diff --git a/gnu/packages/fontutils.scm b/gnu/packages/fontutils.scm
index 1b4e0064f4..e5170b5ae3 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/fontutils.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/fontutils.scm
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2021 Sarah Morgensen <iskarian@mgsn.dev>
 ;;; Copyright © 2022 Felipe Balbi <balbi@kernel.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2023 gemmaro <gemmaro.dev@gmail.com>
+;;; Copyright © 2023 John Kehayias <john.kehayias@protonmail.com>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -124,6 +125,16 @@ anti-aliased glyph bitmap generation with 256 gray levels.")
     (license license:freetype)          ; some files have other licenses
     (home-page "https://freetype.org/")))
 
+;; TODO: Make this change directly in freetype in the next large rebuild cycle
+;; and remove this package.
+(define-public freetype-with-brotli
+  (package
+    (inherit freetype)
+    (name "freetype-with-brotli")
+    (propagated-inputs
+     (modify-inputs (package-propagated-inputs freetype)
+       (prepend brotli)))))
+
 (define-public opentype-sanitizer
   (package
     (name "opentype-sanitizer")