diff --git a/srcpkgs/sane/files/saned/run b/srcpkgs/sane/files/saned/run
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..18016ad066c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/sane/files/saned/run
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+[ -r ./conf ] && . ./conf
+exec saned -l -u _saned ${OPTS}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/sane/template b/srcpkgs/sane/template
index 4e8cdab17d6..c21c9ea8aed 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/sane/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/sane/template
@@ -9,20 +9,26 @@ configure_args="--disable-locking --enable-ipv6 --enable-pthread
  --with-usb --docdir=/usr/share/doc/sane ac_cv_func_mmap_fixed_mapped=yes
  $(vopt_with snmp)"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config python3"
-makedepends="avahi-libs-devel libjpeg-turbo-devel tiff-devel libgphoto2-devel
- v4l-utils-devel libusb-devel openssl-devel libxml2-devel
- $(vopt_if snmp net-snmp-devel)"
+makedepends="libjpeg-turbo-devel tiff-devel libgphoto2-devel v4l-utils-devel
+ libusb-devel openssl-devel libxml2-devel $(vopt_if snmp net-snmp-devel)
+ $(vopt_if avahi 'avahi-libs-devel libcurl-devel')"
 depends="$(vopt_if snmp net-snmp)"
 conf_files="/etc/sane.d/*.conf"
 short_desc="Scanner Access Now Easy"
 maintainer="Piraty <piraty1@inbox.ru>"
 license="custom:GPL-2.0-or-later-with-SANE-exception"
 homepage="http://www.sane-project.org/"
+changelog="https://gitlab.com/sane-project/backends/-/raw/master/NEWS"
 distfiles="https://gitlab.com/sane-project/backends/uploads/${_gitlab_release_hash}/sane-backends-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=3a28c237c0a72767086202379f6dc92dbb63ec08dfbab22312cba80e238bb114
 noshlibprovides="avoid false detection of device drivers"
 
-build_options="snmp"
+# additional group 'lp' is required by saned to access some all-in-one devices
+system_accounts="_saned"
+_saned_groups="lp,scanner"
+
+build_options="avahi snmp"
+build_options_default="avahi"
 
 # tests broken on 32bit.  https://gitlab.com/sane-project/backends/-/issues/157
 if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_WORDSIZE" = "32" ]; then
@@ -47,6 +53,8 @@ post_install() {
 	sed -n \
 		-e "/\/* sane - Scanner Access Now Easy./,/dynamic linking to load backends on demand./p" \
 		"${wrksrc}/backend/dll.c" > "${DESTDIR}/usr/share/licenses/sane/SANE-EXCEPTION"
+
+	vsv saned
 }
 
 libsane_package() {