diff --git a/libs/newt/Makefile b/libs/newt/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..75fdb145b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/newt/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2006-2011 OpenWrt.org
+# Copyright (C) 2011 SMBPhone Inc.
+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+# See /LICENSE for more information.
+#
+
+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=newt
+PKG_VERSION:=0.52.12
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
+
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://fedorahosted.org/releases/n/e/newt/
+PKG_MD5SUM:=51b04128d9e1bf000fa769c417b74486
+
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+
+define Package/libnewt
+  URL:=http://fedorahosted.org/newt/
+  SECTION:=libs
+  CATEGORY:=Libraries
+  TITLE:=Not Erik's Windowing Toolkit
+  DEPENDS:= +libslang2 +libpopt
+endef
+
+define Package/libnewt/description
+  Programming library for colour text mode widget-based user interfaces,
+  based on S-Lang.
+endef
+
+define Package/whiptail
+  URL:=http://fedorahosted.org/newt/
+  SECTION:=utils
+  CATEGORY:=Utilities
+  TITLE:=Dialog boxes from shell scripts
+  DEPENDS:= +libnewt
+endef
+
+define Package/whiptail/description
+  A lightweight replacement for the dialog command (dialog boxes from shell
+  scripts), based on libnewt.
+endef
+
+TARGET_CFLAGS += $(FPIC) -I$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include -L$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib
+
+CONFIGURE_ARGS += \
+	--disable-nls \
+	--without-tcl \
+	--without-gpm-support
+
+define Package/libnewt/install
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
+	$(CP) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/libnewt.so* $(1)/usr/lib/
+endef
+
+define Build/InstallDev
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/include
+	$(CP) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/newt.h $(1)/usr/include/
+
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
+	$(CP) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/libnewt.{a,so*} $(1)/usr/lib/
+endef
+
+define Package/whiptail/install
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/bin
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/bin/whiptail $(1)/usr/bin/	
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,libnewt))
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,whiptail))
+
diff --git a/libs/newt/patches/100-compile-fix-broken-makefile.patch b/libs/newt/patches/100-compile-fix-broken-makefile.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5fc45b8fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/newt/patches/100-compile-fix-broken-makefile.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+--- a/Makefile.in
++++ b/Makefile.in
+@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ LIBTCL = -ltcl8.4
+ CC = @CC@
+ CPP = @CPP@
+ CFLAGS = @CFLAGS@
+-CPPFLAGS = -D_GNU_SOURCE -I/usr/include/slang @CPPFLAGS@ 
++CPPFLAGS = -D_GNU_SOURCE @CPPFLAGS@
+ 
+ SHLIBFLAGS= -Wl,--version-script,newt.0.52.ver
+ VERSION = @VERSION@
+@@ -53,19 +53,19 @@ endif
+ all:	$(TARGET) _snackmodule.so
+ 
+ test:	test.o $(LIBNEWT)
+-	$(CC) -g -o test test.o $(LIBNEWT) $(LIBS)
++	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -g -o test test.o $(LIBNEWT) $(LIBS)
+ 
+ testgrid:	testgrid.o $(LIBNEWT)
+-	$(CC) -g -o testgrid testgrid.o $(LIBNEWT) $(LIBS)
++	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -g -o testgrid testgrid.o $(LIBNEWT) $(LIBS)
+ 
+ testtree:	testtree.o $(LIBNEWT)
+-	$(CC) -g -o testtree testtree.o $(LIBNEWT) $(LIBS)
++	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -g -o testtree testtree.o $(LIBNEWT) $(LIBS)
+ 
+ showchars:	showchars.o $(LIBNEWT)
+-	$(CC) -g -o showchars showchars.o $(LIBNEWT) $(LIBS)
++	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -g -o showchars showchars.o $(LIBNEWT) $(LIBS)
+ 
+ showkey:	showkey.o $(LIBNEWT)
+-	$(CC) -g -o showkey showkey.o $(LIBNEWT) $(LIBS)
++	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -g -o showkey showkey.o $(LIBNEWT) $(LIBS)
+ 
+ _snackmodule.so:   snackmodule.c $(LIBNEWTSH)
+ 	for ver in $(PYTHONVERS) ; do \
+@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ _snackmodule.so:   snackmodule.c $(LIBNE
+ 	touch $@
+ 
+ whiptail: $(NDIALOGOBJS) $(LIBNEWTSH)
+-	$(CC) -g -o whiptail $(NDIALOGOBJS) -L . -lnewt $(LIBS) -lpopt
++	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -g -o whiptail $(NDIALOGOBJS) -L . -lnewt $(LIBS) -lpopt
+ 
+ whiptcl.so: $(WHIPTCLOBJS) $(LIBNEWTSH)
+ 	$(CC) -shared $(SHCFLAGS) -o whiptcl.so $(WHIPTCLOBJS) -L . -lnewt  $(LIBTCL) -lpopt
+@@ -102,12 +102,12 @@ $(SHAREDDIR):
+ sharedlib: $(LIBNEWTSH)
+ 
+ $(LIBNEWTSH): $(SHAREDDIR) $(SHAREDOBJS)
+-	$(CC) -shared -o $(LIBNEWTSH) $(SHLIBFLAGS) -Wl,-soname,$(LIBNEWTSONAME) $(SHAREDOBJS) $(LIBS)
++	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -shared -o $(LIBNEWTSH) $(SHLIBFLAGS) -Wl,-soname,$(LIBNEWTSONAME) $(SHAREDOBJS) $(LIBS)
+ 	ln -fs $(LIBNEWTSONAME) libnewt.so
+ 	ln -fs $(LIBNEWTSH) $(LIBNEWTSONAME)
+ 
+ $(SHAREDDIR)/%.o : %.c
+-	$(CC) $(SHCFLAGS) -c $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) -o $@ $<
++	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(SHCFLAGS) -c $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) -o $@ $<
+ 
+ install: $(LIBNEWT) install-sh whiptail
+ 	[ -d $(instroot)/$(bindir) ] || install -m 755 -d $(instroot)/$(bindir)