diff --git a/recipes/libyaml/recipe.sh b/recipes/libyaml/recipe.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+VERSION_libyaml=${VERSION_libyaml:-0.1.5}
+URL_libyaml=http://pyyaml.org/download/libyaml/yaml-${VERSION_libyaml}.tar.gz
+MD5_libyaml=24f6093c1e840ca5df2eb09291a1dbf1
+BUILD_libyaml=$BUILD_PATH/libyaml/$(get_directory $URL_libyaml)
+RECIPE_libyaml=$RECIPES_PATH/libyaml
+
+function prebuild_libyaml() {
+	true
+}
+
+function shouldbuild_libxslt() {
+	if [ -f "$BUILD_libyaml/src/.libs/libyaml.a" ]; then
+		DO_BUILD=0
+	fi
+}
+
+function build_libyaml() {
+	cd $BUILD_libyaml
+
+	push_arm
+
+	# using arm-linux-eabi does not create a shared library
+	try ./configure --build=i686-pc-linux-gnu --host=arm-linux-androideabi
+	try make
+
+	try cp -L $BUILD_libyaml/src/.libs/libyaml.so $LIBS_PATH
+
+	pop_arm
+}
+
+function postbuild_libyaml() {
+	true
+}
diff --git a/recipes/pyyaml/recipe.sh b/recipes/pyyaml/recipe.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+VERSION_pyyaml=${VERSION_pyyaml:-3.11}
+DEPS_pyyaml=(libyaml python)
+URL_pyyaml=http://pyyaml.org/download/pyyaml/PyYAML-$VERSION_pyyaml.tar.gz
+MD5_pyyaml=f50e08ef0fe55178479d3a618efe21db
+BUILD_pyyaml=$BUILD_PATH/pyyaml/$(get_directory $URL_pyyaml)
+RECIPE_pyyaml=$RECIPES_PATH/pyyaml
+
+function prebuild_pyyaml() {
+	true
+}
+
+function shouldbuild_pyyaml() {
+	if [ -d "$SITEPACKAGES_PATH/pyyaml" ]; then
+		DO_BUILD=0
+	fi
+}
+
+function build_pyyaml() {
+	cd $BUILD_pyyaml
+	push_arm
+	export CC="$CC -I$BUILD_libyaml/include"
+	export LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L$LIBS_PATH"
+	export LDSHARED="$LIBLINK"
+	export PYTHONPATH=$BUILD_hostpython/Lib/site-packages
+
+	# with C extension
+	$HOSTPYTHON setup.py --with-libyaml install >/tmp/pyyaml-setup
+
+	# pure python
+#	$HOSTPYTHON setup.py --without-libyaml install
+
+	unset LDSHARED
+	pop_arm
+}
+
+function postbuild_pyyaml() {
+	true
+}
+