diff --git a/bin/omarchy-hw-fingerprint b/bin/omarchy-hw-fingerprint
index 9984e9d5..c5f119d9 100755
--- a/bin/omarchy-hw-fingerprint
+++ b/bin/omarchy-hw-fingerprint
@@ -10,6 +10,20 @@
 # reader — those still match on the product string below when present.
 fingerprint_vendors=" 27c6 138a 06cb 08ff 1c7a 147e "
 
+# libfprint drives every reader it supports from userspace over libusb, so a
+# real reader sits there with no kernel driver bound to any of its interfaces.
+# The other things these vendors build — Synaptics webcam bridges (usbio-bridge
+# on the Dell XPS 14), touchpads and touchscreens (usbhid), cameras (uvcvideo)
+# — all bind one. Only the vendor-ID guess needs this; a device that names
+# itself a fingerprint reader is trusted outright.
+has_kernel_driver() {
+  local intf
+  for intf in "$1"/*:*; do
+    [[ -e $intf/driver ]] && return 0
+  done
+  return 1
+}
+
 for dev in /sys/bus/usb/devices/*; do
   # The device's own product descriptor usually names it, e.g. "Goodix
   # Fingerprint USB Device" — driver-independent and vendor-agnostic.
@@ -21,7 +35,8 @@ for dev in /sys/bus/usb/devices/*; do
 
   if [[ -r $dev/idVendor ]]; then
     vendor=$(<"$dev/idVendor")
-    [[ $fingerprint_vendors == *" $vendor "* ]] && exit 0
+    [[ $fingerprint_vendors == *" $vendor "* ]] &&
+      ! has_kernel_driver "$dev" && exit 0
   fi
 done
 
diff --git a/default/omarchy/omarchy-menu.jsonc b/default/omarchy/omarchy-menu.jsonc
index 8e69f72b..2e94e8dc 100644
--- a/default/omarchy/omarchy-menu.jsonc
+++ b/default/omarchy/omarchy-menu.jsonc
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
   "setup.default.editor.emacs": {"icon":"","label":"Emacs","when":"omarchy-cmd-present emacs","checked":"[[ \"$(omarchy-default-editor)\" == \"emacs\" ]]","action":"omarchy-default-editor emacs"},
   "setup.security": {"icon":"","label":"Security"},
   "setup.config": {"icon":"","label":"Config"},
-  "setup.security.fingerprint": {"icon":"󰈷","label":"Fingerprint","action":"omarchy-launch-floating-terminal-with-presentation omarchy-setup-security-fingerprint"},
+  "setup.security.fingerprint": {"icon":"󰈷","label":"Fingerprint","when":"omarchy-hw-fingerprint","action":"omarchy-launch-floating-terminal-with-presentation omarchy-setup-security-fingerprint"},
   "setup.security.fido2": {"icon":"","label":"Fido2","action":"omarchy-launch-floating-terminal-with-presentation omarchy-setup-security-fido2"},
   "setup.security.sshd": {"icon":"󰣀","label":"SSHD","action":"omarchy-launch-floating-terminal-with-presentation omarchy-setup-security-sshd"},
   "setup.security.passwordless-sudo": {"icon":"󰟵","label":"Passwordless Sudo","action":"omarchy-launch-floating-terminal-with-presentation omarchy-sudo-passwordless"},