diff --git a/pythonforandroid/recipes/sqlalchemy/__init__.py b/pythonforandroid/recipes/sqlalchemy/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..79e0ebf8fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pythonforandroid/recipes/sqlalchemy/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+
+from pythonforandroid.toolchain import CompiledComponentsPythonRecipe
+
+
+class SQLAlchemyRecipe(CompiledComponentsPythonRecipe):
+    name = 'sqlalchemy'
+    version = '1.0.9'
+    url = 'https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/S/SQLAlchemy/SQLAlchemy-{version}.tar.gz'
+    
+    depends = [('python2', 'python3'), 'setuptools']
+    
+    patches = ['zipsafe.patch']
+
+
+recipe = SQLAlchemyRecipe()
diff --git a/pythonforandroid/recipes/sqlalchemy/zipsafe.patch b/pythonforandroid/recipes/sqlalchemy/zipsafe.patch
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index 0000000000..1820d0961e
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+++ b/pythonforandroid/recipes/sqlalchemy/zipsafe.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
+index 09b524c..1e65772 100644
+--- a/setup.py
++++ b/setup.py
+@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ def run_setup(with_cext):
+     setup(name="SQLAlchemy",
+           version=VERSION,
+           description="Database Abstraction Library",
++          zip_safe=False,
+           author="Mike Bayer",
+           author_email="mike_mp@zzzcomputing.com",
+           url="http://www.sqlalchemy.org",