diff --git a/pkgs/misc/cups/drivers/cups-pdf-to-pdf/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/cups/drivers/cups-pdf-to-pdf/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f85925ea956d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/misc/cups/drivers/cups-pdf-to-pdf/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, cups
+, coreutils
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "cups-pdf-to-pdf";
+  version = "unstable-2021-12-22";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "alexivkin";
+    repo = "CUPS-PDF-to-PDF";
+    rev = "c14428c2ca8e95371daad7db6d11c84046b1a2d4";
+    hash = "sha256-pa4PFf8OAFSra0hSazmKUfbMYL/cVWvYA1lBf7c7jmY=";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ cups ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    sed -r 's|(gscall, size, ")cp |\1${coreutils}/bin/cp |' cups-pdf.c -i
+  '';
+
+  # gcc command line is taken from original cups-pdf's README file
+  # https://fossies.org/linux/cups-pdf/README
+  # however, we replace gcc with $CC following
+  # https://nixos.org/manual/nixpkgs/stable/#sec-darwin
+  buildPhase = ''
+    runHook preBuild
+    $CC -O9 -s cups-pdf.c -o cups-pdf -lcups
+    runHook postBuild
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+    install -Dt $out/lib/cups/backend cups-pdf
+    install -Dm 0644 -t $out/etc/cups cups-pdf.conf
+    install -Dm 0644 -t $out/share/cups/model *.ppd
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A CUPS backend that turns print jobs into searchable PDF files";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/alexivkin/CUPS-PDF-to-PDF";
+    license = licenses.gpl2Only;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.yarny ];
+    longDescription = ''
+      cups-pdf is a CUPS backend that generates a PDF file for each print job and puts this file
+      into a folder on the local machine such that the print job's owner can access the file.
+
+      https://www.cups-pdf.de/
+
+      cups-pdf-to-pdf is a fork of cups-pdf which tries hard to preserve the original text of the print job by avoiding rasterization.
+
+      Note that in order to use this package, you have to make sure that the cups-pdf program is called with root privileges.
+    '';
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a5b66dd4bc25..d1ee6af2f670 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -36497,6 +36497,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   cups-dymo = callPackage ../misc/cups/drivers/dymo {};
 
+  cups-pdf-to-pdf = callPackage ../misc/cups/drivers/cups-pdf-to-pdf {};
+
   cups-toshiba-estudio = callPackage ../misc/cups/drivers/estudio {};
 
   cups-zj-58 =  callPackage ../misc/cups/drivers/zj-58 { };