diff --git a/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-devtools/python/python-inflection.inc b/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-devtools/python/python-inflection.inc
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+++ b/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-devtools/python/python-inflection.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+SUMMARY = "A port of Ruby on Rails inflector to Python"
+DESCRIPTION = "Inflection is a string transformation library. It singularizes \
+and pluralizes English words, and transforms strings from CamelCase to \
+underscored string. Inflection is a port of Ruby on Rails’ inflector to Python."
+HOMEPAGE = "http://github.com/jpvanhal/inflection"
+SECTION = "devel/python"
+LICENSE = "MIT"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=de7833d9c2ce0052a4073928c76a13d7"
+
+inherit allarch
+inherit setuptools
+
+S = "${WORKDIR}/${SRCNAME}-${PV}"
+RDEPENDS_${PN} += " \
+        ${PYTHON_PN}-re \
+        ${PYTHON_PN}-codecs \
+        "
+RDEPENDS_${PN}_class-native = ""
+
+BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"
diff --git a/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-devtools/python/python-inflection_0.3.1.bb b/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-devtools/python/python-inflection_0.3.1.bb
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+SRCNAME = "inflection"
+SRC_URI = "https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/i/${SRCNAME}/${SRCNAME}-${PV}.tar.gz;name=tarball"
+SRC_URI[tarball.sha256sum] = "18ea7fb7a7d152853386523def08736aa8c32636b047ade55f7578c4edeb16ca"
+SRC_URI[tarball.md5sum] = "7941165e9f148e0520023941c0886b40"
+require python-inflection.inc