diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a2563435..ace3e676 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+* python-build: Added CPython 2.7.12rc1
 * python-build: Added CPython 3.5.2rc1
 * python-build: Added CPython 3.4.5rc1
 * python-build: Added PyPy2 5.3 (#626)
diff --git a/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/2.7.12rc1 b/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/2.7.12rc1
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b9e9da03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/2.7.12rc1
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#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" "http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/readline/readline-6.3.tar.gz#56ba6071b9462f980c5a72ab0023893b65ba6debb4eeb475d7a563dc65cafd43" standard --if has_broken_mac_readline
+install_package "Python-2.7.12rc1" "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.12/Python-2.7.12rc1.tgz#83f5cdbbb3494753d0e1ed2a093942c1ddcd04264af5e7d6183c7f7c64ffd33c" ldflags_dirs standard verify_py27 ensurepip