diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index f6ba2324fad..670771fc397 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -988,3 +988,4 @@ libnetsnmpagent.so.30		libnet-snmp		net-snmp-devel
 libnetsnmpmibs.so.30		libnet-snmp		net-snmp-devel
 libnetsnmptrapd.so.30		libnet-snmp		net-snmp-devel
 libieee1284.so.3		libieee1284		libieee1284-devel
+libsane.so.1			libsane			sane-devel
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libsane b/srcpkgs/libsane
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..e1e3b8044e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libsane
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+sane
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/sane-devel b/srcpkgs/sane-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..e1e3b8044e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/sane-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+sane
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/sane/depends b/srcpkgs/sane/depends
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a90f3f73ed0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/sane/depends
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+abi_depends=">=1.0.22"
+api_depends="${abi_depends}"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/sane/libsane.rshlibs b/srcpkgs/sane/libsane.rshlibs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..aeeb921e099
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/sane/libsane.rshlibs
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+libdl.so.2
+libv4l1.so.0
+libieee1284.so.3
+libtiff.so.5
+libjpeg.so.8
+libgphoto2.so.2
+libgphoto2_port.so.0
+libexif.so.12
+libusb-1.0.so.0
+libavahi-common.so.3
+libavahi-client.so.3
+libpthread.so.0
+libnetsnmp.so.30
+libcrypto.so.1
+libm.so.6
+libc.so.6
diff --git a/srcpkgs/sane/libsane.template b/srcpkgs/sane/libsane.template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..28037b952c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/sane/libsane.template
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# Template file for 'libsane'.
+#
+short_desc="${short_desc} - runtime shared library"
+long_desc="${long_desc}
+
+ This package contains the SANE runtime shared library."
+
+do_install() {
+	vmove "usr/lib/libsane.so.*" usr/lib
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/sane/patches/libv4l-0.8.3.patch b/srcpkgs/sane/patches/libv4l-0.8.3.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4e240e0cf28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/sane/patches/libv4l-0.8.3.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+From 26c69b228b29f612faf4b0cc85db969ee7cc4ea6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Nils Philippsen <nils@redhat.com>
+Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 13:35:05 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] patch: v4l
+
+Squashed commit of the following:
+
+commit 23381932c76846191b42a48e505b37cd74711265
+Author: Julien BLACHE <jb@jblache.org>
+Date:   Wed Feb 16 19:37:43 2011 +0100
+
+    Fix v4l build with libv4l 0.8.3+
+
+    (cherry picked from commit c5ca46c2d1be78c651afb843cc834cf2b5b24953)
+
+    Conflicts:
+
+    	ChangeLog
+
+    Signed-off-by: Nils Philippsen <nils@redhat.com>
+---
+ backend/v4l.c |    3 +--
+ backend/v4l.h |    3 ++-
+ 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/backend/v4l.c b/backend/v4l.c
+index 6510ef0..38595ed 100644
+--- a/backend/v4l.c
++++ b/backend/v4l.c
+@@ -84,9 +84,8 @@
+ #include "../include/sane/sanei_config.h"
+ #define V4L_CONFIG_FILE "v4l.conf"
+ 
+-#include "v4l.h"
+-
+ #include <libv4l1.h>
++#include "v4l.h"
+ 
+ static const SANE_Device **devlist = NULL;
+ static int num_devices;
+diff --git a/backend/v4l.h b/backend/v4l.h
+index 588b96e..6aee586 100644
+--- a/backend/v4l.h
++++ b/backend/v4l.h
+@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
+ #ifndef v4l_h
+ #define v4l_h
+ 
++#ifndef __LINUX_VIDEODEV_H
+ /* Kernel interface */
+ /* Only the stuff we need. For more features, more defines are needed */
+ 
+@@ -165,7 +166,7 @@ struct video_channel
+ 
+ 
+ /* end of kernel interface */
+-
++#endif /* !__LINUX_VIDEODEV_H */
+ 
+ #include <../include/sane/sane.h>
+ 
+-- 
+1.7.4
+
diff --git a/srcpkgs/sane/patches/xerox_mfp_fix_usb_devices.patch b/srcpkgs/sane/patches/xerox_mfp_fix_usb_devices.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0ddff0d9656
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/sane/patches/xerox_mfp_fix_usb_devices.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+commit 5ea227caeacd504b64eef301e83fa63e0a25b3f7
+Author: Alex Belkin <abc@telekom.ru>
+Date:   Tue Mar 8 17:57:19 2011 +0300
+
+    keep usb device by default (correct for bug introduced by tcp sub-backend
+
+diff --git a/backend/xerox_mfp.c b/backend/xerox_mfp.c
+index e08b50f..d4672a7 100644
+--- a/backend/xerox_mfp.c
++++ b/backend/xerox_mfp.c
+@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@
+ static const SANE_Device **devlist = NULL;	/* sane_get_devices array */
+ static struct device *devices_head = NULL;	/* sane_get_devices list */
+
+-transport available_transports[] = {
++enum { TRANSPORT_USB, TRANSPORT_TCP, TRANSPORTS_MAX };
++transport available_transports[TRANSPORTS_MAX] = {
+     { "usb", usb_dev_request, usb_dev_open, usb_dev_close, usb_configure_device },
+     { "tcp", tcp_dev_request, tcp_dev_open, tcp_dev_close, tcp_configure_device },
+-    { 0 }
+ };
+
+ static int resolv_state(int state)
+@@ -824,7 +824,13 @@ free_devices (void)
+   devices_head = NULL;
+ }
+
+-/* SANE API ignores return code of this callback */
++static transport *tr_from_devname(SANE_String_Const devname)
++{
++  if (strncmp("tcp", devname, 3) == 0)
++    return &available_transports[TRANSPORT_TCP];
++  return &available_transports[TRANSPORT_USB];
++}
++
+ static SANE_Status
+ list_one_device (SANE_String_Const devname)
+ {
+@@ -839,12 +845,7 @@ list_one_device (SANE_String_Const devname)
+       return SANE_STATUS_GOOD;
+   }
+
+-  for (tr = available_transports; tr->ttype; tr++) {
+-    if (!strncmp (devname, tr->ttype, strlen(tr->ttype)))
+-      break;
+-  }
+-  if (!tr->ttype)
+-    return SANE_STATUS_INVAL;
++  tr = tr_from_devname(devname);
+
+   dev = calloc (1, sizeof (struct device));
+   if (dev == NULL)
+@@ -878,13 +879,7 @@ list_one_device (SANE_String_Const devname)
+ static SANE_Status
+ list_conf_devices (UNUSED (SANEI_Config * config), const char *devname)
+ {
+-    transport *tr;
+-
+-    for (tr = available_transports; tr->ttype; tr++) {
+-	if (!strncmp (devname, tr->ttype, strlen(tr->ttype)))
+-	    return tr->configure_device(devname, list_one_device);
+-    }
+-    return	SANE_STATUS_INVAL;
++  return tr_from_devname(devname)->configure_device(devname, list_one_device);
+ }
+
+ SANE_Status
diff --git a/srcpkgs/sane/sane-devel.template b/srcpkgs/sane/sane-devel.template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..77962281ebe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/sane/sane-devel.template
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Template file for 'sane-devel'.
+#
+short_desc="${short_desc} - development files"
+long_desc="${long_desc}
+
+ This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
+
+Add_dependency run libsane ">=$version"
+
+noarch=yes
+
+do_install() {
+	vmove usr/include usr
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/sane/sane.rshlibs b/srcpkgs/sane/sane.rshlibs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..14b40af700c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/sane/sane.rshlibs
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+libdl.so.2
+libv4l1.so.0
+libieee1284.so.3
+libtiff.so.5
+libjpeg.so.8
+libgphoto2.so.2
+libgphoto2_port.so.0
+libexif.so.12
+libusb-1.0.so.0
+libavahi-common.so.3
+libavahi-client.so.3
+libpthread.so.0
+libnetsnmp.so.30
+libcrypto.so.1
+libm.so.6
+libc.so.6
+libsane.so.1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/sane/template b/srcpkgs/sane/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7c7fcb81395
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/sane/template
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+# Template build file for 'sane'.
+pkgname=sane
+version=1.0.22
+patch_args="-Np1"
+wrksrc="sane-backends-${version}"
+distfiles="ftp://ftp2.sane-project.org/pub/sane/sane-backends-${version}/sane-backends-${version}.tar.gz"
+build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--disable-locking --enable-avahi --with-docdir=/usr/share/doc/sane
+--disable-latex --enable-libusb_1_0 --enable-pthread"
+short_desc="Scanner Access Now Easy"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+homepage="http://www.sane-project.org/"
+license="GPL-2"
+checksum=9f84a16800497f0b79a278531bb1a0f438de6ce8cf509fefc65a252e29f90c54
+long_desc="
+ SANE stands for Scanner Access Now Easy and is an application programming
+ interface (API) that provides standardized access to any raster image scanner
+ hardware (flatbed scanner, hand-held scanner, video- and still-cameras,
+ frame-grabbers, etc.)."
+
+conf_files="
+/etc/sane.d/abaton.conf
+/etc/sane.d/agfafocus.conf
+/etc/sane.d/apple.conf
+/etc/sane.d/artec.conf
+/etc/sane.d/artec_eplus48u.conf
+/etc/sane.d/avision.conf
+/etc/sane.d/bh.conf
+/etc/sane.d/canon.conf
+/etc/sane.d/canon630u.conf
+/etc/sane.d/canon_dr.conf
+/etc/sane.d/canon_pp.conf
+/etc/sane.d/cardscan.conf
+/etc/sane.d/coolscan.conf
+/etc/sane.d/coolscan2.conf
+/etc/sane.d/coolscan3.conf
+/etc/sane.d/dc210.conf
+/etc/sane.d/dc240.conf
+/etc/sane.d/dc25.conf
+/etc/sane.d/dell1600n_net.conf
+/etc/sane.d/dll.conf
+/etc/sane.d/dmc.conf
+/etc/sane.d/epjitsu.conf
+/etc/sane.d/epson.conf
+/etc/sane.d/epson2.conf
+/etc/sane.d/fujitsu.conf
+/etc/sane.d/genesys.conf
+/etc/sane.d/gphoto2.conf
+/etc/sane.d/gt68xx.conf
+/etc/sane.d/hp.conf
+/etc/sane.d/hp3900.conf
+/etc/sane.d/hp4200.conf
+/etc/sane.d/hp5400.conf
+/etc/sane.d/hpsj5s.conf
+/etc/sane.d/hs2p.conf
+/etc/sane.d/ibm.conf
+/etc/sane.d/kodak.conf
+/etc/sane.d/leo.conf
+/etc/sane.d/lexmark.conf
+/etc/sane.d/ma1509.conf
+/etc/sane.d/magicolor.conf
+/etc/sane.d/matsushita.conf
+/etc/sane.d/microtek.conf
+/etc/sane.d/microtek2.conf
+/etc/sane.d/mustek.conf
+/etc/sane.d/mustek_pp.conf
+/etc/sane.d/mustek_usb.conf
+/etc/sane.d/nec.conf
+/etc/sane.d/net.conf
+/etc/sane.d/p5.conf
+/etc/sane.d/pie.conf
+/etc/sane.d/pixma.conf
+/etc/sane.d/plustek.conf
+/etc/sane.d/plustek_pp.conf
+/etc/sane.d/qcam.conf
+/etc/sane.d/ricoh.conf
+/etc/sane.d/rts8891.conf
+/etc/sane.d/s9036.conf
+/etc/sane.d/saned.conf
+/etc/sane.d/sceptre.conf
+/etc/sane.d/sharp.conf
+/etc/sane.d/sm3840.conf
+/etc/sane.d/snapscan.conf
+/etc/sane.d/sp15c.conf
+/etc/sane.d/st400.conf
+/etc/sane.d/stv680.conf
+/etc/sane.d/tamarack.conf
+/etc/sane.d/teco1.conf
+/etc/sane.d/teco2.conf
+/etc/sane.d/teco3.conf
+/etc/sane.d/test.conf
+/etc/sane.d/u12.conf
+/etc/sane.d/umax.conf
+/etc/sane.d/umax1220u.conf
+/etc/sane.d/umax_pp.conf
+/etc/sane.d/v4l.conf
+/etc/sane.d/xerox_mfp.conf"
+
+subpackages="lib${pkgname} $pkgname-devel"
+
+Add_dependency build pkg-config
+Add_dependency build avahi-libs-devel
+Add_dependency build jpeg-devel
+Add_dependency build tiff-devel
+Add_dependency build libgphoto2-devel
+Add_dependency build v4l-utils-devel
+Add_dependency build libusb-devel
+Add_dependency build net-snmp-devel
+Add_dependency build libieee1284-devel