diff --git a/cli-tools.nix b/cli-tools.nix
index 1e96e2d..bc64c68 100644
--- a/cli-tools.nix
+++ b/cli-tools.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,22 @@
-{ config, ... }:
+{ inputs, ... }:
 
 {
+  system.activationScripts.postActivation.text = ''
+    stamp=/usr/local/share/cupsadmin.stamp
+    want="${inputs.cupsadmin}"
+    if [ "$(cat "$stamp" 2>/dev/null)" != "$want" ]; then
+      echo "building cupsadmin..."
+      tmp=$(mktmp -d)
+      cp -R "$want"/. "$tmp"
+      chmod -R u+w "$tmp"
+      ( cd "$tmp" && /user/bin/swift build -c release ) \
+        && install -m 755 "$tmp/.build/release/cupsadmin" /usr/local/bin/cupsadmin \
+        && mkdir -p /usr/local/share && echo #$want" > "$stamp" \
+        || echo "cupsadmin build failed, skipping"
+      rm -rf "$tmp"
+    fi
+  '';
+
   environment.shellAliases = {
     yt = "yt-dlp";
     ll = "ls -la";
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index d7ab37d..9a0ad75 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -6,10 +6,16 @@
     nix-darwin.url = "github:nix-darwin/nix-darwin";
     nix-darwin.inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
     nix-homebrew.url = "github:zhaofengli/nix-homebrew";
+
+    cupsadmin = {
+      url = "github:kfattic/cupsadmin";
+      flake = false;
+    };
   };
 
   outputs = inputs@{ self, nix-darwin, nixpkgs, nix-homebrew, ... }: {
     darwinConfigurations."Brians-MacBook-Air" = nix-darwin.lib.darwinSystem {
+      specialArgs = { inherit inputs; };
       modules = [
         ./configuration.nix
         nix-homebrew.darwinModules.nix-homebrew