diff --git a/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.7-dev b/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.7-dev
index 05307e9a..98b8d741 100644
--- a/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.7-dev
+++ b/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.7-dev
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #require_gcc
 prefer_openssl11
+export PYTHON_BUILD_CONFIGURE_WITH_OPENSSL=1
 install_package "openssl-1.0.2k" "https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-1.0.2k.tar.gz#6b3977c61f2aedf0f96367dcfb5c6e578cf37e7b8d913b4ecb6643c3cb88d8c0" mac_openssl --if has_broken_mac_openssl
 install_package "readline-6.3" "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/readline/readline-6.3.tar.gz#56ba6071b9462f980c5a72ab0023893b65ba6debb4eeb475d7a563dc65cafd43" standard --if has_broken_mac_readline
 install_git "Python-3.7-dev" "https://github.com/python/cpython" "3.7" standard verify_py37 copy_python_gdb ensurepip
diff --git a/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.7.0 b/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.7.0
index 78b903de..df3f9e8f 100644
--- a/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.7.0
+++ b/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.7.0
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #require_gcc
 prefer_openssl11
+export PYTHON_BUILD_CONFIGURE_WITH_OPENSSL=1
 install_package "openssl-1.0.2k" "https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-1.0.2k.tar.gz#6b3977c61f2aedf0f96367dcfb5c6e578cf37e7b8d913b4ecb6643c3cb88d8c0" mac_openssl --if has_broken_mac_openssl
 install_package "readline-6.3" "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/readline/readline-6.3.tar.gz#56ba6071b9462f980c5a72ab0023893b65ba6debb4eeb475d7a563dc65cafd43" standard --if has_broken_mac_readline
 if has_tar_xz_support; then
diff --git a/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.7.1 b/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.7.1
index 0b97f781..a2d5729f 100644
--- a/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.7.1
+++ b/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.7.1
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #require_gcc
 prefer_openssl11
+export PYTHON_BUILD_CONFIGURE_WITH_OPENSSL=1
 install_package "openssl-1.0.2k" "https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-1.0.2k.tar.gz#6b3977c61f2aedf0f96367dcfb5c6e578cf37e7b8d913b4ecb6643c3cb88d8c0" mac_openssl --if has_broken_mac_openssl
 install_package "readline-6.3" "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/readline/readline-6.3.tar.gz#56ba6071b9462f980c5a72ab0023893b65ba6debb4eeb475d7a563dc65cafd43" standard --if has_broken_mac_readline
 if has_tar_xz_support; then
diff --git a/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.7.2 b/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.7.2
index ab6614cf..b138e6ef 100644
--- a/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.7.2
+++ b/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.7.2
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #require_gcc
 prefer_openssl11
+export PYTHON_BUILD_CONFIGURE_WITH_OPENSSL=1
 install_package "openssl-1.0.2k" "https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-1.0.2k.tar.gz#6b3977c61f2aedf0f96367dcfb5c6e578cf37e7b8d913b4ecb6643c3cb88d8c0" mac_openssl --if has_broken_mac_openssl
 install_package "readline-6.3" "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/readline/readline-6.3.tar.gz#56ba6071b9462f980c5a72ab0023893b65ba6debb4eeb475d7a563dc65cafd43" standard --if has_broken_mac_readline
 if has_tar_xz_support; then
diff --git a/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.7.3 b/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.7.3
index 7860e2cc..ff056e22 100644
--- a/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.7.3
+++ b/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.7.3
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #require_gcc
 prefer_openssl11
+export PYTHON_BUILD_CONFIGURE_WITH_OPENSSL=1
 install_package "openssl-1.0.2k" "https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-1.0.2k.tar.gz#6b3977c61f2aedf0f96367dcfb5c6e578cf37e7b8d913b4ecb6643c3cb88d8c0" mac_openssl --if has_broken_mac_openssl
 install_package "readline-6.3" "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/readline/readline-6.3.tar.gz#56ba6071b9462f980c5a72ab0023893b65ba6debb4eeb475d7a563dc65cafd43" standard --if has_broken_mac_readline
 if has_tar_xz_support; then
diff --git a/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.8-dev b/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.8-dev
index 6297ee84..6b0f81b9 100644
--- a/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.8-dev
+++ b/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.8-dev
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #require_gcc
 prefer_openssl11
+export PYTHON_BUILD_CONFIGURE_WITH_OPENSSL=1
 install_package "openssl-1.0.2k" "https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-1.0.2k.tar.gz#6b3977c61f2aedf0f96367dcfb5c6e578cf37e7b8d913b4ecb6643c3cb88d8c0" mac_openssl --if has_broken_mac_openssl
 install_package "readline-6.3" "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/readline/readline-6.3.tar.gz#56ba6071b9462f980c5a72ab0023893b65ba6debb4eeb475d7a563dc65cafd43" standard --if has_broken_mac_readline
 install_git "Python-3.8-dev" "https://github.com/python/cpython" master standard verify_py38 copy_python_gdb ensurepip