diff --git a/system/options.nix b/system/options.nix
index f70abacc359..91cd0c78a7d 100644
--- a/system/options.nix
+++ b/system/options.nix
@@ -479,18 +479,6 @@ in
 
     };
 
-    printing = {
-
-      enable = mkOption {
-        default = false;
-        description = "
-          Whether to enable printing support through the CUPS daemon.
-        ";
-      };
-
-    };
-
-
     udev = {
 
       addFirmware = mkOption {
@@ -1026,6 +1014,7 @@ in
     (import ../upstart-jobs/httpd.nix) # Apache httpd (probably this can be removed ?)
     (import ../upstart-jobs/apache-httpd) # Apache httpd (new style).
     (import ../upstart-jobs/vsftpd.nix)
+    (import ../upstart-jobs/cupsd.nix) # CUPS printing daemon
 
     # nix
     (import ../upstart-jobs/nix.nix) # nix options and daemon
diff --git a/upstart-jobs/cupsd.nix b/upstart-jobs/cupsd.nix
index ced164a1308..7f5529e6f75 100644
--- a/upstart-jobs/cupsd.nix
+++ b/upstart-jobs/cupsd.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,26 @@
-{config, pkgs, modprobe}:
+{pkgs, config, ...}:
+
+###### interface
+let
+  inherit (pkgs.lib) mkOption mkIf;
+
+  options = {
+    services = {
+      printing = {
+
+        enable = mkOption {
+          default = false;
+          description = "
+            Whether to enable printing support through the CUPS daemon.
+          ";
+        };
+
+      };
+    };
+  };
+in
+
+###### implementation
 
 let
 
@@ -7,6 +29,8 @@ let
 
   inherit (pkgs) cups;
 
+  modprobe = config.system.sbin.modprobe;
+
 
   # Here we can enable additional backends, filters, etc. that are not
   # part of CUPS itself, e.g. the SMB backend is part of Samba.  Since
@@ -101,37 +125,45 @@ let
 
 in
 
-{
-  name = "cupsd";
 
-  extraPath = [cups];
-
-  extraEtc = [
-    # CUPS expects the following files in its ServerRoot.
-    { source = "${cups}/etc/cups/mime.convs";
-      target = "cups/mime.convs";
-    }
-    { source = "${cups}/etc/cups/mime.types";
-      target = "cups/mime.types";
-    }
+mkIf config.services.pulseaudio.enable {
+  require = [
+    options
   ];
-  
-  job = ''
-    description "CUPS printing daemon"
 
-    start on network-interfaces/started
-    stop on network-interfaces/stop
+  services = {
+    extraJobs = [{
+      name = "cupsd";
 
-    start script
-        mkdir -m 0755 -p ${logDir}
-        mkdir -m 0700 -p /var/cache/cups
-        mkdir -m 0700 -p /var/spool/cups
+      extraPath = [cups];
 
-        # Make USB printers show up.
-        ${modprobe}/sbin/modprobe usblp || true
-    end script
+      extraEtc = [
+        # CUPS expects the following files in its ServerRoot.
+        { source = "${cups}/etc/cups/mime.convs";
+          target = "cups/mime.convs";
+        }
+        { source = "${cups}/etc/cups/mime.types";
+          target = "cups/mime.types";
+        }
+      ];
+      
+      job = ''
+        description "CUPS printing daemon"
 
-    respawn ${cups}/sbin/cupsd -c ${cupsdConfig} -F
-  '';
-  
+        start on network-interfaces/started
+        stop on network-interfaces/stop
+
+        start script
+            mkdir -m 0755 -p ${logDir}
+            mkdir -m 0700 -p /var/cache/cups
+            mkdir -m 0700 -p /var/spool/cups
+
+            # Make USB printers show up.
+            ${modprobe}/sbin/modprobe usblp || true
+        end script
+
+        respawn ${cups}/sbin/cupsd -c ${cupsdConfig} -F
+      '';
+    }];
+  };
 }
diff --git a/upstart-jobs/default.nix b/upstart-jobs/default.nix
index 1ca038c9221..e185b5a444b 100644
--- a/upstart-jobs/default.nix
+++ b/upstart-jobs/default.nix
@@ -166,12 +166,6 @@ let
       inherit (pkgs) glibc samba;
     })
 
-  # CUPS (printing) daemon.
-  ++ optional config.services.printing.enable
-    (import ../upstart-jobs/cupsd.nix {
-      inherit config pkgs modprobe;
-    })
-
   # X Font Server
   ++ optional config.services.xfs.enable
     (import ../upstart-jobs/xfs.nix {