diff --git a/packages/matplotlib/Pillow-setup.py.patch b/packages/matplotlib/Pillow-setup.py.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5e4b8a58e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/matplotlib/Pillow-setup.py.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+--- a/Pillow/setup.py
++++ b/Pillow/setup.py
+@@ -561,8 +561,6 @@
+             or sys.platform.startswith("gnu")
+             or sys.platform.startswith("freebsd")
+         ):
+-            for dirname in _find_library_dirs_ldconfig():
+-                _add_directory(library_dirs, dirname)
+             if sys.platform.startswith("linux") and os.environ.get(
+                 "ANDROID_ROOT", None
+             ):
+@@ -588,16 +586,6 @@
+ 
+         # FIXME: check /opt/stuff directories here?
+ 
+-        # standard locations
+-        if not self.disable_platform_guessing:
+-            _add_directory(library_dirs, "/usr/local/lib")
+-            _add_directory(include_dirs, "/usr/local/include")
+-
+-            _add_directory(library_dirs, "/usr/lib")
+-            _add_directory(include_dirs, "/usr/include")
+-            # alpine, at least
+-            _add_directory(library_dirs, "/lib")
+-
+         if sys.platform == "win32":
+             # on Windows, look for the OpenJPEG libraries in the location that
+             # the official installer puts them
diff --git a/packages/matplotlib/build.sh b/packages/matplotlib/build.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..00c3fa39d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/matplotlib/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=https://matplotlib.org/
+TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="A comprehensive library for creating static, animated, and interactive visualizations in Python"
+TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE="custom"
+TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE_FILE="\
+LICENSE/LICENSE
+LICENSE/LICENSE_AMSFONTS
+LICENSE/LICENSE_BAKOMA
+LICENSE/LICENSE_CARLOGO
+LICENSE/LICENSE_COLORBREWER
+LICENSE/LICENSE_JSXTOOLS_RESIZE_OBSERVER
+LICENSE/LICENSE_QHULL
+LICENSE/LICENSE_QT4_EDITOR
+LICENSE/LICENSE_SOLARIZED
+LICENSE/LICENSE_STIX
+LICENSE/LICENSE_YORICK"
+TERMUX_PKG_MAINTAINER="@termux"
+TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=(3.5.1)
+TERMUX_PKG_VERSION+=(1.22.3) # NumPy version
+TERMUX_PKG_VERSION+=(9.0.1)  # Pillow version
+TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=(https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/archive/refs/tags/v${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz
+                   https://github.com/numpy/numpy/archive/refs/tags/v${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION[1]}.tar.gz
+                   https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/archive/refs/tags/${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION[2]}.tar.gz)
+TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=(9683da9a0c84d1c42d1bf92ecf6e012d302406a38fd987e3dfbcb7b58b2eea2d
+                   c8f3ec591e3f17b939220f2b9eabb4c5e2db330f8af62c0a3aeee8a4d1a6c0db
+                   01305f0befb644ce7fe90aa0c87573b9163a21d0e65149e8166c24974d9d37d2)
+TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="freetype, libc++, libjpeg-turbo, libtiff, libwebp, libxcb, littlecms, openjpeg, python, zlib"
+_PKG_PYTHON_DEPENDS="'cycler>=0.10' 'fonttools>=4.22.0' 'kiwisolver<1.4.0,>=1.0.1' 'numpy>=1.17' 'packaging>=20.0' 'pillow>=6.2.0' 'pyparsing>=2.2.1' 'python-dateutil>=2.7'"
+TERMUX_PKG_BUILD_IN_SRC=true
+
+_PYTHON_VERSION=$(. $TERMUX_SCRIPTDIR/packages/python/build.sh; echo $_MAJOR_VERSION)
+
+TERMUX_PKG_RM_AFTER_INSTALL="
+bin/
+lib/python${_PYTHON_VERSION}/site-packages/__pycache__
+lib/python${_PYTHON_VERSION}/site-packages/easy-install.pth
+lib/python${_PYTHON_VERSION}/site-packages/site.py
+"
+
+termux_step_post_get_source() {
+	mv numpy-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION[1]} numpy
+	mv Pillow-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION[2]} Pillow
+}
+
+termux_step_pre_configure() {
+	termux_setup_python_crossenv
+	pushd $TERMUX_PYTHON_CROSSENV_SRCDIR
+	_CROSSENV_PREFIX=$TERMUX_PKG_BUILDDIR/python-crossenv-prefix
+	python${_PYTHON_VERSION} -m crossenv \
+		$TERMUX_PREFIX/bin/python${_PYTHON_VERSION} \
+		${_CROSSENV_PREFIX}
+	popd
+	. ${_CROSSENV_PREFIX}/bin/activate
+
+	pushd ${_CROSSENV_PREFIX}/build/lib/python${_PYTHON_VERSION}/site-packages
+	patch --silent -p1 < $TERMUX_PKG_BUILDER_DIR/setuptools-44.1.1-no-bdist_wininst.diff || :
+	popd
+
+	build-pip install numpy
+
+	LDFLAGS+=" -lpython${_PYTHON_VERSION}"
+
+	export NPY_DISABLE_SVML=1
+	pushd $TERMUX_PKG_SRCDIR/numpy
+	pip install .
+	popd
+
+	pushd $TERMUX_PKG_SRCDIR/Pillow
+	INCLUDE=$TERMUX_PREFIX/include LIB=$TERMUX_PREFIX/lib \
+		python setup.py install --force
+	popd
+
+	python setup.py install --force
+}
+
+termux_step_make_install() {
+	export PYTHONPATH=$TERMUX_PREFIX/lib/python${_PYTHON_VERSION}/site-packages
+	python setup.py install --force --prefix $TERMUX_PREFIX
+
+	pushd $PYTHONPATH
+	_MATPLOTLIB_EGGDIR=
+	for f in matplotlib-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}-py${_PYTHON_VERSION}-linux-*.egg; do
+		if [ -d "$f" ]; then
+			_MATPLOTLIB_EGGDIR="$f"
+			break
+		fi
+	done
+	test -n "${_MATPLOTLIB_EGGDIR}"
+	popd
+}
+
+termux_step_create_debscripts() {
+	cat <<- EOF > ./postinst
+	#!$TERMUX_PREFIX/bin/sh
+	echo "Installing dependencies through pip. This may take a while..."
+	pip3 install ${_PKG_PYTHON_DEPENDS}
+	echo "./${_MATPLOTLIB_EGGDIR}" >> $TERMUX_PREFIX/lib/python${_PYTHON_VERSION}/site-packages/easy-install.pth
+	EOF
+
+	cat <<- EOF > ./prerm
+	#!$TERMUX_PREFIX/bin/sh
+	sed -i "/\.\/${_MATPLOTLIB_EGGDIR//./\\.}/d" $TERMUX_PREFIX/lib/python${_PYTHON_VERSION}/site-packages/easy-install.pth
+	EOF
+}
diff --git a/packages/matplotlib/mplsetup.cfg.patch b/packages/matplotlib/mplsetup.cfg.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b46963ce1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/matplotlib/mplsetup.cfg.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+--- a/mplsetup.cfg
++++ b/mplsetup.cfg
+@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
++[libs]
++system_freetype = true
diff --git a/packages/matplotlib/setup.py.patch b/packages/matplotlib/setup.py.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1f2e54be7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/matplotlib/setup.py.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+--- a/setup.py
++++ b/setup.py
+@@ -316,13 +316,13 @@
+     setup_requires=[
+         "certifi>=2020.06.20",
+         "numpy>=1.17",
+-        "setuptools_scm>=4",
++        "setuptools_scm<5,>=4",
+         "setuptools_scm_git_archive",
+     ],
+     install_requires=[
+         "cycler>=0.10",
+         "fonttools>=4.22.0",
+-        "kiwisolver>=1.0.1",
++        "kiwisolver<1.4.0,>=1.0.1",
+         "numpy>=1.17",
+         "packaging>=20.0",
+         "pillow>=6.2.0",
diff --git a/packages/matplotlib/setuptools-44.1.1-no-bdist_wininst.diff b/packages/matplotlib/setuptools-44.1.1-no-bdist_wininst.diff
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ed7f7e7b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/matplotlib/setuptools-44.1.1-no-bdist_wininst.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+Copyright (C) 2016 Jason R Coombs <jaraco@jaraco.com>
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
+this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
+the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to
+use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies
+of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do
+so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
+
+--- a/setuptools/command/install_scripts.py
++++ b/setuptools/command/install_scripts.py
+@@ -32,12 +32,7 @@
+         )
+         bs_cmd = self.get_finalized_command('build_scripts')
+         exec_param = getattr(bs_cmd, 'executable', None)
+-        bw_cmd = self.get_finalized_command("bdist_wininst")
+-        is_wininst = getattr(bw_cmd, '_is_running', False)
+         writer = ei.ScriptWriter
+-        if is_wininst:
+-            exec_param = "python.exe"
+-            writer = ei.WindowsScriptWriter
+         if exec_param == sys.executable:
+             # In case the path to the Python executable contains a space, wrap
+             # it so it's not split up.