diff --git a/tools/build/p4a_recipes/cryptography/__init__.py b/tools/build/p4a_recipes/cryptography/__init__.py
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+from pythonforandroid.recipe import CompiledComponentsPythonRecipe, Recipe
+
+
+class CryptographyRecipe(CompiledComponentsPythonRecipe):
+    name = 'cryptography'
+    version = '2.8'
+    url = 'https://github.com/pyca/cryptography/archive/{version}.tar.gz'
+    depends = ['openssl', 'six', 'setuptools', 'cffi']
+    call_hostpython_via_targetpython = False
+
+    def get_recipe_env(self, arch):
+        env = super().get_recipe_env(arch)
+
+        openssl_recipe = Recipe.get_recipe('openssl', self.ctx)
+        env['CFLAGS'] += openssl_recipe.include_flags(arch)
+        env['LDFLAGS'] += openssl_recipe.link_dirs_flags(arch)
+        env['LIBS'] = openssl_recipe.link_libs_flags()
+
+        return env
+
+
+recipe = CryptographyRecipe()