diff --git a/pythonforandroid/bootstraps/common/build/build.py b/pythonforandroid/bootstraps/common/build/build.py
index 8eb1a6fe0e..6b902dd0b1 100644
--- a/pythonforandroid/bootstraps/common/build/build.py
+++ b/pythonforandroid/bootstraps/common/build/build.py
@@ -87,11 +87,6 @@ def get_bootstrap_name():
     join(curdir, 'templates')))
 
 
-def try_unlink(fn):
-    if exists(fn):
-        os.unlink(fn)
-
-
 def ensure_dir(path):
     if not exists(path):
         makedirs(path)
@@ -239,8 +234,7 @@ def make_package(args):
     assets_dir = "src/main/assets"
 
     # Delete the old assets.
-    try_unlink(join(assets_dir, 'public.mp3'))
-    try_unlink(join(assets_dir, 'private.mp3'))
+    shutil.rmtree(assets_dir, ignore_errors=True)
     ensure_dir(assets_dir)
 
     # Add extra environment variable file into tar-able directory:
@@ -304,6 +298,15 @@ def make_package(args):
                 tar_dirs.append(python_bundle_dir)
         if get_bootstrap_name() == "webview":
             tar_dirs.append('webview_includes')
+
+        for asset in args.assets:
+            asset_src, asset_dest = asset.split(":")
+            if isfile(realpath(asset_src)):
+                ensure_dir(dirname(join(assets_dir, asset_dest)))
+                shutil.copy(realpath(asset_src), join(assets_dir, asset_dest))
+            else:
+                shutil.copytree(realpath(asset_src), join(assets_dir, asset_dest))
+
         if args.private or args.launcher:
             make_tar(
                 join(assets_dir, 'private.mp3'), tar_dirs, args.ignore_path,
@@ -599,6 +602,10 @@ def parse_args_and_make_package(args=None):
                     help='Custom key=value to add in application metadata')
     ap.add_argument('--uses-library', dest='android_used_libs', action='append', default=[],
                     help='Used shared libraries included using <uses-library> tag in AndroidManifest.xml')
+    ap.add_argument('--asset', dest='assets',
+                    action="append", default=[],
+                    metavar="/path/to/source:dest",
+                    help='Put this in the assets folder at assets/dest')
     ap.add_argument('--icon', dest='icon',
                     help=('A png file to use as the icon for '
                           'the application.'))
diff --git a/pythonforandroid/recipes/pygame/__init__.py b/pythonforandroid/recipes/pygame/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..37238b8661
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pythonforandroid/recipes/pygame/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+from pythonforandroid.recipe import CompiledComponentsPythonRecipe
+from os.path import join
+from pythonforandroid.toolchain import current_directory
+
+
+class Pygame2Recipe(CompiledComponentsPythonRecipe):
+
+    version = '2.0.0-dev7'
+    url = 'https://github.com/pygame/pygame/archive/android-2.0.0-dev7.tar.gz'
+
+    site_packages_name = 'pygame'
+    name = 'pygame'
+
+    depends = ['sdl2', 'sdl2_image', 'sdl2_mixer', 'sdl2_ttf', 'setuptools', 'jpeg', 'png']
+    call_hostpython_via_targetpython = False  # Due to setuptools
+    install_in_hostpython = False
+
+    def prebuild_arch(self, arch):
+        super().prebuild_arch(arch)
+        with current_directory(self.get_build_dir(arch.arch)):
+            setup_template = open(join("buildconfig", "Setup.Android.SDL2.in")).read()
+            env = self.get_recipe_env(arch)
+            env['ANDROID_ROOT'] = join(self.ctx.ndk_platform, 'usr')
+
+            ndk_lib_dir = join(self.ctx.ndk_platform, 'usr', 'lib')
+
+            png = self.get_recipe('png', self.ctx)
+            png_lib_dir = join(png.get_build_dir(arch.arch), '.libs')
+            png_inc_dir = png.get_build_dir(arch)
+
+            jpeg = self.get_recipe('jpeg', self.ctx)
+            jpeg_inc_dir = jpeg_lib_dir = jpeg.get_build_dir(arch.arch)
+
+            setup_file = setup_template.format(
+                sdl_includes=(
+                    " -I" + join(self.ctx.bootstrap.build_dir, 'jni', 'SDL', 'include') +
+                    " -L" + join(self.ctx.bootstrap.build_dir, "libs", str(arch)) +
+                    " -L" + png_lib_dir + " -L" + jpeg_lib_dir + " -L" + ndk_lib_dir),
+                sdl_ttf_includes="-I"+join(self.ctx.bootstrap.build_dir, 'jni', 'SDL2_ttf'),
+                sdl_image_includes="-I"+join(self.ctx.bootstrap.build_dir, 'jni', 'SDL2_image'),
+                sdl_mixer_includes="-I"+join(self.ctx.bootstrap.build_dir, 'jni', 'SDL2_mixer'),
+                jpeg_includes="-I"+jpeg_inc_dir,
+                png_includes="-I"+png_inc_dir,
+                freetype_includes=""
+            )
+            open("Setup", "w").write(setup_file)
+
+    def get_recipe_env(self, arch):
+        env = super(Pygame2Recipe, self).get_recipe_env(arch)
+        env['USE_SDL2'] = '1'
+        env["PYGAME_CROSS_COMPILE"] = "TRUE"
+        env["PYGAME_ANDROID"] = "TRUE"
+        return env
+
+
+recipe = Pygame2Recipe()
diff --git a/pythonforandroid/toolchain.py b/pythonforandroid/toolchain.py
index bc427f6d35..90bcb5e149 100644
--- a/pythonforandroid/toolchain.py
+++ b/pythonforandroid/toolchain.py
@@ -491,6 +491,10 @@ def add_parser(subparsers, *args, **kwargs):
         # However, it is also needed before the distribution is finally
         # assembled for locating the setup.py / other build systems, which
         # is why we also add it here:
+        parser_packaging.add_argument(
+            '--add-asset', dest='assets',
+            action="append", default=[],
+            help='Put this in the assets folder in the apk.')
         parser_packaging.add_argument(
             '--private', dest='private',
             help='the directory with the app source code files' +
@@ -949,6 +953,14 @@ def _fix_args(args):
         fix_args = ('--dir', '--private', '--add-jar', '--add-source',
                     '--whitelist', '--blacklist', '--presplash', '--icon')
         unknown_args = args.unknown_args
+
+        for asset in args.assets:
+            if ":" in asset:
+                asset_src, asset_dest = asset.split(":")
+            else:
+                asset_src = asset_dest = asset
+            # take abspath now, because build.py will be run in bootstrap dir
+            unknown_args += ["--asset", os.path.abspath(asset_src)+":"+asset_dest]
         for i, arg in enumerate(unknown_args):
             argx = arg.split('=')
             if argx[0] in fix_args: