diff --git a/shared-bindings/_canio/__init__.c b/shared-bindings/_canio/__init__.c
index 8b8aba8c49..577466ed61 100644
--- a/shared-bindings/_canio/__init__.c
+++ b/shared-bindings/_canio/__init__.c
@@ -48,21 +48,55 @@
 //|
 
 #include "py/obj.h"
+#include "py/enum.h"
 
 #include "shared-bindings/_canio/__init__.h"
 #include "shared-bindings/_canio/CAN.h"
 #include "shared-bindings/_canio/Match.h"
 #include "shared-bindings/_canio/Message.h"
+#include "shared-bindings/_canio/Listener.h"
+
+MAKE_ENUM_VALUE(canio_bus_state_type, bus_state, ERROR_ACTIVE, BUS_STATE_ERROR_ACTIVE);
+MAKE_ENUM_VALUE(canio_bus_state_type, bus_state, ERROR_PASSIVE, BUS_STATE_ERROR_PASSIVE);
+MAKE_ENUM_VALUE(canio_bus_state_type, bus_state, ERROR_WARNING, BUS_STATE_ERROR_WARNING);
+MAKE_ENUM_VALUE(canio_bus_state_type, bus_state, BUS_OFF, BUS_STATE_OFF);
+
+//| class BusState:
+//|     """The state of the CAN bus"""
+//|
+//|     ERROR_ACTIVE: object
+//|     """The bus is in the normal (active) state"""
+//|
+//|     ERROR_WARNING: object
+//|     """The bus is in the normal (active) state, but a moderate number of errors have occurred recently"""
+//|
+//|     ERROR_PASSIVE: object
+//|     """The bus is in the passive state due to the number of errors that have occurred recently"""
+//|
+//|     BUS_OFF: object
+//|     """The bus has turned off due to the number of errors that have occurred recently.  It must be restarted before it will send or receive packets"""
+//|
+MAKE_ENUM_MAP(canio_bus_state) {
+    MAKE_ENUM_MAP_ENTRY(bus_state, ERROR_ACTIVE),
+    MAKE_ENUM_MAP_ENTRY(bus_state, ERROR_PASSIVE),
+    MAKE_ENUM_MAP_ENTRY(bus_state, ERROR_WARNING),
+    MAKE_ENUM_MAP_ENTRY(bus_state, BUS_OFF),
+};
+STATIC MP_DEFINE_CONST_DICT(canio_bus_state_locals_dict, canio_bus_state_locals_table);
+
+MAKE_PRINTER(_canio, canio_bus_state);
+
+MAKE_ENUM_TYPE(_canio, BusState, canio_bus_state);
 
 STATIC const mp_rom_map_elem_t canio_module_globals_table[] = {
-    { MP_ROM_QSTR(MP_QSTR___name__), MP_ROM_QSTR(MP_QSTR__canio) },
+    { MP_ROM_QSTR(MP_QSTR_BusState), MP_ROM_PTR(&canio_bus_state_type) },
     { MP_ROM_QSTR(MP_QSTR_CAN), MP_ROM_PTR(&canio_can_type) },
     { MP_ROM_QSTR(MP_QSTR_Listener), MP_ROM_PTR(&canio_listener_type) },
     { MP_ROM_QSTR(MP_QSTR_Match), MP_ROM_PTR(&canio_match_type) },
     { MP_ROM_QSTR(MP_QSTR_Message), MP_ROM_PTR(&canio_message_type) },
+    { MP_ROM_QSTR(MP_QSTR___name__), MP_ROM_QSTR(MP_QSTR__canio) },
 };
 
-
 STATIC MP_DEFINE_CONST_DICT(canio_module_globals, canio_module_globals_table);
 
 const mp_obj_module_t canio_module = {
diff --git a/shared-bindings/_canio/__init__.h b/shared-bindings/_canio/__init__.h
index 45e76369c7..e24eba92c1 100644
--- a/shared-bindings/_canio/__init__.h
+++ b/shared-bindings/_canio/__init__.h
@@ -26,4 +26,8 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-// Nothing now.
+typedef enum {
+    BUS_STATE_ERROR_ACTIVE, BUS_STATE_ERROR_PASSIVE, BUS_STATE_ERROR_WARNING, BUS_STATE_OFF
+} canio_bus_state_t;
+
+extern const mp_obj_type_t canio_bus_state_type;