diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/vxi11/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/vxi11/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..86b05b32540
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/vxi11/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, nose }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "python-vxi11";
+  version = "0.9";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1zvd0wxp6mccaxy9fzlzk3i4pr2ggnj79r3awimjqd89pvaxiyq1";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [ nose ];
+  checkPhase = ''
+    nosetests
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "VXI-11 driver for controlling instruments over Ethernet";
+    homepage = https://github.com/python-ivi/python-vxi11;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ bgamari ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index b6619fa7bdc..85179ccce3f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -18603,6 +18603,8 @@ EOF
     };
   };
 
+  vxi11 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/vxi11 { };
+
   svg2tikz = self.buildPythonPackage {
     name = "svg2tikz-1.0.0";
     disabled = ! isPy27;