diff --git a/docs/project/changelog.md b/docs/project/changelog.md
index 0ba58fc4d..a2145bb9a 100644
--- a/docs/project/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/project/changelog.md
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ myst:
   {pr}`3331`.
 - New packages: sourmash {pr}`3635`, screed {pr}`3635`, bitstring {pr}`3635`,
   deprecation {pr}`3635`, cachetools {pr}`3635`, xyzservices {pr}`3786`,
-  simplejson {pr}`3801`, protobuf {pr}`3813`.
+  simplejson {pr}`3801`, protobuf {pr}`3813`, peewee {pr}`3897`.
 - Upgraded libmpfr to 4.2.0 {pr}`3756`.
 - Upgraded scipy to 1.10.1 {pr}`3794`
 
diff --git a/packages/peewee/meta.yaml b/packages/peewee/meta.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e6b9fad7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/peewee/meta.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package:
+  name: peewee
+  version: 3.16.2
+  top-level:
+    - peewee
+requirements:
+  host:
+    - cffi
+  run:
+    - sqlite3
+    - cffi
+source:
+  url: https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/a9/50/1dd5ea74c559df4afb8391f8d05f0fec685dbe8effba13bb9072901eb288/peewee-3.16.2.tar.gz
+  sha256: 10769981198c7311f84a0ca8db892fa213303a8eb1305deb795a71e7bd606a91
+about:
+  home: https://github.com/coleifer/peewee/
+  PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/peewee/
+  summary: Peewee is a simple and small ORM. It has few (but expressive) concepts, making it easy to learn and intuitive to use.
+  license: MIT License
diff --git a/packages/peewee/test_peewee.py b/packages/peewee/test_peewee.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b1e7213b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/peewee/test_peewee.py
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+from pytest_pyodide import run_in_pyodide
+
+
+@run_in_pyodide(packages=["peewee"])
+def test_peewee(selenium):
+    import os
+
+    from peewee import CharField, IntegerField, Model, SqliteDatabase
+
+    db = SqliteDatabase(os.path.join("/tmp", "database.db"))
+    # needs to be in '/tmp' for now, cf: https://github.com/jupyterlite/pyodide-kernel/issues/35
+
+    # Define a model class
+    class Person(Model):
+        name = CharField()
+        age = IntegerField()
+
+        class Meta:
+            database = db
+
+    # Connect to the database, create tables, and bind the model
+    with db:
+        db.create_tables([Person])
+
+        # Create a new person
+        person = Person.create(name="John Doe", age=25)
+
+        # Retrieve all people from the database
+        people = Person.select()
+
+        # Verify that the person was created and retrieved
+        assert person in people
+
+        # Update a person's age
+        person.age = 30
+        person.save()
+
+        # Delete a person
+        person.delete_instance()
+
+        # Verify that the person was deleted
+        assert person not in Person.select()