diff --git a/packages/libnewt/build.sh b/packages/libnewt/build.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0ca9d950c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/libnewt/build.sh
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+TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=https://pagure.io/newt
+TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="A programming library for color text mode, widget based user interfaces"
+TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE="LGPL-2.0"
+TERMUX_PKG_MAINTAINER="@termux"
+TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=0.52.21
+TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://releases.pagure.org/newt/newt-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz
+TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=265eb46b55d7eaeb887fca7a1d51fe115658882dfe148164b6c49fccac5abb31
+TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="libandroid-support, libpopt, slang"
+TERMUX_PKG_BUILD_IN_SRC=true
+TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="
+--disable-nls
+--without-python
+--without-tcl
+"
diff --git a/packages/libnewt/whiptail.subpackage.sh b/packages/libnewt/whiptail.subpackage.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..33dd72448
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+TERMUX_SUBPKG_INCLUDE="bin/ share/man/man1/"
+TERMUX_SUBPKG_DESCRIPTION="Display dialog boxes from shell scripts"
+TERMUX_SUBPKG_CONFLICTS="dialog (<< 1.3-20211214)"