diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyserial-asyncio/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyserial-asyncio/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c299ad8acae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyserial-asyncio/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, isPy3k
+, pyserial }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pyserial-asyncio";
+  version = "0.4";
+
+  disabled = !isPy3k; # Doesn't support python older than 3.4
+
+  buildInputs = [ pyserial ];
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1vlsb0d03krxlj7vpvyhpinnyxyy8s3lk5rs8ba2932dhyl7f1n4";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "asyncio extension package for pyserial";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/pyserial/pyserial-asyncio";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ etu ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 2edaf87cbaa..24cb8d33a62 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4814,6 +4814,8 @@ in {
 
   pyserial = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyserial {};
 
+  pyserial-asyncio = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyserial-asyncio { };
+
   pysonos = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pysonos {};
 
   pymongo = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pymongo {};