diff --git a/TTS/tts/utils/text/belarusian/__init__.py b/TTS/tts/utils/text/belarusian/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/TTS/tts/utils/text/belarusian/phonemizer.py b/TTS/tts/utils/text/belarusian/phonemizer.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3c07a209
--- /dev/null
+++ b/TTS/tts/utils/text/belarusian/phonemizer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import os
+
+finder = None
+
+
+def init():
+    try:
+        import jpype
+        import jpype.imports
+    except ModuleNotFoundError:
+        raise ModuleNotFoundError("Belarusian phonemizer requires to install module 'jpype1' manually. Try `pip install jpype1`.")
+
+    try:
+        jar_path = os.environ["BEL_FANETYKA_JAR"]
+    except KeyError:
+        raise KeyError("You need to define 'BEL_FANETYKA_JAR' environment variable as path to the fanetyka.jar file")
+
+    jpype.startJVM(classpath=[jar_path])
+
+    # import the Java modules
+    from org.alex73.korpus.base import GrammarDB2, GrammarFinder
+
+    grammar_db = GrammarDB2.initializeFromJar()
+    global finder
+    finder = GrammarFinder(grammar_db)
+
+
+def belarusian_text_to_phonemes(text: str) -> str:
+    # Initialize only on first run
+    if finder is None:
+        init()
+
+    from org.alex73.fanetyka.impl import FanetykaText
+    return str(FanetykaText(finder, text).ipa)
diff --git a/TTS/tts/utils/text/phonemizers/__init__.py b/TTS/tts/utils/text/phonemizers/__init__.py
index 5c285731..638184fd 100644
--- a/TTS/tts/utils/text/phonemizers/__init__.py
+++ b/TTS/tts/utils/text/phonemizers/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from TTS.tts.utils.text.phonemizers.bangla_phonemizer import BN_Phonemizer
+from TTS.tts.utils.text.phonemizers.belarusian_phonemizer import BEL_Phonemizer
 from TTS.tts.utils.text.phonemizers.base import BasePhonemizer
 from TTS.tts.utils.text.phonemizers.espeak_wrapper import ESpeak
 from TTS.tts.utils.text.phonemizers.gruut_wrapper import Gruut
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ DEF_LANG_TO_PHONEMIZER["en"] = DEF_LANG_TO_PHONEMIZER["en-us"]
 DEF_LANG_TO_PHONEMIZER["zh-cn"] = ZH_CN_Phonemizer.name()
 DEF_LANG_TO_PHONEMIZER["ko-kr"] = KO_KR_Phonemizer.name()
 DEF_LANG_TO_PHONEMIZER["bn"] = BN_Phonemizer.name()
+DEF_LANG_TO_PHONEMIZER["be"] = BEL_Phonemizer.name()
 
 
 # JA phonemizer has deal breaking dependencies like MeCab for some systems.
@@ -68,6 +70,8 @@ def get_phonemizer_by_name(name: str, **kwargs) -> BasePhonemizer:
         return KO_KR_Phonemizer(**kwargs)
     if name == "bn_phonemizer":
         return BN_Phonemizer(**kwargs)
+    if name == "be_phonemizer":
+        return BEL_Phonemizer(**kwargs)
     raise ValueError(f"Phonemizer {name} not found")
 
 
diff --git a/TTS/tts/utils/text/phonemizers/belarusian_phonemizer.py b/TTS/tts/utils/text/phonemizers/belarusian_phonemizer.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fb620766
--- /dev/null
+++ b/TTS/tts/utils/text/phonemizers/belarusian_phonemizer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+from typing import Dict
+
+from TTS.tts.utils.text.phonemizers.base import BasePhonemizer
+from TTS.tts.utils.text.belarusian.phonemizer import belarusian_text_to_phonemes
+
+_DEF_BE_PUNCS = ",!."  # TODO
+
+
+class BEL_Phonemizer(BasePhonemizer):
+    """🐸TTS be phonemizer using functions in `TTS.tts.utils.text.belarusian.phonemizer`
+
+    Args:
+        punctuations (str):
+            Set of characters to be treated as punctuation. Defaults to `_DEF_BE_PUNCS`.
+
+        keep_puncs (bool):
+            If True, keep the punctuations after phonemization. Defaults to False.
+    """
+
+    language = "be"
+
+    def __init__(self, punctuations=_DEF_BE_PUNCS, keep_puncs=True, **kwargs):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
+        super().__init__(self.language, punctuations=punctuations, keep_puncs=keep_puncs)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def name():
+        return "be_phonemizer"
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def phonemize_be(text: str, separator: str = "|") -> str:  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
+        return belarusian_text_to_phonemes(text)
+
+    def _phonemize(self, text, separator):
+        return self.phonemize_be(text, separator)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def supported_languages() -> Dict:
+        return {"be": "Belarusian"}
+
+    def version(self) -> str:
+        return "0.0.1"
+
+    def is_available(self) -> bool:
+        return True
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    txt = "тэст"
+    e = BEL_Phonemizer()
+    print(e.supported_languages())
+    print(e.version())
+    print(e.language)
+    print(e.name())
+    print(e.is_available())
+    print("`" + e.phonemize(txt) + "`")
diff --git a/recipes/bel-alex73/train_glowtts.py b/recipes/bel-alex73/train_glowtts.py
index e0827cdc..24b62d79 100644
--- a/recipes/bel-alex73/train_glowtts.py
+++ b/recipes/bel-alex73/train_glowtts.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ config = GlowTTSConfig(
     output_path=output_path,
     add_blank=True,
     datasets=[dataset_config],
-    characters=characters,
+#    characters=characters,
     enable_eos_bos_chars=True,
     mixed_precision=False,
     save_step=10000,
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ config = GlowTTSConfig(
     text_cleaner="no_cleaners",
     audio=audio_config,
     test_sentences=[],
+    use_phonemes=True,
+    phoneme_language="be",
 )
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/tests/text_tests/test_belarusian_phonemizer.py b/tests/text_tests/test_belarusian_phonemizer.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..278ee8be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/text_tests/test_belarusian_phonemizer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import os
+import warnings
+import unittest
+
+from TTS.tts.utils.text.belarusian.phonemizer import belarusian_text_to_phonemes
+
+_TEST_CASES = """
+Фанетычны канвертар/fanʲɛˈtɨt͡ʂnɨ kanˈvʲɛrtar
+Гэтак мы працавалі/ˈɣɛtak ˈmɨ prat͡saˈvalʲi
+"""
+
+
+class TestText(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_belarusian_text_to_phonemes(self):
+        try:
+            os.environ["BEL_FANETYKA_JAR"]
+        except KeyError:
+            warnings.warn(
+                "You need to define 'BEL_FANETYKA_JAR' environment variable as path to the fanetyka.jar file to test Belarusian phonemizer",
+                Warning)
+            return
+
+        for line in _TEST_CASES.strip().split("\n"):
+            text, phonemes = line.split("/")
+            self.assertEqual(belarusian_text_to_phonemes(text), phonemes)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()