diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/newt/libnewt-python_0.52.18.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/newt/libnewt-python_0.52.18.bb
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+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"