diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/cocotb-bus/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/cocotb-bus/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..af740e8d298
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/cocotb-bus/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "cocotb-bus";
+  version = "0.1.1";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "cc9b0bb00c95061a67f650caf96e3a294bb74ef437124dea456dd9e2a9431854";
+  };
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    # remove circular dependency cocotb from setup.py
+    substituteInPlace setup.py --replace '"cocotb>=1.5.0.dev,<2.0"' ""
+  '';
+
+  # tests require cocotb, disable for now to avoid circular dependency
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  # checkPhase = ''
+  #   export PATH=$out/bin:$PATH
+  #   make test
+  # '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Pre-packaged testbenching tools and reusable bus interfaces for cocotb";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/cocotb/cocotb-bus";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ prusnak ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 7bd3aa5da99..197823d6d78 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1463,6 +1463,8 @@ in {
 
   cocotb = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cocotb { };
 
+  cocotb-bus = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cocotb-bus { };
+
   codecov = callPackage ../development/python-modules/codecov { };
 
   codespell = callPackage ../development/python-modules/codespell { };