diff --git a/packages/python/system/redis-py/build b/packages/python/system/redis-py/build
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+++ b/packages/python/system/redis-py/build
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2009-2011 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
+#
+#  This Program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+#  any later version.
+#
+#  This Program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with OpenELEC.tv; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+#  the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+################################################################################
+
+. config/options $1
+
+export PYTHONXCPREFIX="$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr"
+export LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/lib -L$SYSROOT_PREFIX/lib"
+
+cd $PKG_BUILD
+
+python setup.py build --cross-compile
+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 "{}" ";"
diff --git a/packages/python/system/redis-py/install b/packages/python/system/redis-py/install
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..a9c8b9924b
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+++ b/packages/python/system/redis-py/install
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2009-2011 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
+#
+#  This Program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+#  any later version.
+#
+#  This Program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with OpenELEC.tv; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+#  the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+################################################################################
+
+. config/options $1
+
+cp -PR $PKG_BUILD/.install/* $INSTALL
diff --git a/packages/python/system/redis-py/meta b/packages/python/system/redis-py/meta
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b8ca73e808
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+++ b/packages/python/system/redis-py/meta
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+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2009-2011 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
+#
+#  This Program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+#  any later version.
+#
+#  This Program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with OpenELEC.tv; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+#  the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+################################################################################
+
+PKG_NAME="redis-py"
+PKG_VERSION="2.2.4"
+PKG_REV="1"
+PKG_ARCH="any"
+PKG_LICENSE="OSS"
+PKG_SITE="https://github.com/andymccurdy/redis-py"
+PKG_URL="$OPENELEC_SRC/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
+PKG_DEPENDS="Python distribute redis"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain Python distribute distutilscross"
+PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
+PKG_SECTION="python/system"
+PKG_SHORTDESC="redis-py: the Python interface to the Redis key-value store"
+PKG_LONGDESC="This is the Python interface to the Redis key-value store."
+PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
+
+PKG_AUTORECONF="no"