diff --git a/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/patches/2.7.3/Python-2.7.3/004_ssl.patch b/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/patches/2.7.3/Python-2.7.3/004_ssl.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3212d281
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/patches/2.7.3/Python-2.7.3/004_ssl.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+--- Modules/_ssl.c.orig	2015-12-06 09:38:40.581734108 -0500
++++ Modules/_ssl.c	2015-12-06 09:40:29.953991951 -0500
+@@ -302,8 +302,10 @@
+     PySSL_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
+     if (proto_version == PY_SSL_VERSION_TLS1)
+         self->ctx = SSL_CTX_new(TLSv1_method()); /* Set up context */
++#ifndef OPENSSL_NO_SSL3
+     else if (proto_version == PY_SSL_VERSION_SSL3)
+         self->ctx = SSL_CTX_new(SSLv3_method()); /* Set up context */
++#endif
+ #ifndef OPENSSL_NO_SSL2
+     else if (proto_version == PY_SSL_VERSION_SSL2)
+         self->ctx = SSL_CTX_new(SSLv2_method()); /* Set up context */