diff --git a/homeassistant/package_constraints.txt b/homeassistant/package_constraints.txt
index 17b46e97cd4..d47b4e304d9 100644
--- a/homeassistant/package_constraints.txt
+++ b/homeassistant/package_constraints.txt
@@ -149,3 +149,7 @@ pyOpenSSL>=23.0.0
 # uamqp newer versions we currently can't build for armv7/armhf
 # Limit this to Python 3.10, to not block Python 3.11 dev for now
 uamqp==1.6.0;python_version<'3.11'
+
+# faust-cchardet: Ensure we have a version we can build wheels
+# 2.1.18 is the first version that works with our wheel builder
+faust-cchardet>=2.1.18
diff --git a/script/gen_requirements_all.py b/script/gen_requirements_all.py
index be1f623eb50..9f08f0b6289 100755
--- a/script/gen_requirements_all.py
+++ b/script/gen_requirements_all.py
@@ -157,6 +157,10 @@ pyOpenSSL>=23.0.0
 # uamqp newer versions we currently can't build for armv7/armhf
 # Limit this to Python 3.10, to not block Python 3.11 dev for now
 uamqp==1.6.0;python_version<'3.11'
+
+# faust-cchardet: Ensure we have a version we can build wheels
+# 2.1.18 is the first version that works with our wheel builder
+faust-cchardet>=2.1.18
 """
 
 IGNORE_PRE_COMMIT_HOOK_ID = (