diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/hardware/sane.nix b/nixos/modules/services/hardware/sane.nix
index e69209c560b5..8ddb9ef9c53b 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/hardware/sane.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/hardware/sane.nix
@@ -17,12 +17,21 @@ let
     '';
   };
 
+  netConf = pkgs.writeTextFile {
+    name = "net.conf";
+    destination = "/etc/sane.d/net.conf";
+    text = ''
+      ${lib.optionalString config.services.saned.enable "localhost"}
+      ${config.hardware.sane.netConf}
+    '';
+  };
+
   env = {
     SANE_CONFIG_DIR = config.hardware.sane.configDir;
     LD_LIBRARY_PATH = [ "${saneConfig}/lib/sane" ];
   };
 
-  backends = [ pkg ] ++ optional config.services.saned.enable sanedConf ++ config.hardware.sane.extraBackends;
+  backends = [ pkg netConf ] ++ optional config.services.saned.enable sanedConf ++ config.hardware.sane.extraBackends;
   saneConfig = pkgs.mkSaneConfig { paths = backends; };
 
   enabled = config.hardware.sane.enable || config.services.saned.enable;
@@ -72,6 +81,15 @@ in
       description = "The value of SANE_CONFIG_DIR.";
     };
 
+    hardware.sane.netConf = mkOption {
+      type = types.lines;
+      default = "";
+      example = "192.168.0.16";
+      description = ''
+        Network hosts that should be probed for remote scanners.
+      '';
+    };
+
     services.saned.enable = mkOption {
       type = types.bool;
       default = false;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/sane/config.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/sane/config.nix
index fb4e56eb6cea..c0a0206ddd1f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/sane/config.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/sane/config.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ let installSanePath = path: ''
       if [ -e "${path}/etc/sane.d" ]; then
         find "${path}/etc/sane.d" -maxdepth 1 -not -type d | while read conf; do
           name="$(basename $conf)"
-          if [ "$name" = "dll.conf" ] || [ "$name" = "saned.conf" ]; then
+          if [ "$name" = "dll.conf" ] || [ "$name" = "saned.conf" ] || [ "$name" = "net.conf" ]; then
             cat "$conf" >> "$out/etc/sane.d/$name"
           else
             ln -s "$conf" "$out/etc/sane.d/$name"