diff --git a/nixos/modules/rename.nix b/nixos/modules/rename.nix
index 800e12956f24..6b33eeb6e4e7 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/rename.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/rename.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, ... }:
+{ lib, pkgs, ... }:
 
 with lib;
 
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ with lib;
     (mkRenamedOptionModule [ "networking" "enableRT73Firmware" ] [ "networking" "enableRalinkFirmware" ])
 
     (mkRenamedOptionModule [ "services" "cadvisor" "host" ] [ "services" "cadvisor" "listenAddress" ])
+    (mkChangedOptionModule [ "services" "printing" "gutenprint" ] [ "services" "printing" "drivers" ]
+      (config:
+        let enabled = getAttrFromPath [ "services" "printing" "gutenprint" ] config;
+        in if enabled then [ pkgs.gutenprint ] else [ ]))
     (mkRenamedOptionModule [ "services" "elasticsearch" "host" ] [ "services" "elasticsearch" "listenAddress" ])
     (mkRenamedOptionModule [ "services" "graphite" "api" "host" ] [ "services" "graphite" "api" "listenAddress" ])
     (mkRenamedOptionModule [ "services" "graphite" "web" "host" ] [ "services" "graphite" "web" "listenAddress" ])
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/printing/cupsd.nix b/nixos/modules/services/printing/cupsd.nix
index 855c89303847..4c7f58d1d8bc 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/printing/cupsd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/printing/cupsd.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ with lib;
 
 let
 
-  inherit (pkgs) cups cups-pk-helper cups-filters gutenprint;
+  inherit (pkgs) cups cups-pk-helper cups-filters;
 
   cfg = config.services.printing;
 
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ let
     name = "cups-progs";
     paths =
       [ cups.out additionalBackends cups-filters pkgs.ghostscript ]
-      ++ optional cfg.gutenprint gutenprint
       ++ cfg.drivers;
     pathsToLink = [ "/lib" "/share/cups" "/bin" ];
     postBuild = cfg.bindirCmds;
@@ -97,12 +96,15 @@ let
       (writeConf "client.conf" cfg.clientConf)
       (writeConf "snmp.conf" cfg.snmpConf)
     ] ++ optional avahiEnabled browsedFile
-      ++ optional cfg.gutenprint gutenprint
       ++ cfg.drivers;
     pathsToLink = [ "/etc/cups" ];
     ignoreCollisions = true;
   };
 
+  filterGutenprint = pkgs: filter (pkg: pkg.meta.isGutenprint or false == true) pkgs;
+  containsGutenprint = pkgs: length (filterGutenprint pkgs) > 0;
+  getGutenprint = pkgs: head (filterGutenprint pkgs);
+
 in
 
 {
@@ -224,23 +226,17 @@ in
         '';
       };
 
-      gutenprint = mkOption {
-        type = types.bool;
-        default = false;
-        description = ''
-          Whether to enable Gutenprint drivers for CUPS. This includes auto-updating
-          Gutenprint PPD files.
-        '';
-      };
-
       drivers = mkOption {
         type = types.listOf types.path;
         default = [];
-        example = literalExample "[ pkgs.splix ]";
+        example = literalExample "[ pkgs.gutenprint pkgs.hplip pkgs.splix ]";
         description = ''
-          CUPS drivers to use. Drivers provided by CUPS, cups-filters, Ghostscript
-          and Samba are added unconditionally. For adding Gutenprint, see
-          <literal>gutenprint</literal>.
+          CUPS drivers to use. Drivers provided by CUPS, cups-filters,
+          Ghostscript and Samba are added unconditionally. If this list contains
+          Gutenprint (i.e. a derivation with
+          <literal>meta.isGutenprint = true</literal>) the PPD files in
+          <filename>/var/lib/cups/ppd</filename> will be updated automatically
+          to avoid errors due to incompatible versions.
         '';
       };
 
@@ -318,9 +314,9 @@ in
             [ ! -e /var/lib/cups/path ] && \
               ln -s ${bindir} /var/lib/cups/path
 
-            ${optionalString cfg.gutenprint ''
+            ${optionalString (containsGutenprint cfg.drivers) ''
               if [ -d /var/lib/cups/ppd ]; then
-                ${gutenprint}/bin/cups-genppdupdate -p /var/lib/cups/ppd
+                ${getGutenprint cfg.drivers}/bin/cups-genppdupdate -p /var/lib/cups/ppd
               fi
             ''}
           '';
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/drivers/gutenprint/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/drivers/gutenprint/default.nix
index 0bd40721c4ed..7917d1e36160 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/drivers/gutenprint/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/drivers/gutenprint/default.nix
@@ -47,5 +47,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     homepage = https://sourceforge.net/projects/gimp-print/;
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
+    isGutenprint = true;
   };
 }