diff --git a/buildroot-external/Config.in b/buildroot-external/Config.in
index 454ca897..0d7727b3 100644
--- a/buildroot-external/Config.in
+++ b/buildroot-external/Config.in
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ menu "Additional external python modules"
 	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/python-bs4/Config.in"
 	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/python-cachetools/Config.in"
 	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/python-casttube/Config.in"
+	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/python-charset-normalizer/Config.in"
 	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/python-click-default-group/Config.in"
 	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/python-colour/Config.in"
 	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/python-combo-lock/Config.in"
diff --git a/buildroot-external/configs/rpi3_64-gui_defconfig b/buildroot-external/configs/rpi3_64-gui_defconfig
index 5d20498c..34f21bfe 100644
--- a/buildroot-external/configs/rpi3_64-gui_defconfig
+++ b/buildroot-external/configs/rpi3_64-gui_defconfig
@@ -624,6 +624,7 @@ BR2_PACKAGE_WIRINGPI2=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_ADAPT_PARSER=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_ASTRAL=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_AUDIO_METADATA=y
+BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_CHARSET_NORMALIZER=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_CLICK_DEFAULT_GROUP=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_COMBO_LOCK=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_COVERALLS=y
diff --git a/buildroot-external/configs/rpi4_64-gui_defconfig b/buildroot-external/configs/rpi4_64-gui_defconfig
index 73682402..f35d79eb 100644
--- a/buildroot-external/configs/rpi4_64-gui_defconfig
+++ b/buildroot-external/configs/rpi4_64-gui_defconfig
@@ -626,6 +626,7 @@ BR2_PACKAGE_WIRINGPI2=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_ADAPT_PARSER=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_ASTRAL=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_AUDIO_METADATA=y
+BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_CHARSET_NORMALIZER=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_CLICK_DEFAULT_GROUP=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_COMBO_LOCK=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_COVERALLS=y
diff --git a/buildroot-external/package/python-charset-normalizer/Config.in b/buildroot-external/package/python-charset-normalizer/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..63e04a7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildroot-external/package/python-charset-normalizer/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_CHARSET_NORMALIZER
+	bool "python-charset-normalizer"
+	help
+	  The Real First Universal Charset Detector. Open, modern and
+	  actively maintained alternative to Chardet.
+
+	  https://github.com/ousret/charset_normalizer
diff --git a/buildroot-external/package/python-charset-normalizer/python-charset-normalizer.hash b/buildroot-external/package/python-charset-normalizer/python-charset-normalizer.hash
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..da540bbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildroot-external/package/python-charset-normalizer/python-charset-normalizer.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/charset-normalizer/json
+md5  f6664e0e90dbb3cc9cfc154a980f9864  charset-normalizer-2.0.12.tar.gz
+sha256  2857e29ff0d34db842cd7ca3230549d1a697f96ee6d3fb071cfa6c7393832597  charset-normalizer-2.0.12.tar.gz
+# Locally computed sha256 checksums
+sha256  eb31a0c5a4fb09b8a4e32055d25c1e5f9c358a2752fef3cd720213d1ccfee241  LICENSE
diff --git a/buildroot-external/package/python-charset-normalizer/python-charset-normalizer.mk b/buildroot-external/package/python-charset-normalizer/python-charset-normalizer.mk
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0dec21f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildroot-external/package/python-charset-normalizer/python-charset-normalizer.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# python-charset-normalizer
+#
+################################################################################
+
+PYTHON_CHARSET_NORMALIZER_VERSION = 2.0.12
+PYTHON_CHARSET_NORMALIZER_SOURCE = charset-normalizer-$(PYTHON_CHARSET_NORMALIZER_VERSION).tar.gz
+PYTHON_CHARSET_NORMALIZER_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/56/31/7bcaf657fafb3c6db8c787a865434290b726653c912085fbd371e9b92e1c
+PYTHON_CHARSET_NORMALIZER_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
+PYTHON_CHARSET_NORMALIZER_LICENSE = MIT
+PYTHON_CHARSET_NORMALIZER_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
+
+$(eval $(python-package))