diff --git a/package/python-wheel/python-wheel.hash b/package/python-wheel/python-wheel.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..377a85c8fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/python-wheel/python-wheel.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/wheel/json
+md5  ec5004c46d1905da98bb5bc1a10ddd21  wheel-0.40.0.tar.gz
+sha256  cd1196f3faee2b31968d626e1731c94f99cbdb67cf5a46e4f5656cbee7738873  wheel-0.40.0.tar.gz
+# Locally computed sha256 checksums
+sha256  30c23618679108f3e8ea1d2a658c7ca417bdfc891c98ef1a89fa4ff0c9828654  LICENSE.txt
diff --git a/package/python-wheel/python-wheel.mk b/package/python-wheel/python-wheel.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..159598fd1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/python-wheel/python-wheel.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# python-wheel
+#
+################################################################################
+
+PYTHON_WHEEL_VERSION = 0.40.0
+PYTHON_WHEEL_SOURCE = wheel-$(PYTHON_WHEEL_VERSION).tar.gz
+PYTHON_WHEEL_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/fc/ef/0335f7217dd1e8096a9e8383e1d472aa14717878ffe07c4772e68b6e8735
+PYTHON_WHEEL_SETUP_TYPE = flit
+PYTHON_WHEEL_LICENSE = MIT
+PYTHON_WHEEL_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE.txt
+
+$(eval $(host-python-package))