diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/canmatrix/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/canmatrix/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..99ac6c3ec45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/canmatrix/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, python
+, lxml
+, xlwt
+, xlrd
+, XlsxWriter
+, pyyaml
+, future }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "canmatrix";
+  version = "0.6";
+
+  # uses fetchFromGitHub as PyPi release misses test/ dir
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "ebroecker";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "1lb0krhchja2jqfsh5lsfgmqcchs1pd38akvc407jfmll96f4yqz";
+  };
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    cd test
+    ${python.interpreter} ./test.py
+  '';
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs =
+    [ lxml
+      xlwt
+      xlrd
+      XlsxWriter
+      pyyaml
+      future
+    ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/ebroecker/canmatrix;
+    description = "Support and convert several CAN (Controller Area Network) database formats .arxml .dbc .dbf .kcd .sym fibex xls(x)";
+    license = licenses.bsd2;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ sorki ];
+  };
+}
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index aefff25ec59..eaa2054a114 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 {};
 
+  canmatrix = callPackage ../development/python-modules/canmatrix {};
+
   cairocffi = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "cairocffi-0.7.2";