diff --git a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
index 2a2366c2a536..a5643d3039bb 100644
--- a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
+++ b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
@@ -816,6 +816,12 @@
     githubId = 7112447;
     name = "Andre S. Ramos";
   };
+  andrevmatos = {
+    email = "andrevmatos@gmail.com";
+    github = "andrevmatos";
+    githubId = 587021;
+    name = "André V L Matos";
+  };
   andrew-d = {
     email = "andrew@du.nham.ca";
     github = "andrew-d";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/kde/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/kde/default.nix
index 29bfaecd0a63..8414db45d59a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/kde/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/kde/default.nix
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ let
       kreversi = callPackage ./kreversi.nix {};
       krfb = callPackage ./krfb.nix {};
       kruler = callPackage ./kruler.nix {};
+      ksanecore = callPackage ./ksanecore.nix {};
       kshisen = callPackage ./kshisen.nix {};
       ksmtp = callPackage ./ksmtp {};
       kspaceduel = callPackage ./kspaceduel.nix {};
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/kde/ksanecore.nix b/pkgs/applications/kde/ksanecore.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4ba18ffca1df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/kde/ksanecore.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+  mkDerivation, lib,
+  extra-cmake-modules, qtbase,
+  ki18n, sane-backends
+}:
+
+mkDerivation {
+  pname = "ksanecore";
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ extra-cmake-modules ];
+  buildInputs = [ qtbase ki18n sane-backends ];
+  meta = with lib; {
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ andrevmatos ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/kde/libksane.nix b/pkgs/applications/kde/libksane.nix
index 79274d4396f4..8dee898412b8 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/kde/libksane.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/kde/libksane.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   mkDerivation, lib,
   extra-cmake-modules, qtbase,
   ki18n, ktextwidgets, kwallet, kwidgetsaddons,
-  sane-backends
+  ksanecore, sane-backends
 }:
 
 mkDerivation {
@@ -12,5 +12,6 @@ mkDerivation {
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ polendri ];
   };
   nativeBuildInputs = [ extra-cmake-modules ];
-  buildInputs = [ qtbase ki18n ktextwidgets kwallet kwidgetsaddons sane-backends ];
+  buildInputs = [ qtbase ki18n ktextwidgets kwallet kwidgetsaddons ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ ksanecore sane-backends ];
 }