diff --git a/news/674.new.1.rst b/news/674.new.1.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d0b517d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/674.new.1.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Add a hook for ``freetype`` that collects the shared library that is
+bundled with ``freetype-py`` PyPI wheels.
diff --git a/requirements-test-libraries.txt b/requirements-test-libraries.txt
index 9a59493f..e1c5e42c 100644
--- a/requirements-test-libraries.txt
+++ b/requirements-test-libraries.txt
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ sspilib==0.1.0
 rlp==4.0.0
 eth-rlp==1.0.0
 z3c.rml==4.4.0
+freetype-py==2.4.0
 
 # ------------------- Platform (OS) specifics
 
diff --git a/src/_pyinstaller_hooks_contrib/hooks/stdhooks/hook-freetype.py b/src/_pyinstaller_hooks_contrib/hooks/stdhooks/hook-freetype.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..39705585
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+++ b/src/_pyinstaller_hooks_contrib/hooks/stdhooks/hook-freetype.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright (c) 2023 PyInstaller Development Team.
+#
+# This file is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public
+# License (version 2.0 or later).
+#
+# The full license is available in LICENSE.GPL.txt, distributed with
+# this software.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+from PyInstaller.utils.hooks import collect_dynamic_libs
+
+# Collect the bundled freetype shared library, if available.
+binaries = collect_dynamic_libs('freetype')
diff --git a/src/_pyinstaller_hooks_contrib/tests/test_libraries.py b/src/_pyinstaller_hooks_contrib/tests/test_libraries.py
index 73164105..daee18a4 100644
--- a/src/_pyinstaller_hooks_contrib/tests/test_libraries.py
+++ b/src/_pyinstaller_hooks_contrib/tests/test_libraries.py
@@ -1945,3 +1945,30 @@ def test_z3c_rml_rml2pdf(pyi_builder):
 
         pdf_bytes = rml2pdf.parseString(rml)
     """)
+
+
+@importorskip('freetype')
+def test_pyi_freetype(pyi_builder):
+    pyi_builder.test_source("""
+        import sys
+        import pathlib
+
+        import freetype
+
+        # Ensure that the freetype shared library is bundled with the frozen application; otherwise, freetype might be
+        # using system-wide library.
+
+        # First, check that freetype.FT_Library_filename is an absolute path; otherwise, it is likely using
+        # basename-only ctypes fallback.
+        ft_library_file = pathlib.Path(freetype.FT_Library_filename)
+        print(f"FT library file (original): {ft_library_file}", file=sys.stderr)
+        assert ft_library_file.is_absolute(), "FT library file is not an absolute path!"
+
+        # Check that fully-resolved freetype.FT_Library_filename is anchored in fully-resolved frozen application
+        # directory.
+        app_dir = pathlib.Path(__file__).resolve().parent
+        print(f"Application directory: {app_dir}", file=sys.stderr)
+        ft_library_path = pathlib.Path(ft_library_file).resolve()
+        print(f"FT library file (resolved): {ft_library_path}", file=sys.stderr)
+        assert app_dir in ft_library_path.parents, "FT library is not bundled with frozen application!"
+    """)