diff --git a/mpy-cross/mpconfigport.h b/mpy-cross/mpconfigport.h
index 96d3726562..e7c8edf135 100644
--- a/mpy-cross/mpconfigport.h
+++ b/mpy-cross/mpconfigport.h
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@
 #define MICROPY_CPYTHON_COMPAT      (1)
 #define MICROPY_USE_INTERNAL_PRINTF (0)
 
+#define MICROPY_PY_FSTRINGS         (1)
 #define MICROPY_PY_BUILTINS_STR_UNICODE (1)
 
 #if !(defined(MICROPY_GCREGS_SETJMP) || defined(__x86_64__) || defined(__i386__) || defined(__thumb2__) || defined(__thumb__) || defined(__arm__))
diff --git a/ports/unix/mpconfigport.h b/ports/unix/mpconfigport.h
index d838f42b3f..de5a65ab73 100644
--- a/ports/unix/mpconfigport.h
+++ b/ports/unix/mpconfigport.h
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@
 #define MICROPY_PY_FUNCTION_ATTRS   (1)
 #define MICROPY_PY_DESCRIPTORS      (1)
 #define MICROPY_PY_DELATTR_SETATTR  (1)
+#define MICROPY_PY_FSTRINGS         (1)
 #define MICROPY_PY_BUILTINS_STR_UNICODE (1)
 #define MICROPY_PY_BUILTINS_STR_CENTER (1)
 #define MICROPY_PY_BUILTINS_STR_PARTITION (1)
diff --git a/ports/windows/mpconfigport.h b/ports/windows/mpconfigport.h
index 6421c93bdb..ffcb5b105f 100644
--- a/ports/windows/mpconfigport.h
+++ b/ports/windows/mpconfigport.h
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
 #define MICROPY_PY_FUNCTION_ATTRS   (1)
 #define MICROPY_PY_DESCRIPTORS      (1)
 #define MICROPY_PY_DELATTR_SETATTR  (1)
+#define MICROPY_PY_FSTRINGS         (1)
 #define MICROPY_PY_BUILTINS_STR_UNICODE (1)
 #define MICROPY_PY_BUILTINS_STR_CENTER (1)
 #define MICROPY_PY_BUILTINS_STR_PARTITION (1)
diff --git a/py/lexer.c b/py/lexer.c
index 07ea2b96ab..ba118c9d2f 100644
--- a/py/lexer.c
+++ b/py/lexer.c
@@ -62,6 +62,12 @@ STATIC bool is_char_or3(mp_lexer_t *lex, byte c1, byte c2, byte c3) {
     return lex->chr0 == c1 || lex->chr0 == c2 || lex->chr0 == c3;
 }
 
+#if MICROPY_PY_FSTRINGS
+STATIC bool is_char_or4(mp_lexer_t *lex, byte c1, byte c2, byte c3, byte c4) {
+    return lex->chr0 == c1 || lex->chr0 == c2 || lex->chr0 == c3 || lex->chr0 == c4;
+}
+#endif
+
 STATIC bool is_char_following(mp_lexer_t *lex, byte c) {
     return lex->chr1 == c;
 }
@@ -105,7 +111,13 @@ STATIC bool is_following_odigit(mp_lexer_t *lex) {
 
 STATIC bool is_string_or_bytes(mp_lexer_t *lex) {
     return is_char_or(lex, '\'', '\"')
+           #if MICROPY_PY_FSTRINGS
+           || (is_char_or4(lex, 'r', 'u', 'b', 'f') && is_char_following_or(lex, '\'', '\"'))
+           || (((is_char_and(lex, 'r', 'f') || is_char_and(lex, 'f', 'r'))
+               && is_char_following_following_or(lex, '\'', '\"')))
+           #else
            || (is_char_or3(lex, 'r', 'u', 'b') && is_char_following_or(lex, '\'', '\"'))
+           #endif
            || ((is_char_and(lex, 'r', 'b') || is_char_and(lex, 'b', 'r'))
                && is_char_following_following_or(lex, '\'', '\"'));
 }
@@ -132,9 +144,35 @@ STATIC void next_char(mp_lexer_t *lex) {
         ++lex->column;
     }
 
+    // shift the input queue forward
     lex->chr0 = lex->chr1;
     lex->chr1 = lex->chr2;
-    lex->chr2 = lex->reader.readbyte(lex->reader.data);
+
+    // and add the next byte from either the fstring args or the reader
+    #if MICROPY_PY_FSTRINGS
+    if (lex->fstring_args_idx) {
+        // if there are saved chars, then we're currently injecting fstring args
+        if (lex->fstring_args_idx < lex->fstring_args.len) {
+            lex->chr2 = lex->fstring_args.buf[lex->fstring_args_idx++];
+        } else {
+            // no more fstring arg bytes
+            lex->chr2 = '\0';
+        }
+
+        if (lex->chr0 == '\0') {
+            // consumed all fstring data, restore saved input queue
+            lex->chr0 = lex->chr0_saved;
+            lex->chr1 = lex->chr1_saved;
+            lex->chr2 = lex->chr2_saved;
+            // stop consuming fstring arg data
+            vstr_reset(&lex->fstring_args);
+            lex->fstring_args_idx = 0;
+        }
+    } else
+    #endif
+    {
+        lex->chr2 = lex->reader.readbyte(lex->reader.data);
+    }
 
     if (lex->chr1 == '\r') {
         // CR is a new line, converted to LF
@@ -272,7 +310,7 @@ STATIC bool get_hex(mp_lexer_t *lex, size_t num_digits, mp_uint_t *result) {
     return true;
 }
 
-STATIC void parse_string_literal(mp_lexer_t *lex, bool is_raw) {
+STATIC void parse_string_literal(mp_lexer_t *lex, bool is_raw, bool is_fstring) {
     // get first quoting character
     char quote_char = '\'';
     if (is_char(lex, '\"')) {
@@ -293,12 +331,57 @@ STATIC void parse_string_literal(mp_lexer_t *lex, bool is_raw) {
     }
 
     size_t n_closing = 0;
+    #if MICROPY_PY_FSTRINGS
+    if (is_fstring) {
+        // assume there's going to be interpolation, so prep the injection data
+        // fstring_args_idx==0 && len(fstring_args)>0 means we're extracting the args.
+        // only when fstring_args_idx>0 will we consume the arg data
+        // note: lex->fstring_args will be empty already (it's reset when finished)
+        vstr_add_str(&lex->fstring_args, ".format(");
+    }
+    #endif
+
     while (!is_end(lex) && (num_quotes > 1 || !is_char(lex, '\n')) && n_closing < num_quotes) {
         if (is_char(lex, quote_char)) {
             n_closing += 1;
             vstr_add_char(&lex->vstr, CUR_CHAR(lex));
         } else {
             n_closing = 0;
+
+            #if MICROPY_PY_FSTRINGS
+            while (is_fstring && is_char(lex, '{')) {
+                next_char(lex);
+                if (is_char(lex, '{')) {
+                    // "{{" is passed through unchanged to be handled by str.format
+                    vstr_add_byte(&lex->vstr, '{');
+                    next_char(lex);
+                } else {
+                    // remember the start of this argument (if we need it for f'{a=}').
+                    size_t i = lex->fstring_args.len;
+                    // extract characters inside the { until we reach the
+                    // format specifier or closing }.
+                    // (MicroPython limitation) note: this is completely unaware of
+                    // Python syntax and will not handle any expression containing '}' or ':'.
+                    // e.g. f'{"}"}' or f'{foo({})}'.
+                    while (!is_end(lex) && !is_char_or(lex, ':', '}')) {
+                        // like the default case at the end of this function, stay 8-bit clean
+                        vstr_add_byte(&lex->fstring_args, CUR_CHAR(lex));
+                        next_char(lex);
+                    }
+                    if (lex->fstring_args.buf[lex->fstring_args.len - 1] == '=') {
+                        // if the last character of the arg was '=', then inject "arg=" before the '{'.
+                        // f'{a=}' --> 'a={}'.format(a)
+                        vstr_add_strn(&lex->vstr, lex->fstring_args.buf + i, lex->fstring_args.len - i);
+                        // remove the trailing '='
+                        lex->fstring_args.len--;
+                    }
+                    // comma-separate args
+                    vstr_add_byte(&lex->fstring_args, ',');
+                }
+                vstr_add_byte(&lex->vstr, '{');
+            }
+            #endif
+
             if (is_char(lex, '\\')) {
                 next_char(lex);
                 unichar c = CUR_CHAR(lex);
@@ -451,6 +534,23 @@ STATIC bool skip_whitespace(mp_lexer_t *lex, bool stop_at_newline) {
 }
 
 void mp_lexer_to_next(mp_lexer_t *lex) {
+    #if MICROPY_PY_FSTRINGS
+    if (lex->fstring_args.len && lex->fstring_args_idx == 0) {
+        // moving onto the next token means the literal string is complete.
+        // switch into injecting the format args.
+        vstr_add_byte(&lex->fstring_args, ')');
+        lex->chr0_saved = lex->chr0;
+        lex->chr1_saved = lex->chr1;
+        lex->chr2_saved = lex->chr2;
+        lex->chr0 = lex->fstring_args.buf[0];
+        lex->chr1 = lex->fstring_args.buf[1];
+        lex->chr2 = lex->fstring_args.buf[2];
+        // we've already extracted 3 chars, but setting this non-zero also
+        // means we'll start consuming the fstring data
+        lex->fstring_args_idx = 3;
+    }
+    #endif
+
     // start new token text
     vstr_reset(&lex->vstr);
 
@@ -506,6 +606,7 @@ void mp_lexer_to_next(mp_lexer_t *lex) {
         do {
             // parse type codes
             bool is_raw = false;
+            bool is_fstring = false;
             mp_token_kind_t kind = MP_TOKEN_STRING;
             int n_char = 0;
             if (is_char(lex, 'u')) {
@@ -524,7 +625,25 @@ void mp_lexer_to_next(mp_lexer_t *lex) {
                     kind = MP_TOKEN_BYTES;
                     n_char = 2;
                 }
+                #if MICROPY_PY_FSTRINGS
+                if (is_char_following(lex, 'f')) {
+                    // raw-f-strings unsupported, immediately return (invalid) token.
+                    lex->tok_kind = MP_TOKEN_FSTRING_RAW;
+                    break;
+                }
+                #endif
             }
+            #if MICROPY_PY_FSTRINGS
+            else if (is_char(lex, 'f')) {
+                if (is_char_following(lex, 'r')) {
+                    // raw-f-strings unsupported, immediately return (invalid) token.
+                    lex->tok_kind = MP_TOKEN_FSTRING_RAW;
+                    break;
+                }
+                n_char = 1;
+                is_fstring = true;
+            }
+            #endif
 
             // Set or check token kind
             if (lex->tok_kind == MP_TOKEN_END) {
@@ -543,7 +662,7 @@ void mp_lexer_to_next(mp_lexer_t *lex) {
             }
 
             // Parse the literal
-            parse_string_literal(lex, is_raw);
+            parse_string_literal(lex, is_raw, is_fstring);
 
             // Skip whitespace so we can check if there's another string following
             skip_whitespace(lex, true);
@@ -703,6 +822,9 @@ mp_lexer_t *mp_lexer_new(qstr src_name, mp_reader_t reader) {
     lex->num_indent_level = 1;
     lex->indent_level = m_new(uint16_t, lex->alloc_indent_level);
     vstr_init(&lex->vstr, 32);
+    #if MICROPY_PY_FSTRINGS
+    vstr_init(&lex->fstring_args, 0);
+    #endif
 
     // store sentinel for first indentation level
     lex->indent_level[0] = 0;
diff --git a/py/lexer.h b/py/lexer.h
index 91767a44bf..e16b9a8ce8 100644
--- a/py/lexer.h
+++ b/py/lexer.h
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ typedef enum _mp_token_kind_t {
     MP_TOKEN_INVALID,
     MP_TOKEN_DEDENT_MISMATCH,
     MP_TOKEN_LONELY_STRING_OPEN,
+    #if MICROPY_PY_FSTRINGS
+    MP_TOKEN_MALFORMED_FSTRING,
+    MP_TOKEN_FSTRING_RAW,
+    #endif
 
     MP_TOKEN_NEWLINE,
     MP_TOKEN_INDENT,
@@ -158,6 +162,9 @@ typedef struct _mp_lexer_t {
     mp_reader_t reader;         // stream source
 
     unichar chr0, chr1, chr2;   // current cached characters from source
+    #if MICROPY_PY_FSTRINGS
+    unichar chr0_saved, chr1_saved, chr2_saved; // current cached characters from alt source
+    #endif
 
     size_t line;                // current source line
     size_t column;              // current source column
@@ -173,6 +180,10 @@ typedef struct _mp_lexer_t {
     size_t tok_column;          // token source column
     mp_token_kind_t tok_kind;   // token kind
     vstr_t vstr;                // token data
+    #if MICROPY_PY_FSTRINGS
+    vstr_t fstring_args;        // extracted arguments to pass to .format()
+    size_t fstring_args_idx;    // how many bytes of fstring_args have been read
+    #endif
 } mp_lexer_t;
 
 mp_lexer_t *mp_lexer_new(qstr src_name, mp_reader_t reader);
diff --git a/py/mpconfig.h b/py/mpconfig.h
index a91c39b018..a5d639efe8 100644
--- a/py/mpconfig.h
+++ b/py/mpconfig.h
@@ -875,6 +875,11 @@ typedef double mp_float_t;
 #define MICROPY_PY_ASYNC_AWAIT (1)
 #endif
 
+// Support for literal string interpolation, f-strings (see PEP 498, Python 3.6+)
+#ifndef MICROPY_PY_FSTRINGS
+#define MICROPY_PY_FSTRINGS (0)
+#endif
+
 // Support for assignment expressions with := (see PEP 572, Python 3.8+)
 #ifndef MICROPY_PY_ASSIGN_EXPR
 #define MICROPY_PY_ASSIGN_EXPR (1)
diff --git a/py/parse.c b/py/parse.c
index da2f5e796d..ae3fa8ea6d 100644
--- a/py/parse.c
+++ b/py/parse.c
@@ -1152,6 +1152,14 @@ mp_parse_tree_t mp_parse(mp_lexer_t *lex, mp_parse_input_kind_t input_kind) {
         } else if (lex->tok_kind == MP_TOKEN_DEDENT_MISMATCH) {
             exc = mp_obj_new_exception_msg(&mp_type_IndentationError,
                 MP_ERROR_TEXT("unindent doesn't match any outer indent level"));
+        #if MICROPY_PY_FSTRINGS
+        } else if (lex->tok_kind == MP_TOKEN_MALFORMED_FSTRING) {
+            exc = mp_obj_new_exception_msg(&mp_type_SyntaxError,
+                MP_ERROR_TEXT("malformed f-string"));
+        } else if (lex->tok_kind == MP_TOKEN_FSTRING_RAW) {
+            exc = mp_obj_new_exception_msg(&mp_type_SyntaxError,
+                MP_ERROR_TEXT("raw f-strings are not supported"));
+        #endif
         } else {
             exc = mp_obj_new_exception_msg(&mp_type_SyntaxError,
                 MP_ERROR_TEXT("invalid syntax"));
diff --git a/tests/basics/string_fstring.py b/tests/basics/string_fstring.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..efb7e5a8e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/basics/string_fstring.py
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+def f():
+    return 4
+def g(_):
+    return 5
+def h():
+    return 6
+
+print(f'no interpolation')
+print(f"no interpolation")
+print(f"""no interpolation""")
+
+x, y = 1, 2
+print(f'{x}')
+print(f'{x:08x}')
+print(f'{x=}')
+print(f'{x=:08x}')
+print(f'a {x} b {y} c')
+print(f'a {x:08x} b {y} c')
+print(f'a {x=} b {y} c')
+print(f'a {x=:08x} b {y} c')
+
+print(f'a {"hello"} b')
+print(f'a {f() + g("foo") + h()} b')
+print(f'a {f() + g("foo") + h()=} b')
+print(f'a {f() + g("foo") + h()=:08x} b')
+
+def foo(a, b):
+    return f'{x}{y}{a}{b}'
+print(foo(7, 8))
+
+# PEP-0498 specifies that '\\' and '#' must be disallowed explicitly, whereas
+# MicroPython relies on the syntax error as a result of the substitution.
+
+print(f"\\")
+print(f'#')
+try:
+    eval("f'{\}'")
+except SyntaxError:
+    print('SyntaxError')
+try:
+    eval("f'{#}'")
+except SyntaxError:
+    print('SyntaxError')
+
+
+# PEP-0498 specifies that handling of double braces '{{' or '}}' should
+# behave like str.format.
+print(f'{{}}')
+print(f'{{{4*10}}}', '{40}')
+
+# A single closing brace, unlike str.format should raise a syntax error.
+# MicroPython instead raises ValueError at runtime from the substitution.
+try:
+    eval("f'{{}'")
+except (ValueError, SyntaxError):
+    # MicroPython incorrectly raises ValueError here.
+    print('SyntaxError')
diff --git a/tests/cmdline/cmd_parsetree.py b/tests/cmdline/cmd_parsetree.py
index 50da369543..483ea89373 100644
--- a/tests/cmdline/cmd_parsetree.py
+++ b/tests/cmdline/cmd_parsetree.py
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ d = b"bytes"
 e = b"a very long bytes that will not be interned"
 f = 123456789012345678901234567890
 g = 123
+h = f"fstring: '{b}'"
diff --git a/tests/cmdline/cmd_parsetree.py.exp b/tests/cmdline/cmd_parsetree.py.exp
index e64f4f7829..cc8ba82c05 100644
--- a/tests/cmdline/cmd_parsetree.py.exp
+++ b/tests/cmdline/cmd_parsetree.py.exp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ----------------
-[   4] \(rule\|file_input_2\)(1) (n=9)
-         tok(4)
+[   4] \(rule\|file_input_2\)(1) (n=10)
+         tok(6)
 [   4]   \(rule\|for_stmt\)(22) (n=4)
            id(i)
 [   4]     \(rule\|atom_paren\)(45) (n=1)
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
            NULL
 [   6]   \(rule\|expr_stmt\)(5) (n=2)
            id(a)
-           tok(14)
+           tok(16)
 [   7]   \(rule\|expr_stmt\)(5) (n=2)
            id(b)
            str(str)
@@ -28,6 +28,16 @@
 [  12]   \(rule\|expr_stmt\)(5) (n=2)
            id(g)
            int(123)
+[  13]   \(rule\|expr_stmt\)(5) (n=2)
+           id(h)
+[  13]     \(rule\|atom_expr_normal\)(44) (n=2)
+[  13]       literal const(\.\+)
+[  13]       \(rule\|atom_expr_trailers\)(142) (n=2)
+[  13]         \(rule\|trailer_period\)(50) (n=1)
+                 id(format)
+[  13]         \(rule\|trailer_paren\)(48) (n=1)
+[  13]           \(rule\|arglist\)(164) (n=1)
+                   id(b)
 ----------------
 File cmdline/cmd_parsetree.py, code block '<module>' (descriptor: \.\+, bytecode @\.\+ bytes)
 Raw bytecode (code_info_size=\\d\+, bytecode_size=\\d\+):
@@ -46,6 +56,7 @@ arg names:
   bc=32 line=10
   bc=37 line=11
   bc=42 line=12
+  bc=48 line=13
 00 BUILD_TUPLE 0
 02 GET_ITER_STACK
 03 FOR_ITER 12
@@ -65,8 +76,13 @@ arg names:
 39 STORE_NAME f
 42 LOAD_CONST_SMALL_INT 123
 45 STORE_NAME g
-48 LOAD_CONST_NONE
-49 RETURN_VALUE
+48 LOAD_CONST_OBJ \.\+
+50 LOAD_METHOD format
+53 LOAD_NAME b (cache=0)
+57 CALL_METHOD n=1 nkw=0
+59 STORE_NAME h
+62 LOAD_CONST_NONE
+63 RETURN_VALUE
 mem: total=\\d\+, current=\\d\+, peak=\\d\+
 stack: \\d\+ out of \\d\+
 GC: total: \\d\+, used: \\d\+, free: \\d\+
diff --git a/tests/cpydiff/core_fstring_concat.py b/tests/cpydiff/core_fstring_concat.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fd83527b5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cpydiff/core_fstring_concat.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+"""
+categories: Core
+description: f-strings don't support concatenation with adjacent literals if the adjacent literals contain braces
+cause: MicroPython is optimised for code space.
+workaround: Use the + operator between literal strings when either is an f-string
+"""
+
+x = 1
+print("aa" f"{x}")
+print(f"{x}" "ab")
+print("a{}a" f"{x}")
+print(f"{x}" "a{}b")
diff --git a/tests/cpydiff/core_fstring_parser.py b/tests/cpydiff/core_fstring_parser.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6917f3cfa4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cpydiff/core_fstring_parser.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+"""
+categories: Core
+description: f-strings cannot support expressions that require parsing to resolve nested braces
+cause: MicroPython is optimised for code space.
+workaround: Only use simple expressions inside f-strings
+"""
+
+f'{"hello {} world"}'
+f"{repr({})}"
diff --git a/tests/cpydiff/core_fstring_raw.py b/tests/cpydiff/core_fstring_raw.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..84e265f70f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cpydiff/core_fstring_raw.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+"""
+categories: Core
+description: Raw f-strings are not supported
+cause: MicroPython is optimised for code space.
+workaround: Unknown
+"""
+
+rf"hello"
diff --git a/tests/cpydiff/core_fstring_repr.py b/tests/cpydiff/core_fstring_repr.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fcadcbf1b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cpydiff/core_fstring_repr.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+"""
+categories: Core
+description: f-strings don't support the !r, !s, and !a conversions
+cause: MicroPython is optimised for code space.
+workaround: Use repr(), str(), and ascii() explictly.
+"""
+
+
+class X:
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "repr"
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return "str"
+
+
+print(f"{X()!r}")
+print(f"{X()!s}")
diff --git a/tests/feature_check/fstring.py b/tests/feature_check/fstring.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..14792bce0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/feature_check/fstring.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# check whether f-strings (PEP-498) are supported
+a = 1
+print(f"a={a}")
diff --git a/tests/feature_check/fstring.py.exp b/tests/feature_check/fstring.py.exp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..73cdb8bcc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/feature_check/fstring.py.exp
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+a=1
diff --git a/tests/run-tests.py b/tests/run-tests.py
index 619df5ed36..3e97a7c87d 100755
--- a/tests/run-tests.py
+++ b/tests/run-tests.py
@@ -290,6 +290,7 @@ def run_tests(pyb, tests, args, result_dir, num_threads=1):
     skip_const = False
     skip_revops = False
     skip_io_module = False
+    skip_fstring = False
     skip_endian = False
     has_complex = True
     has_coverage = False
@@ -348,6 +349,11 @@ def run_tests(pyb, tests, args, result_dir, num_threads=1):
         if output != b"uio\n":
             skip_io_module = True
 
+        # Check if fstring feature is enabled, and skip such tests if it doesn't
+        output = run_feature_check(pyb, args, base_path, "fstring.py")
+        if output != b"a=1\n":
+            skip_fstring = True
+
         # Check if emacs repl is supported, and skip such tests if it's not
         t = run_feature_check(pyb, args, base_path, "repl_emacs_check.py")
         if "True" not in str(t, "ascii"):
@@ -543,6 +549,7 @@ def run_tests(pyb, tests, args, result_dir, num_threads=1):
         is_async = test_name.startswith(("async_", "uasyncio_"))
         is_const = test_name.startswith("const")
         is_io_module = test_name.startswith("io_")
+        is_fstring = test_name.startswith("string_fstring")
 
         skip_it = test_file in skip_tests
         skip_it |= skip_native and is_native
@@ -555,6 +562,7 @@ def run_tests(pyb, tests, args, result_dir, num_threads=1):
         skip_it |= skip_const and is_const
         skip_it |= skip_revops and "reverse_op" in test_name
         skip_it |= skip_io_module and is_io_module
+        skip_it |= skip_fstring and is_fstring
 
         if args.list_tests:
             if not skip_it:
diff --git a/tools/tinytest-codegen.py b/tools/tinytest-codegen.py
index cba0b94480..ddbe62b846 100755
--- a/tools/tinytest-codegen.py
+++ b/tools/tinytest-codegen.py
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ exclude_tests = (
     "misc/sys_settrace_loop.py",
     "misc/sys_settrace_generator.py",
     "misc/sys_settrace_features.py",
+    # don't have f-string
+    "basics/string_fstring.py",
 )
 
 output = []