diff --git a/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/2.7.18 b/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/2.7.18
index 40703c74..544f3a7e 100644
--- a/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/2.7.18
+++ b/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/2.7.18
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#require_gcc
+export PYTHON_BUILD_HOMEBREW_OPENSSL_FORMULA="openssl@1.1 openssl@1.0 openssl"
 install_package "openssl-1.0.2q" "https://www.openssl.org/source/old/1.0.2/openssl-1.0.2q.tar.gz#5744cfcbcec2b1b48629f7354203bc1e5e9b5466998bbccc5b5fcde3b18eb684" 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