diff --git a/devel/py-spwd/DESCR b/devel/py-spwd/DESCR
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..73cd89560e28f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/py-spwd/DESCR
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+This module provides access to the Unix shadow password database.
+It is available on various Unix versions
diff --git a/devel/py-spwd/Makefile b/devel/py-spwd/Makefile
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index 0000000000000..4e1aef1560c9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/py-spwd/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.29 2014/01/25 10:30:04 wiz Exp $
+
+PKGNAME=	${PYPKGPREFIX}-spwd-${PY_DISTVERSION}
+CATEGORIES=	devel misc python
+
+MAINTAINER=	pkgsrc-users@NetBSD.org
+HOMEPAGE=	http://www.python.org/doc/current/tut/node15.html
+COMMENT=	Line editing support for Python
+
+EXTRACT_ELEMENTS=	${PYSUBDIR}/Modules/spwdmodule.c
+
+MULTIARCH_DIRS.lib=	${PYLIB}/lib-dynload
+USE_GCC_RUNTIME=	yes
+
+PYDISTUTILSPKG=	yes
+PY_PATCHPLIST=	yes
+PYSETUPINSTALLARGS+=	--install-lib ${PREFIX}/${PYLIB}/lib-dynload${LIBARCHSUFFIX}
+
+# ignore errors due to missing files (EXTRACT_ELEMENTS!)
+do-patch:
+	(cd ${WRKSRC}; \
+	for f in ${PATCHDIR}/patch-*;do \
+	${PATCH} --batch <$$f || ${TRUE}; \
+	done)
+
+.include "../../lang/python/extension.mk"
+.include "../../lang/python/srcdist.mk"
+.include "../../mk/bsd.pkg.mk"
diff --git a/devel/py-spwd/PLIST b/devel/py-spwd/PLIST
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index 0000000000000..9e0e5d27bedda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/py-spwd/PLIST
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+@comment $NetBSD: PLIST,v 1.2 2011/05/04 11:38:05 obache Exp $
+${PYLIB}/lib-dynload${LIBARCHSUFFIX}/spwd.so
diff --git a/devel/py-spwd/files/Setup.in b/devel/py-spwd/files/Setup.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..28979ef9f2694
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/py-spwd/files/Setup.in
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# $NetBSD: Setup.in,v 1.1 2002/03/14 17:58:49 wiz Exp $
+#
+*shared*
+spwd spwdmodule.c @BUILDLINK_LDFLAGS@ -R@LOCALBASE@/lib \
+	@BUILDLINK_CPPFLAGS@
diff --git a/devel/py-spwd/files/setup.py b/devel/py-spwd/files/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8ed62b0e8a54d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/py-spwd/files/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# $NetBSD: setup.py,v 1.1 2002/03/14 17:58:50 wiz Exp $
+
+import distutils
+from distutils.core import setup, Extension
+
+setup(
+	ext_modules = [
+		Extension(
+			'spwd',
+			['Modules/spwdmodule.c']
+		)
+	]
+)