diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index d17bd64a48c..81f662c643c 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -2145,3 +2145,4 @@ libtelegramqml.so.1 TelegramQML-0.8.0_1
 libglog.so.0 glog-0.3.4_1
 libzita-convolver.so.3 zita-convolver-3.1.0_1
 libpugixml.so.1 pugixml-1.6_1
+libnewt.so.0.52 newt-0.52.18_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/newt-devel b/srcpkgs/newt-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..53fabbcb042
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/newt-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+newt
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/newt/patches/0001-Use-CC-instead-of-CPP-to-generate-.depend-files.patch b/srcpkgs/newt/patches/0001-Use-CC-instead-of-CPP-to-generate-.depend-files.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5366b5de0f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/newt/patches/0001-Use-CC-instead-of-CPP-to-generate-.depend-files.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+From 65754effe16506a7a0a04069c8b6e1281811604d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Samuel Martin <s.martin49@gmail.com>
+Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2015 11:54:10 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH newt 1/2] Use $(CC) instead of $(CPP) to generate .depend
+ files
+
+Use $(CC) instead of $(CPP) to generate .depend file because '$(CPP)
+-M' call does not support multiple input files.  This avoid the
+following error:
+
+make[1]: Entering directory `/opt/br/output/build/newt-0.51.0'
+/opt/br/output/host/usr/bin/arm-none-linux-gnueabi-cpp -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_GNU_SOURCE -M newt.c button.c form.c checkbox.c entry.c label.c listbox.c scrollbar.c textbox.c scale.c grid.c windows.c buttonbar.c checkboxtree.c > .depend
+arm-none-linux-gnueabi-cpp: too many input files
+make[1]: *** [depend] Error 1
+
+Signed-off-by: Samuel Martin <s.martin49@gmail.com>
+Signed-off-by: Yegor Yefremov <yegorslists@googlemail.com>
+Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
+---
+ Makefile.in | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
+index 7989203..17853e0 100644
+--- Makefile.in
++++ Makefile.in
+@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ clean:
+ 		$(SHAREDDIR)/*.o *.$(SOEXT)*
+ 
+ depend:
+-	$(CPP) $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) -M $(SOURCES) > .depend
++	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) -M $(SOURCES) > .depend
+ 
+ $(SHAREDDIR):
+ 	mkdir -p $(SHAREDDIR)
+-- 
+2.1.0
+
diff --git a/srcpkgs/newt/patches/0002-Remove-bogus-I-usr-include-slang-from-CPPFLAGS.patch b/srcpkgs/newt/patches/0002-Remove-bogus-I-usr-include-slang-from-CPPFLAGS.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e00ebaca3bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/newt/patches/0002-Remove-bogus-I-usr-include-slang-from-CPPFLAGS.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+From 28145b46649165b94666ee585d064b41306e10fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Alex Suykov <alex.suykov@gmail.com>
+Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2015 11:55:32 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH newt 2/2] Remove bogus -I/usr/include/slang from CPPFLAGS
+
+Hardcoding -I/usr/include/slang in CPPFLAGS is bogus for
+cross-compilation. With recent versions of slang, the headers are
+installed in ${sysroot}/usr/include directly, so there is no need for
+an additional flag. And if one was needed, it should be added by the
+configure script, after detecting the right header location.
+
+Signed-off-by: Alex Suykov <alex.suykov@gmail.com>
+Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
+---
+ Makefile.in | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
+index 17853e0..d32d784 100644
+--- Makefile.in
++++ Makefile.in
+@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ CC = @CC@
+ CPP = @CPP@
+ CFLAGS = @CFLAGS@
+ LDFLAGS = @LDFLAGS@
+-CPPFLAGS = -D_GNU_SOURCE -I/usr/include/slang @CPPFLAGS@ 
++CPPFLAGS = -D_GNU_SOURCE @CPPFLAGS@
+ GNU_LD = @GNU_LD@
+ 
+ VERSION = @VERSION@
+-- 
+2.1.0
+
diff --git a/srcpkgs/newt/template b/srcpkgs/newt/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..88d1837b3ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/newt/template
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Template file for 'newt'
+pkgname=newt
+version=0.52.18
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+hostmakedepends=""
+makedepends="slang-devel popt-devel"
+depends=""
+short_desc="Library for color text mode, widget based user interfaces."
+maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.eu>"
+license="GPL-3"
+homepage="https://fedorahosted.org/newt/"
+distfiles="https://fedorahosted.org/releases/n/e/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
+checksum=771b0e634ede56ae6a6acd910728bb5832ac13ddb0d1d27919d2498dab70c91e
+
+newt-devel_package() {
+	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+	}
+}