diff --git a/network/nginx/nginx.conf b/network/nginx/nginx.conf
index a195c1319..826342522 100644
--- a/network/nginx/nginx.conf
+++ b/network/nginx/nginx.conf
@@ -82,3 +82,16 @@ fi
 
 var_append CC_WRAPPER_REMOVE " " "-Werror"
 
+# wsgi support - should be made a config option
+if pkginstalled python; then
+	wsgi_extract() {
+		local file=$(match_source_file -p wsgi)
+		cd "$builddir"
+		tar -v $taropt "$file"
+		ln -sv mod_wsgi-* mod_wsgi
+		cd - > /dev/null
+	}
+
+	var_append confopt ' ' '--add-module=../mod_wsgi'
+	hook_add prepatch 5 'wsgi_extract'
+fi
diff --git a/network/nginx/nginx.desc b/network/nginx/nginx.desc
index bfc7179ec..d439b352b 100644
--- a/network/nginx/nginx.desc
+++ b/network/nginx/nginx.desc
@@ -49,3 +49,4 @@
 [CV-URL] http://nginx.org/en/download.html
 
 [D] 4143773363 nginx-0.8.50.tar.gz http://nginx.org/download/
+[D] X nginx-mod_wsgi-r258.tar.gz !http://hg.mperillo.ath.cx/nginx/mod_wsgi/archive/8994b058d2db.tar.gz