diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/fontawesomefree/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/fontawesomefree/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2b001fecaf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/fontawesomefree/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "fontawesomefree";
+  version = "6.4.0";
+  format = "wheel";
+
+  # they only provide a wheel
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version format;
+    dist = "py3";
+    python = "py3";
+    hash = "sha256-4S7a1xts9pk/x8aupjZ+Ex8vJHtkNfrKmbEjKbrNKyc=";
+  };
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "fontawesomefree"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome";
+    description = "Icon library and toolkit";
+    license = with licenses; [ ofl cc-by-40 ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ netali ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index e6ca7902a9c..088b79d86c3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3928,6 +3928,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   folium = callPackage ../development/python-modules/folium { };
 
+  fontawesomefree = callPackage ../development/python-modules/fontawesomefree { };
+
   fontforge = toPythonModule (pkgs.fontforge.override {
     withPython = true;
     inherit python;