diff --git a/selfdrive/boardd/panda.cc b/selfdrive/boardd/panda.cc
index 7930a7d57a..c234c2c295 100644
--- a/selfdrive/boardd/panda.cc
+++ b/selfdrive/boardd/panda.cc
@@ -11,19 +11,30 @@
 #include "selfdrive/common/swaglog.h"
 #include "selfdrive/common/util.h"
 
+static int init_usb_ctx(libusb_context *context) {
+  int err = libusb_init(&context);
+  if (err != 0) {
+    LOGE("libusb initialization error");
+    return err;
+  }
+
+#if LIBUSB_API_VERSION >= 0x01000106
+  libusb_set_option(context, LIBUSB_OPTION_LOG_LEVEL, LIBUSB_LOG_LEVEL_INFO);
+#else
+  libusb_set_debug(context, 3);
+#endif
+
+  return err;
+}
+
+
 Panda::Panda(std::string serial) {
   // init libusb
   ssize_t num_devices;
   libusb_device **dev_list = NULL;
-  int err = libusb_init(&ctx);
+  int err = init_usb_ctx(ctx);
   if (err != 0) { goto fail; }
 
-#if LIBUSB_API_VERSION >= 0x01000106
-  libusb_set_option(ctx, LIBUSB_OPTION_LOG_LEVEL, LIBUSB_LOG_LEVEL_INFO);
-#else
-  libusb_set_debug(ctx, 3);
-#endif
-
   // connect by serial
   num_devices = libusb_get_device_list(ctx, &dev_list);
   if (num_devices < 0) { goto fail; }
@@ -34,11 +45,12 @@ Panda::Panda(std::string serial) {
       libusb_open(dev_list[i], &dev_handle);
       if (dev_handle == NULL) { goto fail; }
 
-      unsigned char desc_serial[25];
-      int ret = libusb_get_string_descriptor_ascii(dev_handle, desc.iSerialNumber, desc_serial, sizeof(desc_serial));
+      unsigned char desc_serial[26] = { 0 };
+      int ret = libusb_get_string_descriptor_ascii(dev_handle, desc.iSerialNumber, desc_serial, std::size(desc_serial));
       if (ret < 0) { goto fail; }
 
-      if (serial.empty() || serial.compare(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(desc_serial)) == 0) {
+      usb_serial = std::string((char *)desc_serial, ret).c_str();
+      if (serial.empty() || serial == usb_serial) {
         break;
       }
       libusb_close(dev_handle);
@@ -92,6 +104,48 @@ void Panda::cleanup() {
   }
 }
 
+std::vector<std::string> Panda::list() {
+  // init libusb
+  ssize_t num_devices;
+  libusb_context *context = NULL;
+  libusb_device **dev_list = NULL;
+  std::vector<std::string> serials;
+  
+  int err = init_usb_ctx(context);
+  if (err != 0) { return serials; }
+
+  num_devices = libusb_get_device_list(context, &dev_list);
+  if (num_devices < 0) {
+    LOGE("libusb can't get device list");
+    goto finish;
+  }
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < num_devices; ++i) {
+    libusb_device *device = dev_list[i];
+    libusb_device_descriptor desc;
+    libusb_get_device_descriptor(device, &desc);
+    if (desc.idVendor == 0xbbaa && desc.idProduct == 0xddcc) {
+      libusb_device_handle *handle = NULL;
+      libusb_open(device, &handle);
+      unsigned char desc_serial[26] = { 0 };
+      int ret = libusb_get_string_descriptor_ascii(handle, desc.iSerialNumber, desc_serial, std::size(desc_serial));
+      libusb_release_interface(handle, 0);
+      libusb_close(handle);
+
+      if (ret < 0) { goto finish; }
+      serials.push_back(std::string((char *)desc_serial, ret).c_str());
+    }
+  }
+
+finish:
+  if (context) {
+    libusb_exit(context);
+  }
+  if (dev_list != NULL) {
+    libusb_free_device_list(dev_list, 1);
+  }
+  return serials;
+}
+
 void Panda::handle_usb_issue(int err, const char func[]) {
   LOGE_100("usb error %d \"%s\" in %s", err, libusb_strerror((enum libusb_error)err), func);
   if (err == LIBUSB_ERROR_NO_DEVICE) {
diff --git a/selfdrive/boardd/panda.h b/selfdrive/boardd/panda.h
index d3d9297244..dd7600789d 100644
--- a/selfdrive/boardd/panda.h
+++ b/selfdrive/boardd/panda.h
@@ -52,11 +52,15 @@ class Panda {
   Panda(std::string serial="");
   ~Panda();
 
+  std::string usb_serial;
   std::atomic<bool> connected = true;
   std::atomic<bool> comms_healthy = true;
   cereal::PandaState::PandaType hw_type = cereal::PandaState::PandaType::UNKNOWN;
   bool has_rtc = false;
 
+  // Static functions
+  static std::vector<std::string> list();
+
   // HW communication
   int usb_write(uint8_t bRequest, uint16_t wValue, uint16_t wIndex, unsigned int timeout=TIMEOUT);
   int usb_read(uint8_t bRequest, uint16_t wValue, uint16_t wIndex, unsigned char *data, uint16_t wLength, unsigned int timeout=TIMEOUT);