diff --git a/mkit.profiles.sh b/mkit.profiles.sh
index dbd9606..4119250 100755
--- a/mkit.profiles.sh
+++ b/mkit.profiles.sh
@@ -461,6 +461,12 @@ profile_bzip2()
  add_run_dep bzip2
 }
 
+profile_cantera()
+{
+ add_run_dep fmt
+ add_run_dep cantera
+}
+
 profile_proj()
 {
  profile_curl
diff --git a/modules/cantera/build.sh b/modules/cantera/build.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..667d2e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/cantera/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#
+# cantera
+#
+build_cantera()
+{
+ typeset rc local_venv
+ [ -z "$VIRTUAL_ENV" ] &&
+ {
+  local_venv="/tmp/venv_$RANDOM"
+
+  mkdir "$local_venv" && python3 -m venv "$local_venv" && . "$local_venv/bin/activate"
+  [ $? -ne 0 ] && return 1
+ }
+
+ pip3 install scons numpy cython wheel &&  # this should be run in a virtualenv
+ scons build optimize=n prefix="$prefix" -f "$srcdir_cantera/SConstruct"
+ rc=$?
+
+ [ -d "$local_venv" ] &&
+ {
+   rm -rf "$local_venv"
+ }
+ return $rc
+}
diff --git a/modules/fmt/build.sh b/modules/fmt/build.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac0a610
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/fmt/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+build_fmt()
+{
+ build_raw_lite fmt
+
+ return $?
+}
diff --git a/modules/fmt/hooks/configure.sh b/modules/fmt/hooks/configure.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f54ac0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/fmt/hooks/configure.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# generate Makefiles with cmake/"bootstrap"
+
+ cd ${BUILDDIR}/fmt
+ cmake "${srcdir_fmt}"  -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${prefix}