diff --git a/gnu/packages/python.scm b/gnu/packages/python.scm
index 5cc54d0..36c5d52 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python.scm
@@ -9886,3 +9886,37 @@ relays publish about themselves.")
 
 (define-public python2-stem
   (package-with-python2 python-stem))
+
+(define-public python-pyserial
+ (package
+  (name "python-pyserial")
+  (version "3.1.1")
+  (source
+    (origin
+      (method url-fetch)
+      (uri (string-append
+             "https://pypi.python.org/packages/"
+             "3c/d8/a9fa247ca60b02b3bebbd61766b4f321393b57b13c53b18f6f62cf172c08/"
+             "pyserial-" version ".tar.gz"))
+      (sha256
+        (base32
+          "0k1nfdrxxkdlv4zgaqsdv8li0pj3gbh2pyxw8q2bsg6f9490amyn"))))
+  (build-system python-build-system)
+  (inputs
+    `(("python-setuptools" ,python-setuptools)))
+  (home-page
+    "https://github.com/pyserial/pyserial")
+  (synopsis "Python Serial Port Bindings")
+  (description "@code{pyserial} provide serial port bindings for Python. 
+It supports different byte sizes, stop bits, parity and flow control with
+RTS/CTS and/or Xon/Xoff. 
+The port is accessed in RAW mode.")
+  (license license:bsd-3)))
+
+(define-public python2-pyserial
+  (let ((base (package-with-python2 (strip-python2-variant python-pyserial))))
+    (package
+      (inherit base)
+      (native-inputs
+       `(("python2-setuptools" ,python2-setuptools)
+         ,@(package-native-inputs base))))))