diff --git a/meta/conf/distro/include/maintainers.inc b/meta/conf/distro/include/maintainers.inc
index 740e5fe55c..72cd012581 100644
--- a/meta/conf/distro/include/maintainers.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/distro/include/maintainers.inc
@@ -651,6 +651,7 @@ RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-python3-typogrify = "Alexander Kanavin <alex.kanavin@gmail.
 RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-python3-vcversioner = "Bruce Ashfield <bruce.ashfield@gmail.com>"
 RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-python3-wcwidth = "Tim Orling <tim.orling@konsulko.com>"
 RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-python3-webcolors = "Bruce Ashfield <bruce.ashfield@gmail.com>"
+RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-python3-wheel = "Tim Orling <tim.orling@konsulko.com>"
 RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-python3-zipp = "Tim Orling <tim.orling@konsulko.com>"
 RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-qemu = "Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>"
 RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-qemu-helper-native = "Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-wheel_0.37.1.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-wheel_0.37.1.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6c7a31db9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-wheel_0.37.1.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+SUMMARY = "The official binary distribution format for Python "
+HOMEPAGE = "https://github.com/pypa/wheel"
+SECTION = "devel/python"
+LICENSE = "MIT"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://PKG-INFO;beginline=10;endline=10;md5=8227180126797a0148f94f483f3e1489"
+
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "e9a504e793efbca1b8e0e9cb979a249cf4a0a7b5b8c9e8b65a5e39d49529c1c4"
+
+inherit pypi setuptools3
+
+BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"
+