diff --git a/nix/artiq-dev.nix b/nix/artiq-dev.nix
index 89c079379..ad6ada554 100644
--- a/nix/artiq-dev.nix
+++ b/nix/artiq-dev.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ in
         xorg.libXext
         xorg.libXtst
         xorg.libXi
-        (python3.withPackages(ps: with ps; [ jinja2 numpy artiqpkgs.migen artiqpkgs.misoc artiqpkgs.artiq ]))
+        (python3.withPackages(ps: with ps; [ jinja2 numpy artiqpkgs.migen artiqpkgs.microscope artiqpkgs.misoc artiqpkgs.artiq ]))
       ] ++
       (with artiqpkgs; [
         rustc
diff --git a/nix/default.nix b/nix/default.nix
index a5df6aa72..66c626540 100644
--- a/nix/default.nix
+++ b/nix/default.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ let
   llvm-src = callPackage ./fetch-llvm-clang.nix {};
 in rec {
   inherit (rust) cargo rustc;
-  inherit (callPackage ./pkgs/python3Packages.nix {}) migen misoc;
+  inherit (callPackage ./pkgs/python3Packages.nix {}) migen microscope misoc;
   binutils-or1k = callPackage ./pkgs/binutils-or1k.nix {};
   llvm-or1k = callPackage ./pkgs/llvm-or1k.nix { inherit llvm-src; };
   llvmlite = callPackage ./pkgs/llvmlite.nix { inherit llvm-or1k; };
diff --git a/nix/pkgs/python3Packages.nix b/nix/pkgs/python3Packages.nix
index 4ce508f41..b34b0a9a1 100644
--- a/nix/pkgs/python3Packages.nix
+++ b/nix/pkgs/python3Packages.nix
@@ -73,4 +73,25 @@ rec {
       platforms   = platforms.unix;
     };
   };
+  microscope = python3Packages.buildPythonPackage rec {
+    version = "git-02cffc";
+    pname = "microscope";
+    name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+    src = fetchFromGitHub {
+      owner = "m-labs";
+      repo = "microscope";
+      rev = "02cffc360ec5a234c589de6cb9616b057ed22253";
+      sha256 = "09yvgk16xfv5r5cf55vcg0f14wam42w53r4snlalcyw5gkm0rlhq";
+    };
+
+    propagatedBuildInputs = with python3Packages; [ pyserial prettytable msgpack-python migen ];
+
+    meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+      description = "Finding the bacteria in rotting FPGA designs";
+      homepage    = "https://m-labs.hk/migen";
+      license     = licenses.bsd2;
+      platforms   = platforms.unix;
+    };
+  };
 }