diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/newt/files/cross_ar.patch b/meta/recipes-extended/newt/files/cross_ar.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..03007aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/newt/files/cross_ar.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+Fix cross link using autoconf detected AR
+
+If building on 32bit host and creating 64bit libraries, the target
+package builds should not invoke the 32bit hosts's ar.  Specifically
+you will get an error message like:
+
+x86_64-linux-gcc    -m64 --sysroot=/opt/qemux86-64/tmp/sysroots/qemux86-64 -g -o test test.o libnewt.a -Wl,-O1 -Wl,--hash-style=gnu -Wl,--as-needed -lslang
+libnewt.a: could not read symbols: Archive has no index; run ranlib to add one
+collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
+
+Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
+
+Upstream-Status: Pending
+
+Signed-off-by: Hongxu Jia <hongxu.jia@windriver.com>
+---
+ Makefile.in  | 3 ++-
+ configure.ac | 4 ++++
+ 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
+--- a/Makefile.in
++++ b/Makefile.in
+@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ CFLAGS = @CFLAGS@
+ LDFLAGS = @LDFLAGS@
+ CPPFLAGS = -D_GNU_SOURCE @CPPFLAGS@ 
+ GNU_LD = @GNU_LD@
++AR = @AR@
+ 
+ VERSION = @VERSION@
+ TAG = r$(subst .,-,$(VERSION))
+@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ whiptcl.$(SOEXT): $(WHIPTCLOBJS) $(LIBNEWTSH)
+ 	$(CC) -shared $(SHCFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o whiptcl.$(SOEXT) $(WHIPTCLOBJS) -L. -lnewt  $(LIBTCL) -lpopt $(LIBS)
+ 
+ $(LIBNEWT): $(LIBOBJS)
+-	ar rv $@ $^
++	$(AR) rv $@ $^
+ 
+ newt.o $(SHAREDDIR)/newt.o: newt.c Makefile
+ 
+diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
+index 92e6da8..cd83d57 100644
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ AC_PROG_INSTALL
+ AC_PROG_LN_S
+ AC_PROG_GREP
+ AC_SYS_LARGEFILE
++AN_MAKEVAR([AR], [AC_PROG_AR])
++AN_PROGRAM([ar], [AC_PROG_AR])
++AC_DEFUN([AC_PROG_AR], [AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar, :)])
++AC_PROG_AR
+ 
+ # Are we using GNU ld?
+ AC_MSG_CHECKING([for GNU ld])
+-- 
+1.8.1.2
+
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/newt/files/fix_SHAREDDIR.patch b/meta/recipes-extended/newt/files/fix_SHAREDDIR.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b0a1e8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/newt/files/fix_SHAREDDIR.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+Upstream-Status: Pending
+
+Author: dexuan.cui@intel.com
+Date: Fri Apr 15 16:17:39 CST 2011
+
+The patch fixes a parallel-make issue: when generating $(SHAREDDIR)/%.o, we should
+ensure the directory ${SHAREDDIR} exists.
+
+We need to push the patch to upstream.
+
+Signed-off-by: Dexuan Cui <dexuan.cui@intel.com>
+Signed-off-by: Hongxu Jia <hongxu.jia@windriver.com>
+---
+ Makefile.in | 4 ++--
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
+--- a/Makefile.in
++++ b/Makefile.in
+@@ -128,12 +128,12 @@ $(SHAREDDIR):
+ 
+ sharedlib: $(LIBNEWTSH)
+ 
+-$(LIBNEWTSH): $(SHAREDDIR) $(SHAREDOBJS)
++$(LIBNEWTSH): $(SHAREDOBJS)
+ 	$(CC) -shared -o $(LIBNEWTSH) $(SHLIBFLAGS) $(SHAREDOBJS) $(LDFLAGS) $(LIBS)
+ 	ln -fs $(LIBNEWTSONAME) libnewt.$(SOEXT)
+ 	ln -fs $(LIBNEWTSH) $(LIBNEWTSONAME)
+ 
+-$(SHAREDDIR)/%.o : %.c
++$(SHAREDDIR)/%.o : %.c $(SHAREDDIR)
+ 	$(CC) $(SHCFLAGS) -c $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) -o $@ $<
+ 
+ install: $(LIBNEWT) install-sh whiptail
+-- 
+1.8.1.2
+
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/newt/files/remove_slang_include.patch b/meta/recipes-extended/newt/files/remove_slang_include.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a2634ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/newt/files/remove_slang_include.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+
+Upstream-Status: Pending
+
+Index: git/Makefile.in
+===================================================================
+--- git.orig/Makefile.in
++++ git/Makefile.in
+@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ CC = @CC@
+ CPP = @CPP@
+ CFLAGS = @CFLAGS@
+ LDFLAGS = @LDFLAGS@
+-CPPFLAGS = -D_GNU_SOURCE -I/usr/include/slang @CPPFLAGS@ 
++CPPFLAGS = -D_GNU_SOURCE @CPPFLAGS@ 
+ GNU_LD = @GNU_LD@
+ 
+ VERSION = @VERSION@
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/newt/libnewt-python_0.52.18.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/newt/libnewt-python_0.52.18.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..94a41a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/newt/libnewt-python_0.52.18.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+require recipes-extended/newt/libnewt_${PV}.bb
+
+SUMMARY .= " - python"
+DEPENDS = "libnewt python"
+RDEPENDS_${PN} += "python-core"
+
+inherit pythonnative python-dir
+
+EXTRA_OECONF += "--with-python"
+EXTRA_OEMAKE += "PYTHONVERS=${PYTHON_DIR}"
+
+
+do_compile () {
+	VERSION="$(sed -n 's/^VERSION = //p' Makefile)"
+	oe_runmake _snack.so
+}
+
+do_install () {
+	install -d ${D}${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR}
+	install -m 0755 ${PYTHON_DIR}/_snack.so ${D}${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR}/
+	install -m 0644 snack.py ${D}${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR}/
+}
+
+PACKAGES_remove = "whiptail"
+
+FILES_${PN} = "${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR}/*"
+FILES_${PN}-dbg += "${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR}/.debug/"
+
+BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/newt/libnewt_0.52.18.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/newt/libnewt_0.52.18.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..302e418
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/newt/libnewt_0.52.18.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+SUMMARY = "A library for text mode user interfaces"
+
+DESCRIPTION = "Newt is a programming library for color text mode, widget based user \
+interfaces.  Newt can be used to add stacked windows, entry widgets, \
+checkboxes, radio buttons, labels, plain text fields, scrollbars, \
+etc., to text mode user interfaces.  This package also contains the \
+shared library needed by programs built with newt, as well as a \
+/usr/bin/dialog replacement called whiptail.  Newt is based on the \
+slang library."
+
+HOMEPAGE = "https://fedorahosted.org/newt/"
+SECTION = "libs"
+
+LICENSE = "LGPLv2"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=5f30f0716dfdd0d91eb439ebec522ec2"
+
+# slang needs to be >= 2.2
+DEPENDS = "slang popt"
+
+SRC_URI = "https://fedorahosted.org/releases/n/e/newt/newt-${PV}.tar.gz \
+           file://remove_slang_include.patch \
+           file://fix_SHAREDDIR.patch \
+           file://cross_ar.patch \
+"
+
+SRC_URI[md5sum] = "685721bee1a318570704b19dcf31d268"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "771b0e634ede56ae6a6acd910728bb5832ac13ddb0d1d27919d2498dab70c91e"
+
+S = "${WORKDIR}/newt-${PV}"
+
+EXTRA_OECONF = "--without-tcl --without-python"
+
+inherit autotools-brokensep
+
+CLEANBROKEN = "1"
+
+export STAGING_INCDIR
+export STAGING_LIBDIR
+
+export BUILD_SYS
+export HOST_SYS
+
+PACKAGES_prepend = "whiptail "
+
+do_configure_prepend() {
+    sh autogen.sh
+}
+
+do_compile_prepend() {
+    # Make sure the recompile is OK
+    rm -f ${B}/.depend
+}
+
+FILES_whiptail = "${bindir}/whiptail"
+
+BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"