diff --git a/package/cups/70-usb-printers.rules b/package/cups/70-usb-printers.rules
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..67e7f5e938
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/cups/70-usb-printers.rules
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Allow USB printers in the lp group
+# Match rules converted from usblp.c driver's usblp_ids
+ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{bInterfaceClass}=="07", ATTR{bInterfaceSubClass}=="01", GROUP="lp"
diff --git a/package/cups/cups.mk b/package/cups/cups.mk
index abf59fc599..2f4385671c 100644
--- a/package/cups/cups.mk
+++ b/package/cups/cups.mk
@@ -75,6 +75,15 @@ else
 CUPS_CONF_OPTS += --disable-avahi
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_UDEV),y)
+define CUPS_INSTALL_UDEV_RULES
+	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0644 package/cups/70-usb-printers.rules \
+		$(TARGET_DIR)/lib/udev/rules.d/70-usb-printers.rules
+endef
+
+CUPS_POST_INSTALL_TARGET_HOOKS += CUPS_INSTALL_UDEV_RULES
+endif
+
 define CUPS_INSTALL_INIT_SYSV
 	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0755 package/cups/S81cupsd \
 		$(TARGET_DIR)/etc/init.d/S81cupsd