diff --git a/scripts/wheel-rpc-server.py b/scripts/wheel-rpc-server.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Build Python wheels for deltachat-rpc-server.
+Run scripts/zig-rpc-server.sh first."""
+from pathlib import Path
+from wheel.wheelfile import WheelFile
+import tomllib
+
+
+def build_wheel(version, binary, tag):
+    filename = f"dist/deltachat_rpc_server-{version}-{tag}.whl"
+
+    with WheelFile(filename, "w") as wheel:
+        wheel.write("LICENSE", "deltachat_rpc_server/LICENSE")
+        wheel.write("deltachat-rpc-server/README.md", "deltachat_rpc_server/README.md")
+        wheel.writestr(
+            "deltachat_rpc_server/__init__.py",
+            """import os, sys
+def main():
+    argv = [os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "deltachat-rpc-server"), *sys.argv[1:]]
+    os.execv(argv[0], argv)
+""",
+        )
+
+        wheel.write(
+            binary,
+            "deltachat_rpc_server/deltachat-rpc-server",
+        )
+        wheel.writestr(
+            f"deltachat_rpc_server-{version}.dist-info/METADATA",
+            f"""Metadata-Version: 2.1
+Name: deltachat-rpc-server
+Version: {version}
+Summary: Delta Chat JSON-RPC server
+""",
+        )
+        wheel.writestr(
+            f"deltachat_rpc_server-{version}.dist-info/WHEEL",
+            "Wheel-Version: 1.0\nRoot-Is-Purelib: false\nTag: {tag}",
+        )
+        wheel.writestr(
+            f"deltachat_rpc_server-{version}.dist-info/entry_points.txt",
+            "[console_scripts]\ndeltachat-rpc-server = deltachat_rpc_server:main",
+        )
+
+
+def main():
+    with open("deltachat-rpc-server/Cargo.toml", "rb") as f:
+        cargo_toml = tomllib.load(f)
+        version = cargo_toml["package"]["version"]
+    Path("dist").mkdir(exist_ok=True)
+    build_wheel(
+        version,
+        "target/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/release/deltachat-rpc-server",
+        "py3-none-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.musllinux_1_1_x86_64",
+    )
+    build_wheel(
+        version,
+        "target/armv7-unknown-linux-musleabihf/release/deltachat-rpc-server",
+        "py3-none-manylinux_2_17_armv7l.manylinux2014_armv7l.musllinux_1_1_armv7l",
+    )
+    build_wheel(
+        version,
+        "target/aarch64-unknown-linux-musl/release/deltachat-rpc-server",
+        "py3-none-manylinux_2_17_aarch64.manylinux2014_aarch64.musllinux_1_1_aarch64",
+    )
+    build_wheel(
+        version,
+        "target/i686-unknown-linux-musl/release/deltachat-rpc-server",
+        "py3-none-manylinux_2_12_i686.manylinux2010_i686.musllinux_1_1_i686",
+    )
+
+
+main()