diff --git a/package/python-templating/Config.in b/package/python-templating/Config.in
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+config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_TEMPLATING
+	bool "python-templating"
+	help
+	  This is the old version of the Mako templating library for Python.
+	  It provides a familiar, non-XML syntax which compiles into Python
+	  modules for maximum performance.
+
+	  https://pypi.python.org/pypi/Mako
diff --git a/package/python-templating/python-templating.hash b/package/python-templating/python-templating.hash
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+# md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/mako/json
+md5  409bdc38e9ddda5eada61fb092cb12fd  Mako-1.1.5.tar.gz
+sha256  169fa52af22a91900d852e937400e79f535496191c63712e3b9fda5a9bed6fc3  Mako-1.1.5.tar.gz
+# Locally computed sha256 checksums
+sha256  47cd0d41b1092f9161cfb629ed15e5cea185144710ff4633a4281ef088ff5de7  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/python-templating/python-templating.mk b/package/python-templating/python-templating.mk
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+################################################################################
+#
+# python-mako
+#
+################################################################################
+
+PYTHON_TEMPLATING_VERSION = 1.1.5
+PYTHON_TEMPLATING_SOURCE = Mako-$(PYTHON_TEMPLATING_VERSION).tar.gz
+PYTHON_TEMPLATING_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/d1/42/ff293411e980debfc647be9306d89840c8b82ea24571b014f1a35b2ad80f
+PYTHON_TEMPLATING_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
+PYTHON_TEMPLATING_LICENSE = MIT
+PYTHON_TEMPLATING_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
+
+# In host build, setup.py tries to download markupsafe if it is not installed
+HOST_PYTHON_TEMPLATING_DEPENDENCIES = host-python-markupsafe
+
+$(eval $(python-package))
+$(eval $(host-python-package))