diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/can/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/can/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fbb53828d2af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/can/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pyserial
+, nose
+, mock }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "python-can";
+  version = "2.0.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1c6zfd29ck9ffdklfb5xgxvfl52xdaqd89isykkypm1ll97yk2fs";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pyserial ];
+  checkInputs = [ nose mock ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/hardbyte/python-can;
+    description = "CAN support for Python";
+    license = licenses.lgpl3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ sorki ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index cabc5f5796c7..aefff25ec596 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2014,6 +2014,7 @@ in {
     doCheck = false;
   });
 
+  can = callPackage ../development/python-modules/can {};
 
   cairocffi = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "cairocffi-0.7.2";