diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/newt/libnewt-python_0.52.14.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/newt/libnewt-python_0.52.14.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9af2d5d91f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/newt/libnewt-python_0.52.14.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+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 "LIBNEWTSH=${STAGING_LIBDIR}/libnewt.so.$VERSION" _snackmodule.so
+}
+
+do_install () {
+	install -d ${D}${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR}
+	install -m 0755 ${PYTHON_DIR}/_snackmodule.so ${D}${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR}/
+	install -m 0644 snack.py ${D}${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR}/
+}
+
+
+FILES_${PN} = "${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR}/*"
+FILES_${PN}-dbg += "${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR}/.debug/"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/newt/libnewt_0.52.14.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/newt/libnewt_0.52.14.bb
index 54da15df34..ee8206e4b4 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/newt/libnewt_0.52.14.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/newt/libnewt_0.52.14.bb
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ LICENSE = "LGPLv2"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=55ca817ccb7d5b5b66355690e9abc605"
 
 # slang needs to be >= 2.2
-DEPENDS = "slang popt python"
+DEPENDS = "slang popt"
 
 PR = "r2"
 
@@ -30,11 +30,9 @@ SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "f70f4f58baa60388ddf2e39249ffb00898fb40f2b2767e42e2ab51fe4b
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/newt-${PV}"
 
-EXTRA_OECONF = "--without-tcl"
+EXTRA_OECONF = "--without-tcl --without-python"
 
-inherit autotools pythonnative python-dir
-
-EXTRA_OEMAKE = "PYTHONVERS=${PYTHON_DIR}"
+inherit autotools
 
 export STAGING_INCDIR
 export STAGING_LIBDIR
@@ -42,13 +40,10 @@ export STAGING_LIBDIR
 export BUILD_SYS
 export HOST_SYS
 
-PACKAGES_prepend = "whiptail ${PN}-python "
+PACKAGES_prepend = "whiptail "
 
 do_configure_prepend() {
-    ( cd ${S}; sh autogen.sh )
+    sh autogen.sh
 }
 
 FILES_whiptail = "${bindir}/whiptail"
-FILES_${PN}-dbg += "${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR}/.debug/"
-FILES_${PN}-python = "${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR}/*"
-FILES_${PN}-staticdev = "${libdir}/*.a"