diff --git a/lib/maintainers.nix b/lib/maintainers.nix
index de8627b0804a..4d85ad9a2b28 100644
--- a/lib/maintainers.nix
+++ b/lib/maintainers.nix
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
   benley = "Benjamin Staffin <benley@gmail.com>";
   bennofs = "Benno Fünfstück <benno.fuenfstueck@gmail.com>";
   benwbooth = "Ben Booth <benwbooth@gmail.com>";
+  berce = "Bert Moens <bert.moens@gmail.com>";
   berdario = "Dario Bertini <berdario@gmail.com>";
   bergey = "Daniel Bergey <bergey@teallabs.org>";
   bhipple = "Benjamin Hipple <bhipple@protonmail.com>";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/libacr38u/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/security/libacr38u/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5eb659f40c3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/libacr38u/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, pcsclite , libusb }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "1.7.11";
+  name = "libacr38u-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://http.debian.net/debian/pool/main/a/acr38/acr38_1.7.11.orig.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "0lxbq17y51cablx6bcd89klwnyigvkz0rsf9nps1a97ggnllyzkx";
+  };
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
+  buildInputs = [ pcsclite libusb ];
+
+  preBuild = ''
+    makeFlagsArray=(usbdropdir="$out/pcsc/drivers");
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "ACR38U smartcard reader driver for pcsclite";
+    longDescription = ''
+      A PC/SC IFD handler implementation for the ACS ACR38U
+      smartcard readers. This driver is for the non-CCID version only.
+
+      This package is needed to communicate with the ACR38U smartcard readers through
+      the PC/SC Lite resource manager (pcscd).
+
+      It can be enabled in /etc/nixos/configuration.nix by adding:
+        services.pcscd.enable = true;
+        services.pcscd.plugins = [ libacr38u ];
+
+      The package is based on the debian package libacr38u.
+    '';
+    homepage = http://www.acs.com.hk;
+    license = licenses.lgpl2Plus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ berce ];
+    platforms = with platforms; unix;
+  };
+} 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 3605a92673f7..87b01063d9cb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8916,6 +8916,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   libaccounts-glib = callPackage ../development/libraries/libaccounts-glib { };
 
+  libacr38u = callPackage ../tools/security/libacr38u { };
+
   libagar = callPackage ../development/libraries/libagar { };
   libagar_test = callPackage ../development/libraries/libagar/libagar_test.nix { };