diff --git a/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.6.0b1 b/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.6.0b1
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+++ b/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.6.0b1
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+#require_gcc
+install_package "openssl-1.0.2g" "https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-1.0.2g.tar.gz#b784b1b3907ce39abf4098702dade6365522a253ad1552e267a9a0e89594aa33" 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
+  install_package "Python-3.6.0b1" "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.6.0/Python-3.6.0b1.tar.xz#a83b094a8abf8a1fba7c548a5e8dd0aabe87a87a6ebd87c97f4a5a2527a74d42" ldflags_dirs standard verify_py36 ensurepip
+else
+  install_package "Python-3.6.0b1" "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.6.0/Python-3.6.0b1.tgz#41e8e4e8f6d44992f9cb979da2a2927c60554045fe0a2ee556e0bf8fe5f7014f" ldflags_dirs standard verify_py36 ensurepip
+fi