diff --git a/pythonforandroid/recipes/babel/__init__.py b/pythonforandroid/recipes/babel/__init__.py
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+from pythonforandroid.recipe import PythonRecipe
+
+
+class BabelRecipe(PythonRecipe):
+	name = 'babel'
+	version = '2.1.1'
+	url = 'https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/B/Babel/Babel-{version}.tar.gz'
+
+	depends = [('python2', 'python3'), 'setuptools', 'pytz']
+
+	call_hostpython_via_targetpython = False
+	install_in_hostpython = True
+
+
+recipe = BabelRecipe()
diff --git a/pythonforandroid/recipes/pytz/__init__.py b/pythonforandroid/recipes/pytz/__init__.py
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+from pythonforandroid.recipe import PythonRecipe
+
+
+class PytzRecipe(PythonRecipe):
+	name = 'pytz'
+	version = '2015.7'
+	url = 'https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pytz/pytz-{version}.tar.bz2'
+
+	depends = [('python2', 'python3')]
+
+	call_hostpython_via_targetpython = False
+	install_in_hostpython = True
+
+
+recipe = PytzRecipe()