diff --git a/pythonforandroid/recipes/ruamel.yaml/__init__.py b/pythonforandroid/recipes/ruamel.yaml/__init__.py
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index 0000000000..049a5f707f
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+++ b/pythonforandroid/recipes/ruamel.yaml/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+from pythonforandroid.recipe import PythonRecipe
+
+
+class RuamelYamlRecipe(PythonRecipe):
+    version = '0.15.77'
+    url = 'https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/r/ruamel.yaml/ruamel.yaml-{version}.tar.gz'
+    depends = [('python2', 'python3crystax'), 'setuptools']
+    site_packages_name = 'ruamel'
+    call_hostpython_via_targetpython = False
+    patches = ['disable-pip-req.patch']
+
+
+recipe = RuamelYamlRecipe()
diff --git a/pythonforandroid/recipes/ruamel.yaml/disable-pip-req.patch b/pythonforandroid/recipes/ruamel.yaml/disable-pip-req.patch
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+++ b/pythonforandroid/recipes/ruamel.yaml/disable-pip-req.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- setup.py        2018-11-11 18:27:31.936424140 +0100
++++ b/setup.py    2018-11-11 18:28:19.873507071 +0100
+@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@
+                 sys.exit(0)
+             if not os.environ.get('RUAMEL_NO_PIP_INSTALL_CHECK', False):
+                 print('error: you have to install with "pip install ."')
+-                sys.exit(1)
++                # sys.exit(1)
+         # If you only support an extension module on Linux, Windows thinks it
+         # is pure. That way you would get pure python .whl files that take
+         # precedence for downloading on Linux over source with compilable C code