diff --git a/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.7.17 b/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.7.17
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3d0d8190
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.7.17
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+prefer_openssl11
+export PYTHON_BUILD_CONFIGURE_WITH_OPENSSL=1
+install_package "openssl-1.1.1q" "https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-1.1.1q.tar.gz#d7939ce614029cdff0b6c20f0e2e5703158a489a72b2507b8bd51bf8c8fd10ca" mac_openssl --if has_broken_mac_openssl
+install_package "readline-8.1" "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/readline/readline-8.1.tar.gz#f8ceb4ee131e3232226a17f51b164afc46cd0b9e6cef344be87c65962cb82b02" mac_readline --if has_broken_mac_readline
+if has_tar_xz_support; then
+  install_package "Python-3.7.17" "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.7.17/Python-3.7.17.tar.xz#7911051ed0422fd54b8f59ffc030f7cf2ae30e0f61bda191800bb040dce4f9d2" standard verify_py37 copy_python_gdb ensurepip
+else
+  install_package "Python-3.7.17" "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.7.17/Python-3.7.17.tgz#fd50161bc2a04f4c22a0971ff0f3856d98b4bf294f89740a9f06b520aae63b49" standard verify_py37 copy_python_gdb ensurepip
+fi
diff --git a/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.8.17 b/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.8.17
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f7e454e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.8.17
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+prefer_openssl11
+export PYTHON_BUILD_CONFIGURE_WITH_OPENSSL=1
+# Avoid a compilation error when linking against OpenSSL built with SSLv3 support (fixed in 3.10.0) (#2181)
+export PYTHON_CFLAGS="-DOPENSSL_NO_SSL3${PYTHON_CFLAGS:+ $PYTHON_CFLAGS}"
+
+install_package "openssl-1.1.1q" "https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-1.1.1q.tar.gz#d7939ce614029cdff0b6c20f0e2e5703158a489a72b2507b8bd51bf8c8fd10ca" mac_openssl --if has_broken_mac_openssl
+install_package "readline-8.1" "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/readline/readline-8.1.tar.gz#f8ceb4ee131e3232226a17f51b164afc46cd0b9e6cef344be87c65962cb82b02" mac_readline --if has_broken_mac_readline
+if has_tar_xz_support; then
+  install_package "Python-3.8.17" "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.8.17/Python-3.8.17.tar.xz#2e54b0c68191f16552f6de2e97a2396540572a219f6bbb28591a137cecc490a9" standard verify_py38 copy_python_gdb ensurepip
+else
+  install_package "Python-3.8.17" "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.8.17/Python-3.8.17.tgz#def428fa6cf61b66bcde72e3d9f7d07d33b2e4226f04f9d6fce8384c055113ae" standard verify_py38 copy_python_gdb ensurepip
+fi