diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/canopen/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/canopen/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..08ae54e0b73b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/canopen/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, nose
+, can
+, canmatrix }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "canopen";
+  version = "0.5.1";
+
+  # use fetchFromGitHub until version containing test/sample.eds
+  # is available on PyPi
+  # https://github.com/christiansandberg/canopen/pull/57
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "christiansandberg";
+    repo = "canopen";
+    rev = "b20575d84c3aef790fe7c38c5fc77601bade0ea4";
+    sha256 = "1qg47qrkyvyxiwi13sickrkk89jp9s91sly2y90bz0jhws2bxh64";
+  };
+
+  #src = fetchPypi {
+  #  inherit pname version;
+  #  sha256 = "0806cykarpjb9ili3mf82hsd9gdydbks8532nxgz93qzg4zdbv2g";
+  #};
+
+  # test_pdo failure https://github.com/christiansandberg/canopen/issues/58
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs =
+    [ can
+      canmatrix
+    ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ nose ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/christiansandberg/canopen/;
+    description = "CANopen stack implementation";
+    license = licenses.lgpl3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ sorki ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index eaa2054a1145..b586a9de0a49 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2016,6 +2016,8 @@ in {
 
   can = callPackage ../development/python-modules/can {};
 
+  canopen = callPackage ../development/python-modules/canopen {};
+
   canmatrix = callPackage ../development/python-modules/canmatrix {};
 
   cairocffi = buildPythonPackage rec {