A dry-running reciprocating vacuum pump includes at least one pump stage located in the housing and including a cylinder having at least one gas inlet, a gas outlet, and a piston reciprocating in the cylinder and controlling the at least one inlet, a drive system for driving the piston-driving shaft, which is connected by a crank gear mechanism with the piston, and including a plurality of permanent magnets arranged on the shaft and stationary electrical coils surrounding the permanent magnets for producing a rotatable magnetic field, and a control electronics located in the pump housing for operating the coils.