diff --git a/recipes/pycrypto/__init__.py b/recipes/pycrypto/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5d38c66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/pycrypto/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+'''Recipe for pycrypto on ios
+'''
+from toolchain import CythonRecipe, shprint
+from os.path import join, exists
+import sh
+import os
+
+
+class PycryptoRecipe(CythonRecipe):
+    version = "2.6.1"
+    url = "https://ftp.dlitz.net/pub/dlitz/crypto/pycrypto/pycrypto-{version}.tar.gz"
+    #url = 'src'
+    depends = ["python", "openssl"]
+    #cythonize = False
+    include_per_arch = True
+    library="libpycrypto.a"
+    #pre_build_ext = True
+
+
+    def build_arch(self, arch):
+        build_env = arch.get_env()
+        self.apply_patch('hash_SHA2_template.c.patch', target_dir=self.build_dir + '/src')
+        configure = sh.Command(join(self.build_dir, "configure"))
+        shprint(configure,
+                "CC={}".format(build_env["CC"]),
+                "LD={}".format(build_env["LD"]),
+                "CFLAGS={}".format(build_env["CFLAGS"]),
+                "LDFLAGS={} -Wno-error ".format(build_env["LDFLAGS"]),
+                "--prefix=/",
+                "--host={}".format(arch),
+                "ac_cv_func_malloc_0_nonnull=yes",
+                "ac_cv_func_realloc_0_nonnull=yes",
+                #"enable-static=yes",
+                #"enable-shared=no"
+               )     
+        hostpython = sh.Command(self.ctx.hostpython)
+        #shprint(hostpython, "setup.py", "build_ext", "--inplace", "-v",
+        #        _env=build_env)
+        super(PycryptoRecipe, self).build_arch(arch)
+
+    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, "-m", "easy_install",
+                "--prefix", dest_dir, "-Z", "./",
+                _env=build_env)
+        #print('installing to {}').format(dest_dir)
+        #shprint(hostpython, "setup.py", "install", "--home={}".format(dest_dir + '/lib/python2.7'), _env=build_env)
+        #shprint(hostpython, "-m", "pip", "install", "--root", dest_dir, "./")
+
+recipe = PycryptoRecipe()
diff --git a/recipes/pycrypto/hash_SHA2_template.c.patch b/recipes/pycrypto/hash_SHA2_template.c.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f087222
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/pycrypto/hash_SHA2_template.c.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- ../src/src/hash_SHA2_template.c	2015-07-15 15:25:59.000000000 +0530
++++ src/hash_SHA2_template.c	2015-07-17 15:35:13.000000000 +0530
+@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
+  * return 1 on success
+  * return 0 if the length overflows
+  */
+-static int add_length(hash_state *hs, sha2_word_t inc) {
++int add_length(hash_state *hs, sha2_word_t inc) {
+     sha2_word_t overflow_detector;
+     overflow_detector = hs->length_lower;
+     hs->length_lower += inc;