diff --git a/bumblebee_status/modules/contrib/persian_date.py b/bumblebee_status/modules/contrib/persian_date.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e3eded
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bumblebee_status/modules/contrib/persian_date.py
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# pylint: disable=C0111,R0903
+
+"""Displays the current date and time in Persian(Jalali) Calendar.
+
+Requires the following python packages:
+    * jdatetime
+
+Parameters:
+    * datetime.format: strftime()-compatible formatting string. default: "%A %d %B" e.g., "جمعه ۱۳ اسفند"
+    * datetime.locale: locale to use. default: "fa_IR"
+"""
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+import jdatetime
+import locale
+
+import core.module
+import core.widget
+import core.input
+
+
+class Module(core.module.Module):
+    def __init__(self, config, theme):
+        super().__init__(config, theme, core.widget.Widget(self.full_text))
+
+        l = ("fa_IR", "UTF-8")
+        lcl = self.parameter("locale", ".".join(l))
+        try:
+            locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, lcl.split("."))
+        except Exception as e:
+            locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, ("fa_IR", "UTF-8"))
+
+    def default_format(self):
+        return "%A %d %B"
+
+    def full_text(self, widget):
+        enc = locale.getpreferredencoding()
+        fmt = self.parameter("format", self.default_format())
+        retval = jdatetime.datetime.now().strftime(fmt)
+        if hasattr(retval, "decode"):
+            return retval.decode(enc)
+        return retval
+
+
+# vim: tabstop=8 expandtab shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
diff --git a/themes/icons/awesome-fonts.json b/themes/icons/awesome-fonts.json
index 9f14da9..f85dfd8 100644
--- a/themes/icons/awesome-fonts.json
+++ b/themes/icons/awesome-fonts.json
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     "default-separators": false
   },
   "date": { "prefix": "" },
+  "persian_date": { "prefix": "" },
   "time": { "prefix": "" },
   "datetime": { "prefix": "" },
   "datetz": { "prefix": "" },