diff --git a/Modules/Setup.dist b/Modules/Setup.dist
index fc24c47..647f2fa 100644
--- a/Modules/Setup.dist
+++ b/Modules/Setup.dist
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@
 
 #fcntl fcntlmodule.c	# fcntl(2) and ioctl(2)
 #pwd pwdmodule.c		# pwd(3) 
+#spwd spwdmodule.c		# spwd(3) 
 #grp grpmodule.c		# grp(3)
 #select selectmodule.c	# select(2); not on ancient System V
 
diff --git a/Modules/spwdmodule.c b/Modules/spwdmodule.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..25e7405
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Modules/spwdmodule.c
@@ -0,0 +1,179 @@
+
+/* UNIX shadow password file access module */
+/* A lot of code has been taken from pwdmodule.c */
+/* For info also see http://www.unixpapa.com/incnote/passwd.html */
+
+#include "Python.h"
+#include "structseq.h"
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#ifdef HAVE_SHADOW_H
+#include <shadow.h>
+#endif
+
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(spwd__doc__,
+"This module provides access to the Unix shadow password database.\n\
+It is available on various Unix versions.\n\
+\n\
+Shadow password database entries are reported as 9-tuples of type struct_spwd,\n\
+containing the following items from the password database (see `<shadow.h>'):\n\
+sp_namp, sp_pwdp, sp_lstchg, sp_min, sp_max, sp_warn, sp_inact, sp_expire, sp_flag.\n\
+The sp_namp and sp_pwdp are strings, the rest are integers.\n\
+An exception is raised if the entry asked for cannot be found.\n\
+You have to be root to be able to use this module.");
+
+
+#if defined(HAVE_GETSPNAM) || defined(HAVE_GETSPENT)
+
+static PyStructSequence_Field struct_spwd_type_fields[] = {
+	{"sp_nam", "login name"},
+	{"sp_pwd", "encrypted password"},
+	{"sp_lstchg", "date of last change"},
+	{"sp_min", "min #days between changes"}, 
+	{"sp_max", "max #days between changes"}, 
+	{"sp_warn", "#days before pw expires to warn user about it"}, 
+	{"sp_inact", "#days after pw expires until account is blocked"},
+	{"sp_expire", "#days since 1970-01-01 until account is disabled"},
+	{"sp_flag", "reserved"},
+	{0}
+};
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(struct_spwd__doc__,
+"spwd.struct_spwd: Results from getsp*() routines.\n\n\
+This object may be accessed either as a 9-tuple of\n\
+  (sp_nam,sp_pwd,sp_lstchg,sp_min,sp_max,sp_warn,sp_inact,sp_expire,sp_flag)\n\
+or via the object attributes as named in the above tuple.");
+
+static PyStructSequence_Desc struct_spwd_type_desc = {
+	"spwd.struct_spwd",
+	struct_spwd__doc__,
+	struct_spwd_type_fields,
+	9,
+};
+
+static PyTypeObject StructSpwdType;
+
+
+static void
+sets(PyObject *v, int i, char* val)
+{
+  if (val)
+	  PyStructSequence_SET_ITEM(v, i, PyString_FromString(val));
+  else {
+	  PyStructSequence_SET_ITEM(v, i, Py_None);
+	  Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+  }
+}
+
+static PyObject *mkspent(struct spwd *p)
+{
+	int setIndex = 0;
+	PyObject *v = PyStructSequence_New(&StructSpwdType);
+	if (v == NULL)
+		return NULL;
+
+#define SETI(i,val) PyStructSequence_SET_ITEM(v, i, PyInt_FromLong((long) val))
+#define SETS(i,val) sets(v, i, val)
+
+	SETS(setIndex++, p->sp_namp);
+	SETS(setIndex++, p->sp_pwdp);
+	SETI(setIndex++, p->sp_lstchg);
+	SETI(setIndex++, p->sp_min);
+	SETI(setIndex++, p->sp_max);
+	SETI(setIndex++, p->sp_warn);
+	SETI(setIndex++, p->sp_inact);
+	SETI(setIndex++, p->sp_expire);
+	SETI(setIndex++, p->sp_flag);
+
+#undef SETS
+#undef SETI
+
+	if (PyErr_Occurred()) {
+		Py_XDECREF(v);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	return v;
+}
+
+#endif  /* HAVE_GETSPNAM || HAVE_GETSPENT */
+
+
+#ifdef HAVE_GETSPNAM
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(spwd_getspnam__doc__,
+"getspnam(name) -> (sp_namp, sp_pwdp, sp_lstchg, sp_min, sp_max,\n\
+                    sp_warn, sp_inact, sp_expire, sp_flag)\n\
+Return the shadow password database entry for the given user name.\n\
+See spwd.__doc__ for more on shadow password database entries.");
+
+static PyObject* spwd_getspnam(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+	char *name;
+	struct spwd *p;
+	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s:getspnam", &name))
+		return NULL;
+	if ((p = getspnam(name)) == NULL) {
+		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_KeyError, "getspnam(): name not found");
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	return mkspent(p);
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(spwd_getspall__doc__,
+"getspall() -> list_of_entries\n\
+Return a list of all available shadow password database entries, \
+in arbitrary order.\n\
+See spwd.__doc__ for more on shadow password database entries.");
+
+#endif /* HAVE_GETSPNAM */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_GETSPENT
+
+static PyObject *
+spwd_getspall(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+	PyObject *d;
+	struct spwd *p;
+//	if (!PyArg_NoArgs(args))
+//		return NULL;
+	if ((d = PyList_New(0)) == NULL)
+		return NULL;
+	setspent();
+	while ((p = getspent()) != NULL) {
+		PyObject *v = mkspent(p);
+		if (v == NULL || PyList_Append(d, v) != 0) {
+			Py_XDECREF(v);
+			Py_DECREF(d);
+			endspent();
+			return NULL;
+		}
+		Py_DECREF(v);
+	}
+	endspent();
+	return d;
+}
+
+#endif /* HAVE_GETSPENT */
+
+static PyMethodDef spwd_methods[] = {
+#ifdef HAVE_GETSPNAM	
+	{"getspnam",	spwd_getspnam, METH_VARARGS, spwd_getspnam__doc__},
+#endif
+#ifdef HAVE_GETSPENT
+	{"getspall",	spwd_getspall, METH_NOARGS, spwd_getspall__doc__},
+#endif
+	{NULL,		NULL}		/* sentinel */
+};
+
+
+PyMODINIT_FUNC
+initspwd(void)
+{
+	PyObject *m;
+	m=Py_InitModule3("spwd", spwd_methods, spwd__doc__);
+	PyStructSequence_InitType(&StructSpwdType, &struct_spwd_type_desc);
+	Py_INCREF((PyObject *) &StructSpwdType);
+	PyModule_AddObject(m, "struct_spwd", (PyObject *) &StructSpwdType);
+}