diff --git a/pythonforandroid/recipes/freetype-py/__init__.py b/pythonforandroid/recipes/freetype-py/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7be2f2e10c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pythonforandroid/recipes/freetype-py/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+from pythonforandroid.recipe import PythonRecipe
+
+
+class FreetypePyRecipe(PythonRecipe):
+    version = '2.2.0'
+    url = 'https://github.com/rougier/freetype-py/archive/refs/tags/v{version}.tar.gz'
+    depends = ['freetype']
+    patches = ['fall-back-to-distutils.patch']
+    site_packages_name = 'freetype'
+
+
+recipe = FreetypePyRecipe()
diff --git a/pythonforandroid/recipes/freetype-py/fall-back-to-distutils.patch b/pythonforandroid/recipes/freetype-py/fall-back-to-distutils.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0f06f1854a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pythonforandroid/recipes/freetype-py/fall-back-to-distutils.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+diff -ruN freetype-py.orig/setup.py freetype-py/setup.py
+--- freetype-py.orig/setup.py	2020-07-09 20:58:51.000000000 +0700
++++ freetype-py/setup.py	2022-03-02 19:28:17.948831134 +0700
+@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@
+ from io import open
+ from os import path
+ 
+-from setuptools import setup
++try:
++    from setuptools import setup
++except ImportError:
++    from distutils.core import setup
+ 
+ if os.environ.get("FREETYPEPY_BUNDLE_FT"):
+     print("# Will build and bundle FreeType.")