diff --git a/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.8.1 b/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.8.1
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+++ b/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.8.1
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+#require_gcc
+prefer_openssl11
+export PYTHON_BUILD_CONFIGURE_WITH_OPENSSL=1
+install_package "openssl-1.1.0j" "https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-1.1.0j.tar.gz#31bec6c203ce1a8e93d5994f4ed304c63ccf07676118b6634edded12ad1b3246" mac_openssl --if has_broken_mac_openssl
+install_package "readline-8.0" "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/readline/readline-8.0.tar.gz#e339f51971478d369f8a053a330a190781acb9864cf4c541060f12078948e461" mac_readline --if has_broken_mac_readline
+if has_tar_xz_support; then
+  install_package "Python-3.8.1" "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.8.1/Python-3.8.1.tar.xz#75894117f6db7051c1b34f37410168844bbb357c139a8a10a352e9bf8be594e8" ldflags_dirs standard verify_py38 copy_python_gdb ensurepip
+else
+  install_package "Python-3.8.1" "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.8.1/Python-3.8.1.tgz#c7cfa39a43b994621b245e029769e9126caa2a93571cee2e743b213cceac35fb" ldflags_dirs standard verify_py38 copy_python_gdb ensurepip
+fi