diff --git a/pkgs/servers/monitoring/prometheus/cups-exporter.nix b/pkgs/servers/monitoring/prometheus/cups-exporter.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..9ba73b3d210413
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/monitoring/prometheus/cups-exporter.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{ lib, fetchFromGitHub, python3Packages }:
+
+python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
+  pname = "prometheus-cups-exporter-unstable";
+  version = "2019-03-17";
+
+  format = "other";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "ThoreKr";
+    repo = "cups_exporter";
+    rev = "8fd1c2517e9878b7b7c73a450e5e546f437954a9";
+    sha256 = "1cwk2gbw2svqjlzgwv5wqzhq7fxwrwsrr0kkbnqn4mfb0kq6pa8m";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = with python3Packages; [ prometheus_client pycups ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/share/
+    cp cups_exporter.py $out/share/
+  '';
+
+  fixupPhase = ''
+    makeWrapper "${python3Packages.python.interpreter}" "$out/bin/prometheus-cups-exporter" \
+          --set PYTHONPATH "$PYTHONPATH" \
+          --add-flags "$out/share/cups_exporter.py"
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A simple prometheus exporter for cups implemented in python";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/ThoreKr/cups_exporter";
+    license = licenses.unfree;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.mmahut ];
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 31c35347800c1e..d290cb592e1621 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -15019,6 +15019,7 @@ in
   prometheus-bind-exporter = callPackage ../servers/monitoring/prometheus/bind-exporter.nix { };
   prometheus-blackbox-exporter = callPackage ../servers/monitoring/prometheus/blackbox-exporter.nix { };
   prometheus-collectd-exporter = callPackage ../servers/monitoring/prometheus/collectd-exporter.nix { };
+  prometheus-cups-exporter = callPackage ../servers/monitoring/prometheus/cups-exporter.nix { };
   prometheus-consul-exporter = callPackage ../servers/monitoring/prometheus/consul-exporter.nix { };
   prometheus-dnsmasq-exporter = callPackage ../servers/monitoring/prometheus/dnsmasq-exporter.nix { };
   prometheus-dovecot-exporter = callPackage ../servers/monitoring/prometheus/dovecot-exporter.nix { };