diff --git a/recipes/cprotobuf/recipe.sh b/recipes/cprotobuf/recipe.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+VERSION_cprotobuf=${VERSION_cprotobuf:-0.1.3}
+URL_cprotobuf=https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/c/cprotobuf/cprotobuf-$VERSION_cprotobuf.tar.gz
+DEPS_cprotobuf=(python)
+MD5_cprotobuf=c2bf4083eca57f5eb5a481999ea03755
+BUILD_cprotobuf=$BUILD_PATH/cprotobuf/$(get_directory $URL_cprotobuf)
+RECIPE_cprotobuf=$RECIPES_PATH/cprotobuf
+
+function prebuild_cprotobuf() {
+	true
+}
+
+function shouldbuild_cprotobuf() {
+	if [ -d "$SITEPACKAGES_PATH/cprotobuf" ]; then
+		DO_BUILD=0
+	fi
+}
+
+function build_cprotobuf() {
+	cd $BUILD_cprotobuf
+
+	push_arm
+
+	export LDSHARED="$LIBLINK"
+
+	try find . -iname '*.pyx' -exec $CYTHON {} \;
+	try $HOSTPYTHON setup.py build_ext -v
+	try find build/lib.* -name "*.o" -exec $STRIP {} \;
+
+	export PYTHONPATH=$BUILD_hostpython/Lib/site-packages
+	try $BUILD_hostpython/hostpython setup.py install -O2 --root=$BUILD_PATH/python-install --install-lib=lib/python2.7/site-packages
+
+	unset LDSHARED
+	pop_arm
+}
+
+function postbuild_cprotobuf() {
+	true
+}