diff --git a/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-devtools/python/python-pexpect_4.0.1.bbappend b/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-devtools/python/python-pexpect_4.0.1.bbappend
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+RDEPENDS_${PN}_append = "python-ptyprocess"
diff --git a/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-devtools/python/python-ptyprocess_0.5.1.bb b/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-devtools/python/python-ptyprocess_0.5.1.bb
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+SUMMARY = "Run a subprocess in a pseudo terminal"
+HOMEPAGE = "http://ptyprocess.readthedocs.io/en/latest/"
+SECTION = "devel/python"
+LICENSE = "ISC"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=cfdcd51fa7d5808da4e74346ee394490"
+
+SRCNAME = "ptyprocess"
+
+SRC_URI = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/p/${SRCNAME}/${SRCNAME}-${PV}.tar.gz"
+SRC_URI[md5sum] = "94e537122914cc9ec9c1eadcd36e73a1"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "0530ce63a9295bfae7bd06edc02b6aa935619f486f0f1dc0972f516265ee81a6"
+
+UPSTREAM_CHECK_URI = "https://pypi.python.org/pypi/ptyprocess"
+
+S = "${WORKDIR}/${SRCNAME}-${PV}"
+
+inherit setuptools
+
+RDEPENDS_${PN} = "\
+    python-core \
+"
+
+BBCLASSEXTEND = "nativesdk"