diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-simplejson/python-simplejson.rshlibs b/srcpkgs/python-simplejson/python-simplejson.rshlibs
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+++ b/srcpkgs/python-simplejson/python-simplejson.rshlibs
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+libpython2.7.so.1.0
+libpthread.so.0
+libc.so.6
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-simplejson/template b/srcpkgs/python-simplejson/template
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+# Template file for 'python-simplejson'
+pkgname=python-simplejson
+version=2.5.2
+revision=1
+nofetch=yes
+noextract=yes 
+build_style=python-module
+makedepends="git python-devel"
+pycompile_module="simplejson"
+short_desc="Simple, fast, extensible JSON encoder/decoder for Python"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+homepage="http://undefined.org/python/#simplejson"
+license="MIT"
+long_desc="
+ This package contains $pkgname: a $short_desc."
+
+do_fetch() {
+	local url="git://github.com/simplejson/simplejson.git"
+	git clone $url $pkgname-$version
+	cd $pkgname-$version && git checkout v${version}
+}