diff --git a/recipes/pyyaml/__init__.py b/recipes/pyyaml/__init__.py
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+# pure-python package, this can be removed when we'll support any python package
+from toolchain import PythonRecipe, shprint
+from os.path import join
+import sh, os
+
+class PyYamlRecipe(PythonRecipe):
+    version = "3.11"
+    # url = "https://github.com/mitsuhiko/click/archive/{version}.zip"
+    url = "https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/P/PyYAML/PyYAML-{version}.tar.gz"
+    depends = ["python"]
+
+    def install(self):
+        arch = list(self.filtered_archs)[0]
+        build_dir = self.get_build_dir(arch.arch)
+        os.chdir(build_dir)
+        hostpython = sh.Command(self.ctx.hostpython)
+        build_env = arch.get_env()
+        dest_dir = join(self.ctx.dist_dir, "root", "python")
+        build_env['PYTHONPATH'] = join(dest_dir, 'lib', 'python2.7', 'site-packages')
+        shprint(hostpython, "setup.py", "install", "--prefix", dest_dir, _env=build_env)
+
+recipe = PyYamlRecipe()