diff --git a/news/581.new.rst b/news/581.new.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b8366afff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/581.new.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add hook for pylibmagic
diff --git a/requirements-test-libraries.txt b/requirements-test-libraries.txt
index c27f00586..eed20896a 100644
--- a/requirements-test-libraries.txt
+++ b/requirements-test-libraries.txt
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ pycparser==2.21
 pycryptodome==3.17
 pycryptodomex==3.17
 pyexcelerate==0.10.0
+pylibmagic==0.3.1; sys_platform != 'win32' and python_version >= '3.7'
 pylint==2.17.4
 pypemicro==0.1.11
 pyphen==0.14.0
diff --git a/src/_pyinstaller_hooks_contrib/hooks/stdhooks/hook-pylibmagic.py b/src/_pyinstaller_hooks_contrib/hooks/stdhooks/hook-pylibmagic.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4b6221922
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/_pyinstaller_hooks_contrib/hooks/stdhooks/hook-pylibmagic.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------
+# 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
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+"""
+Pylibmagic contains data files (libmagic compiled and configurations) required to use the python-magic package.
+"""
+
+from PyInstaller.utils.hooks import collect_data_files
+
+datas = collect_data_files("pylibmagic")
diff --git a/src/_pyinstaller_hooks_contrib/tests/test_libraries.py b/src/_pyinstaller_hooks_contrib/tests/test_libraries.py
index 8f761f2e7..e6b4945e9 100644
--- a/src/_pyinstaller_hooks_contrib/tests/test_libraries.py
+++ b/src/_pyinstaller_hooks_contrib/tests/test_libraries.py
@@ -1559,3 +1559,18 @@ def test_customtkinter(pyi_builder):
     pyi_builder.test_source("""
         import customtkinter
     """)
+
+
+@importorskip('pylibmagic')
+def test_pylibmagic(pyi_builder):
+    pyi_builder.test_source("""
+        import pylibmagic
+        import os
+
+        bundle_dir = os.path.normpath(sys._MEIPASS)
+        pylibmagic_data_path = f"{bundle_dir}/pylibmagic"
+        assert os.path.isfile(f"{bundle_dir}/libmagic.so.1", \
+            f"The libmagic compiled file was not collected to _MEIPASS!"
+        assert os.path.isfile(f"{bundle_dir}/magic.mgc", \
+            f"The magic.mgc file was not collected to _MEIPASS!"
+    """)