diff --git a/qrcode/image/styles/moduledrawers/__init__.py b/qrcode/image/styles/moduledrawers/__init__.py
index 99217d49..bf0df8a3 100644
--- a/qrcode/image/styles/moduledrawers/__init__.py
+++ b/qrcode/image/styles/moduledrawers/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # For backwards compatibility, importing the PIL drawers here.
 try:
     from .pil import CircleModuleDrawer  # noqa: F401
+    from .pil import GappedCircleModuleDrawer # noqa: F401
     from .pil import GappedSquareModuleDrawer  # noqa: F401
     from .pil import HorizontalBarsDrawer  # noqa: F401
     from .pil import RoundedModuleDrawer  # noqa: F401
diff --git a/qrcode/image/styles/moduledrawers/pil.py b/qrcode/image/styles/moduledrawers/pil.py
index 398010c6..6c63fa48 100644
--- a/qrcode/image/styles/moduledrawers/pil.py
+++ b/qrcode/image/styles/moduledrawers/pil.py
@@ -94,6 +94,39 @@ def drawrect(self, box, is_active: bool):
             self.img._img.paste(self.circle, (box[0][0], box[0][1]))
 
 
+class GappedCircleModuleDrawer(StyledPilQRModuleDrawer):
+    """
+    Draws the modules as circles that are not contiguous.
+
+    The size_ratio determines how wide the circles are relative to the width of
+    the space they are printed in
+    """
+
+    circle = None
+
+    def __init__(self, size_ratio=0.9):
+        self.size_ratio = size_ratio
+
+    def initialize(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super().initialize(*args, **kwargs)
+        box_size = self.img.box_size
+        fake_size = box_size * ANTIALIASING_FACTOR
+        self.circle = Image.new(
+            self.img.mode,
+            (fake_size, fake_size),
+            self.img.color_mask.back_color,
+        )
+        ImageDraw.Draw(self.circle).ellipse(
+            (0, 0, fake_size, fake_size), fill=self.img.paint_color
+        )
+        smaller_size = int(self.size_ratio * box_size)
+        self.circle = self.circle.resize((smaller_size, smaller_size), Image.Resampling.LANCZOS)
+
+    def drawrect(self, box, is_active: bool):
+        if is_active:
+            self.img._img.paste(self.circle, (box[0][0], box[0][1]))
+
+
 class RoundedModuleDrawer(StyledPilQRModuleDrawer):
     """
     Draws the modules with all 90 degree corners replaced with rounded edges.