diff --git a/easybuild/framework/easyconfig/templates.py b/easybuild/framework/easyconfig/templates.py
index a1ef4d42b7..6b3ba8763d 100644
--- a/easybuild/framework/easyconfig/templates.py
+++ b/easybuild/framework/easyconfig/templates.py
@@ -155,6 +155,19 @@
         ('SOURCE_%s' % suffix, '%(name)s-%(version)s.' + ext, "Source .%s bundle" % ext),
         ('SOURCELOWER_%s' % suffix, '%(namelower)s-%(version)s.' + ext, "Source .%s bundle with lowercase name" % ext),
     ]
+for pyver in ('py2.py3', 'py2', 'py3'):
+    if pyver == 'py2.py3':
+        desc = 'Python 2 & Python 3'
+        name_infix = ''
+    else:
+        desc = 'Python ' + pyver[-1]
+        name_infix = pyver.upper() + '_'
+    TEMPLATE_CONSTANTS += [
+        ('SOURCE_%sWHL' % name_infix, '%%(name)s-%%(version)s-%s-none-any.whl' % pyver,
+         'Generic (non-compiled) %s wheel package' % desc),
+        ('SOURCELOWER_%sWHL' % name_infix, '%%(namelower)s-%%(version)s-%s-none-any.whl' % pyver,
+         'Generic (non-compiled) %s wheel package with lowercase name' % desc),
+    ]
 
 # TODO derived config templates
 # versionmajor, versionminor, versionmajorminor (eg '.'.join(version.split('.')[:2])) )
diff --git a/test/framework/easyconfig.py b/test/framework/easyconfig.py
index 777f9ffdb7..f1a3b62efc 100644
--- a/test/framework/easyconfig.py
+++ b/test/framework/easyconfig.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 import stat
 import sys
 import tempfile
+import textwrap
 from distutils.version import LooseVersion
 from test.framework.utilities import EnhancedTestCase, TestLoaderFiltered, init_config
 from unittest import TextTestRunner
@@ -1183,6 +1184,37 @@ def test_java_wrapper_templating(self):
 
         self.assertEqual(eb['modloadmsg'], "Java: 11, 11, 11")
 
+    def test_python_whl_templating(self):
+        """test templating for Python wheels"""
+
+        self.contents = textwrap.dedent("""
+            easyblock = "ConfigureMake"
+            name = "Pi"
+            version = "3.14"
+            homepage = "https://example.com"
+            description = "test easyconfig"
+            toolchain = {"name":"GCC", "version": "4.6.3"}
+            sources = [
+                SOURCE_WHL,
+                SOURCELOWER_WHL,
+                SOURCE_PY2_WHL,
+                SOURCELOWER_PY2_WHL,
+                SOURCE_PY3_WHL,
+                SOURCELOWER_PY3_WHL,
+            ]
+        """)
+        self.prep()
+        ec = EasyConfig(self.eb_file)
+
+        sources = ec['sources']
+
+        self.assertEqual(sources[0], 'Pi-3.14-py2.py3-none-any.whl')
+        self.assertEqual(sources[1], 'pi-3.14-py2.py3-none-any.whl')
+        self.assertEqual(sources[2], 'Pi-3.14-py2-none-any.whl')
+        self.assertEqual(sources[3], 'pi-3.14-py2-none-any.whl')
+        self.assertEqual(sources[4], 'Pi-3.14-py3-none-any.whl')
+        self.assertEqual(sources[5], 'pi-3.14-py3-none-any.whl')
+
     def test_templating_doc(self):
         """test templating documentation"""
         doc = avail_easyconfig_templates()