diff --git a/python-stdlib/weakref/manifest.py b/python-stdlib/weakref/manifest.py
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+++ b/python-stdlib/weakref/manifest.py
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+metadata(version="0.0.1")
+
+module("weakref.py")
diff --git a/python-stdlib/weakref/weakref.py b/python-stdlib/weakref/weakref.py
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+"""
+# weakref
+https://docs.python.org/3/library/weakref.html
+
+Micropython does not have support for weakref in the VM, so currently this is a simple stub
+module that directly assigns the object reference to simplify porting of other libraries.
+"""
+
+
+def ref(obj):
+    return lambda: obj