9422b061e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/misc/drivers/utsushi/patches/absolute-path-to-convert.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,166 @@
+Index: utsushi-0.57.0/configure.ac
+===================================================================
+--- utsushi-0.57.0.orig/configure.ac
++++ utsushi-0.57.0/configure.ac
+@@ -221,6 +221,9 @@ AS_IF([test xno != x$enable_code_coverag
+      [AC_MSG_ERROR([code coverage support requires a GNU C/C++ compiler])])
+   ])
+ AM_PROG_AR
++AC_PATH_PROG([AWK],[awk])
++AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([AWK], ["$AWK"],
++  [Path to awk.])
+ 
+ PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG
+ 
+@@ -379,27 +382,31 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL([have_libmagick_pp], [tes
+ AS_IF([test xno != "x$with_magick"],
+    AS_CASE("x$with_magick",
+      [xGraphicsMagick],
+-       [AC_CHECK_PROGS([MAGICK_CONVERT], [gm])
+-        AS_IF([test xgm != x$MAGICK_CONVERT],
++       [[AC_PATH_PROG(MAGICK_CONVERT, gm)]
++        AS_IF([test x == x$MAGICK_CONVERT],
+           [AC_MSG_ERROR([$with_magick requested but not found])])
+         AC_DEFINE([HAVE_GRAPHICS_MAGICK], [1])
+-        MAGICK_CONVERT="gm convert"
++        HAVE_MAGICK=1
++        MAGICK_CONVERT="$MAGICK_CONVERT convert"
+        ],
+      [xImageMagick],
+-       [AC_CHECK_PROGS([MAGICK_CONVERT], [convert])
+-        AS_IF([test xconvert != x$MAGICK_CONVERT],
++       [[AC_PATH_PROG(MAGICK_CONVERT, convert)]
++        AS_IF([test x == x$MAGICK_CONVERT],
+           [AC_MSG_ERROR([$with_magick requested but not found])])
+         AC_DEFINE([HAVE_IMAGE_MAGICK], [1])
++        HAVE_MAGICK=1
+        ],
+      [xyes|xcheck],
+-       [AC_CHECK_PROGS([MAGICK_CONVERT], [gm convert])
++       [[AC_PATH_PROGS([MAGICK_CONVERT], [gm convert])]
+         AS_CASE(x$MAGICK_CONVERT,
+-          [xgm],
++          [x*gm],
+             [AC_DEFINE([HAVE_GRAPHICS_MAGICK], [1])
+-             MAGICK_CONVERT="gm convert"
++             HAVE_MAGICK=1
++             MAGICK_CONVERT="$MAGICK_CONVERT convert"
+             ],
+-          [xconvert],
++          [x*convert],
+             [AC_DEFINE([HAVE_IMAGE_MAGICK], [1])
++            HAVE_MAGICK=1
+             ],
+           [dnl default case
+            AS_IF([test xcheck != "x$with_magick"],
+@@ -410,7 +417,7 @@ AS_IF([test xno != "x$with_magick"],
+       AC_MSG_ERROR([unknown value: --with-magick=$with_magick])
+      ]))
+ AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([MAGICK_CONVERT], ["$MAGICK_CONVERT"])
+-AM_CONDITIONAL([have_magick], [test x != "x$MAGICK_CONVERT"])
++AM_CONDITIONAL([have_magick], [test x != "x$HAVE_MAGICK"])
+ 
+ AS_IF([test xno != "x$with_gtkmm"],
+   [PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LIBGTKMM], [gtkmm-2.4 >= 2.20],
+Index: utsushi-0.57.0/filters/magick.cpp
+===================================================================
+--- utsushi-0.57.0.orig/filters/magick.cpp
++++ utsushi-0.57.0/filters/magick.cpp
+@@ -81,19 +81,18 @@ chomp (char *str)
+ }
+ 
+ bool
+-magick_version_before_(const char *magick, const char *cutoff)
++magick_version_before_(const char *cutoff)
+ {
+   FILE *fp = NULL;
+   int errc = 0;
+ 
+-  if (0 == strcmp ("GraphicsMagick", magick))
+-    fp = popen ("gm convert -version"
+-                "| awk '/^GraphicsMagick/{print $2}'", "r");
+-  if (fp) errc = errno;
+-
+-  if (0 == strcmp ("ImageMagick", magick))
+-    fp  = popen ("convert -version"
+-                 "| awk '/^Version:/{print $3}'", "r");
++#if HAVE_GRAPHICS_MAGICK
++  fp = popen (MAGICK_CONVERT " -version"
++                "| " AWK " '/^GraphicsMagick/{print $2}'", "r");
++#elif HAVE_IMAGE_MAGICK
++  fp  = popen (MAGICK_CONVERT " -version"
++                 "| " AWK " '/^Version:/{print $3}'", "r");
++#endif
+   if (fp) errc = errno;
+ 
+   if (fp)
+@@ -106,42 +105,32 @@ magick_version_before_(const char *magic
+ 
+       if (version)
+         {
+-          log::debug ("found %1%-%2%") % magick % version;
++          log::debug ("found " MAGICK_CONVERT "version %1%") % version;
+           return (0 > strverscmp (version, cutoff));
+         }
+     }
+ 
+   if (errc)
+-    log::alert ("failure checking %1% version: %2%")
+-      % magick
++    log::alert ("failure checking " MAGICK_CONVERT " version: %1%")
+       % strerror (errc);
+ 
+   return false;
+ }
+ 
+ bool
+-graphics_magick_version_before_(const char *cutoff)
+-{
+-  return magick_version_before_("GraphicsMagick", cutoff);
+-}
+-
+-bool
+-image_magick_version_before_(const char *cutoff)
+-{
+-  return magick_version_before_("ImageMagick", cutoff);
+-}
+-
+-bool
+ auto_orient_is_usable ()
+ {
+   static int usable = -1;
+ 
+   if (-1 == usable)
+     {
+-      if (HAVE_GRAPHICS_MAGICK)         // version -auto-orient was added
+-        usable = !graphics_magick_version_before_("1.3.18");
+-      if (HAVE_IMAGE_MAGICK)            // version known to work
+-        usable = !image_magick_version_before_("6.7.8-9");
++#if HAVE_GRAPHICS_MAGICK
++      // version -auto-orient was added
++      usable = !magick_version_before_("1.3.18");
++#elif HAVE_IMAGE_MAGICK
++      // version known to work
++      usable = !magick_version_before_("6.7.8-9");
++#endif
+       if (-1 == usable)
+         usable = false;
+       usable = (usable ? 1 : 0);
+@@ -392,7 +381,7 @@ magick::arguments (const context& ctx)
+   if (color_correction_)
+     {
+       if (HAVE_IMAGE_MAGICK
+-          && !image_magick_version_before_("6.6.1-0"))
++          && !magick_version_before_("6.6.1-0"))
+         argv += " -color-matrix";
+       else
+         argv += " -recolor";
+@@ -416,7 +405,7 @@ magick::arguments (const context& ctx)
+       size_t mat_size = ((HAVE_IMAGE_MAGICK) ? 6 : 5);
+ 
+       if (HAVE_IMAGE_MAGICK
+-          && !image_magick_version_before_("6.6.1-0"))
++          && !magick_version_before_("6.6.1-0"))
+         argv += " -color-matrix";
+       else
+         argv += " -recolor";
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/drivers/utsushi/patches/absolute_path_for_tesseract.patch b/pkgs/misc/drivers/utsushi/patches/absolute_path_for_tesseract.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d4d444979210
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/misc/drivers/utsushi/patches/absolute_path_for_tesseract.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+Index: utsushi-0.57.0/filters/reorient.cpp
+===================================================================
+--- utsushi-0.57.0.orig/filters/reorient.cpp
++++ utsushi-0.57.0/filters/reorient.cpp
+@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ chomp (char *str)
+ bool
+ tesseract_version_before_(const char *cutoff)
+ {
+-  FILE *fp = popen ("tesseract --version 2>&1"
+-                    "| awk '/^tesseract/{ print $2 }'", "r");
++  FILE *fp = popen (TESSERACT " --version 2>&1"
++                    "| " AWK " '/^tesseract/{ print $2 }'", "r");
+   int errc = errno;
+ 
+   if (fp)
+@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ tesseract_version_before_(const char *cu
+ bool
+ have_tesseract_language_pack_(const char *lang)
+ {
+-  std::string cmd("tesseract --list-langs 2>&1"
++  std::string cmd(TESSERACT " --list-langs 2>&1"
+                   "| sed -n '/^");
+   cmd += lang;
+   cmd += "$/p'";
+@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ reorient::reorient ()
+ 
+   if (found)
+     {
+-      if (have_tesseract_())  engine_ = "tesseract";
++      if (have_tesseract_())  engine_ = TESSERACT;
+       if (have_ocr_engine_()) engine_ = abs_path_name;
+     }
+   freeze_options ();   // initializes option tracking member variables
+Index: utsushi-0.57.0/configure.ac
+===================================================================
+--- utsushi-0.57.0.orig/configure.ac
++++ utsushi-0.57.0/configure.ac
+@@ -196,6 +196,8 @@ AC_DEFINE([HAVE_IMAGE_MAGICK_PP],
+   [0], [Define to 1 if ImageMagick's C++ API is usable])
+ AC_DEFINE([MAGICK_CONVERT],
+   [], [Define to an appropriate command-line invocation for convert])
++AC_DEFINE([TESSERACT],
++  [], [Define to an appropriate command-line invocation for tesseract])
+ AC_DEFINE([WITH_INCLUDED_BOOST],
+   [0], [Define to 1 if using the included Boost sources])
+ 
+@@ -419,6 +421,9 @@ AS_IF([test xno != "x$with_magick"],
+ AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([MAGICK_CONVERT], ["$MAGICK_CONVERT"])
+ AM_CONDITIONAL([have_magick], [test x != "x$HAVE_MAGICK"])
+ 
++AC_PATH_PROG([TESSERACT], [tesseract], [tesseract])
++AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([TESSERACT], ["$TESSERACT"])
++
+ AS_IF([test xno != "x$with_gtkmm"],
+   [PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LIBGTKMM], [gtkmm-2.4 >= 2.20],
+      [AC_DEFINE([HAVE_LIBGTKMM], [1])],
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/drivers/utsushi/patches/print-errors.patch b/pkgs/misc/drivers/utsushi/patches/print-errors.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..06660ebde988
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/misc/drivers/utsushi/patches/print-errors.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+Index: utsushi-0.57.0/lib/log.cpp
+===================================================================
+--- utsushi-0.57.0.orig/lib/log.cpp
++++ utsushi-0.57.0/lib/log.cpp
+@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
+ 
+ namespace utsushi {
+ 
+-log::priority log::threshold = log::FATAL;
+-log::category log::matching  = log::NOTHING;
++log::priority log::threshold = log::ERROR;
++log::category log::matching  = log::ALL;
+ 
+ template<>
+ std::basic_ostream< char >&
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/drivers/utsushi/patches/series b/pkgs/misc/drivers/utsushi/patches/series
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..de0964c758b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/misc/drivers/utsushi/patches/series
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+absolute-path-to-convert.patch
+print-errors.patch
+absolute_path_for_tesseract.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 117e2a6acdd8..c560fa67271b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -23714,6 +23714,8 @@ in
 
   epkowa = callPackage ../misc/drivers/epkowa { };
 
+  utsushi = callPackage ../misc/drivers/utsushi { };
+
   idsk = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/idsk { };
 
   igraph = callPackage ../development/libraries/igraph { };