diff --git a/src/etc/etc.arc/MAKEDEV b/src/etc/etc.arc/MAKEDEV
index 345729f0..4952e45a 100644
--- a/src/etc/etc.arc/MAKEDEV
+++ b/src/etc/etc.arc/MAKEDEV
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh -
 #
-#	$OpenBSD: MAKEDEV,v 1.11 1997/04/23 20:39:01 gvf Exp $
+#	$OpenBSD: MAKEDEV,v 1.12 1997/04/30 22:04:26 niklas Exp $
 #	@(#)MAKEDEV	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/9/93
 #
 
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ do
 case $i in
 
 all)
-	sh MAKEDEV std fd fd0 sd0 sd1 sd2 st0 cd0 tty00 tty01 pty0 pty1
+	sh MAKEDEV std fd fd0 sd0 sd1 sd2 st0 cd0 ss0 tty00 tty01 pty0 pty1
 	sh MAKEDEV ttyC0 lpt0 pms0 random bpf0 local
 	;;
 
@@ -219,6 +219,17 @@ cd*)
 	umask 77
 	;;
 
+ss*)
+	unit=`expr $i : 'ss\(.*\)'`
+	rm -f ss$unit
+	mknod ss$unit c 34 $unit
+	chown root.operator ss$unit
+	chmod 440 ss$unit
+#	backwards compatibility with older PINTs
+	rm -f scan$unit
+	ln -s ss$unit scan$unit
+	;;
+
 lpt*)
 	unit=`expr $i : 'lpt\(.*\)'`
 	rm -f lpt$unit