diff --git a/recipes/msgpack/recipe.sh b/recipes/msgpack/recipe.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+VERSION_msgpack=0.3.0
+URL_msgpack=https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/m/msgpack-python/msgpack-python-$VERSION_msgpack.tar.gz
+DEPS_msgpack=(python setuptools)
+MD5_msgpack=10dec96c90992b0f6e38bdf0cc5a8e79
+BUILD_msgpack=$BUILD_PATH/msgpack/$(get_directory $URL_msgpack)
+RECIPE_msgpack=$RECIPES_PATH/msgpack
+
+function prebuild_msgpack() {
+    true
+}
+
+function build_msgpack() {
+    cd $BUILD_msgpack
+
+    if [ -d "$BUILD_PATH/python-install/lib/python2.7/site-packages/msgpack" ]; then
+        return
+    fi
+
+    push_arm
+
+    # fake try to be able to cythonize generated files
+    $BUILD_PATH/python-install/bin/python.host setup.py build_ext
+    try find . -iname '*.pyx' -exec cython {} \;
+    try $BUILD_PATH/python-install/bin/python.host setup.py build_ext -v
+
+    try find build/lib.* -name "*.o" -exec $STRIP {} \;
+
+    export PYTHONPATH=$BUILD_PATH/hostpython/Python-2.7.2/Lib/site-packages
+    try $BUILD_PATH/hostpython/Python-2.7.2/hostpython setup.py install -O2 --root=$BUILD_PATH/python-install --install-lib=lib/python2.7/site-packages
+
+    pop_arm
+}
+
+function postbuild_msgpack() {
+    true
+}