diff --git a/packages/network/install b/packages/network/install
index 8ee793b2ee..4828f7ca81 100755
--- a/packages/network/install
+++ b/packages/network/install
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@
 
 $SCRIPTS/install connman
 $SCRIPTS/install dropbear
+#$SCRIPTS/install wicd
 $SCRIPTS/install wireless_tools
 $SCRIPTS/install wpa_supplicant
diff --git a/packages/network/wicd/build b/packages/network/wicd/build
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..59110d1f5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/network/wicd/build
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+. config/options
+
+$SCRIPTS/build toolchain
+$SCRIPTS/build Python
+$SCRIPTS/build pygobject
+$SCRIPTS/build dbus-python
+
+. config/options.python
+
+cd $PKG_BUILD
+
+$PYTHON setup.py configure
+$PYTHON setup.py build
+
+$PYTHON setup.py install -O1 --skip-build --prefix /usr --root .install
+
+#find .install -name "*.py" -exec rm -rf "{}" ";"
+#find .install -name "*.pyo" -exec rm -rf "{}" ";"
+
+#rm -rf .install/usr/bin
+rm -rf .install/etc/acpi
+rm -rf .install/etc/rc.d
+rm -rf .install/etc/xdg
+rm -rf .install/usr/share/applications
+rm -rf .install/usr/share/doc
+rm -rf .install/usr/share/icons
+#rm -rf .install/usr/share/locale
+rm -rf .install/usr/share/man
+rm -rf .install/usr/share/pixmaps
+rm -rf .install/var
diff --git a/packages/network/wicd/install b/packages/network/wicd/install
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..8a05230281
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/network/wicd/install
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+. config/options
+
+$SCRIPTS/install Python
+$SCRIPTS/install pygobject
+$SCRIPTS/install dbus-python
+
+cp -PR $PKG_BUILD/.install/* $INSTALL
diff --git a/packages/network/wicd/url b/packages/network/wicd/url
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..60f7a88d45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/network/wicd/url
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/wicd/wicd-stable/wicd-1.7.0/wicd-1.7.0.tar.bz2
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