diff --git a/srcpkgs/brother-brscan4/INSTALL b/srcpkgs/brother-brscan4/INSTALL
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0576a2c04c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/brother-brscan4/INSTALL
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+case "${ACTION}" in
+    post)
+	# Add brother driver to sane configuration
+	_SANE_CONF='/etc/sane.d/dll.conf'
+	if [ "$(grep brother4 ${_SANE_CONF})" = '' ]; then
+		echo brother4 >> ${_SANE_CONF}	
+	fi;
+    ;;
+esac
diff --git a/srcpkgs/brother-brscan4/INSTALL.msg b/srcpkgs/brother-brscan4/INSTALL.msg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..80233435e7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/brother-brscan4/INSTALL.msg
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+In order to access networked scanners and multifunctionals, the SANE backend 
+must be configured using 'brsaneconfig4'.
+See http://support.brother.com/g/s/id/linux/en/instruction_scn1b.html
diff --git a/srcpkgs/brother-brscan4/REMOVE b/srcpkgs/brother-brscan4/REMOVE
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b29366a5db6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/brother-brscan4/REMOVE
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+case "${ACTION}" in
+    pre)
+	# remove brother driver from sane configuration
+	_TEMPFILE=`mktemp sane_dll_conf_XXXXXXXXXXX`
+	_SANE_CONF='/etc/sane.d/dll.conf'
+
+	( cat ${_SANE_CONF} | sed -e '/brother4/d' > ${_TEMPFILE} ) && cat ${_TEMPFILE} > ${_SANE_CONF}
+	rm ${_TEMPFILE}
+    ;;
+esac
diff --git a/srcpkgs/brother-brscan4/template b/srcpkgs/brother-brscan4/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..11ccd35364f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/brother-brscan4/template
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+# Template file for 'brother-brscan4'
+pkgname=brother-brscan4
+version=0.4.4
+revision=1
+only_for_archs="i686 x86_64"
+depends="sane"
+short_desc="SANE scanner driver for brscan4-compatible printers"
+maintainer="Martijn van Buul <martijn.van.buul@gmail.com>"
+license="custom"
+homepage="http://support.brother.com/"
+repository="nonfree"
+nopie=yes
+_mylibrary="libsane-brother4.so.1.0.7"
+conf_files="/etc/opt/brother/scanner/brscan4/Brsane4.ini /etc/opt/brother/scanner/brscan4/brsanenetdevice4.cfg /etc/opt/brother/scanner/brscan4/models4/*.ini"
+
+if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" = "x86_64" ]; then
+	_debpkgid="4.amd64"
+	distfiles="http://download.brother.com/welcome/dlf006645/brscan4-${version}-${_debpkgid}.deb"
+	checksum=cd255c56e4b10125223315b64eb1205864ab8c759b6f8068c24a076f52bfc577
+	_deblibdir="usr/lib64"
+else
+	_debpkgid="4.i386"
+	distfiles="http://download.brother.com/welcome/dlf006646/brscan4-${version}-${_debpkgid}.deb"
+	checksum=6292feb076a97004c5a73ce8fecd7933d29309322869c1f26f77dbe4fe92b08e
+	_deblibdir="usr/lib"
+fi
+
+# append shrinkwrap license
+distfiles+=" http://www.brother.com/agreement/English_sane/agree.html>LICENSE.html"
+checksum+=" 3434bca1936d6a5fd6afd810cde7e1876dd4d1496722b09af180278480f464f2"
+
+do_extract() {
+	ar x ${XBPS_SRCDISTDIR}/${pkgname}-${version}/brscan4-${version}-${_debpkgid}.deb
+	tar xzpf data.tar.gz
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	# binary package makes a fine mess of things, and installs stuff in very
+	# unwieldly locations. Some of this cannot be avoided.
+
+	# deb package installs 64-bit libraries in /usr/lib64; fix this
+	vinstall ./${_deblibdir}/sane/${_mylibrary} 755 usr/lib/sane
+	ln -sf /usr/lib/sane/${_mylibrary} ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/sane/$(echo ${_mylibrary} | sed -e 's/\.[0-9]\.[0-9]$//')
+	ln -sf /usr/lib/sane/${_mylibrary} ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/sane/$(echo ${_mylibrary} | sed -e 's/\.[0-9]\.[0-9]\.[0-9]$//')
+
+	# The binary library has hard-coded paths to
+	#
+	# /etc/opt/brother/scanner/brscan4
+	#
+	# This is very unfortunate, but cannot be avoided without the source to
+	# recompile the binary - which is not available.
+	#
+	# The deb package then goes ahead and installs symlinks to the actual
+	# files in /opt/brother/scanner/brscan4. Limit the mess by actually
+	# installing these files to /etc/opt/brother/scanner/brscan4 so there
+	# are no configuration files in /opt
+
+	vmkdir etc/opt/brother/scanner/brscan4 755
+	vinstall opt/brother/scanner/brscan4/Brsane4.ini 644 etc/opt/brother/scanner/brscan4
+	vinstall opt/brother/scanner/brscan4/brsanenetdevice4.cfg 644 etc/opt/brother/scanner/brscan4
+	vcopy opt/brother/scanner/brscan4/models4 etc/opt/brother/scanner/brscan4
+
+	# Install the licenses.
+	vlicense "${XBPS_SRCDISTDIR}/${pkgname}-${version}/LICENSE.html"
+	vlicense opt/brother/scanner/brscan4/doc/brscan4/readme.txt # Independent JPEG blurb.
+
+	# config helper - installed by the deb package as a symlink.
+	vbin opt/brother/scanner/brscan4/brsaneconfig4
+
+	# The only file in the deb package that has *not* been installed is a
+	# setup script to modify the SANE configuration. This will be performed
+	# by INSTALL and REMOVE instead.
+}