diff --git a/plugins/python-build/bin/python-build b/plugins/python-build/bin/python-build
index 8253da96..c2356fc7 100755
--- a/plugins/python-build/bin/python-build
+++ b/plugins/python-build/bin/python-build
@@ -774,14 +774,19 @@ has_broken_mac_llvm_gcc() {
   [[ "$(gcc --version 2>/dev/null || true)" == *"llvm-gcc-4.2"* ]]
 }
 
-# Post-install check for Python 2.5.x
-build_package_verify_py25() {
+# Post-install check for Python 2.4.x
+build_package_verify_py24() {
   build_package_verify_readline "$@"
-  build_package_verify_sqlite3 "$@"
   build_package_verify_zlib "$@"
   build_package_verify_bz2 "$@"
 }
 
+# Post-install check for Python 2.5.x
+build_package_verify_py25() {
+  build_package_verify_py24 "$@"
+  build_package_verify_sqlite3 "$@"
+}
+
 # Post-install check for Python 2.6.x
 build_package_verify_py26() {
   build_package_verify_py25 "$@"
diff --git a/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/2.4.2 b/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/2.4.2
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..db5bdc41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/2.4.2
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+require_gcc
+install_package "readline-6.2" "http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/readline/readline-6.2.tar.gz#67948acb2ca081f23359d0256e9a271c" standard --if has_broken_mac_readline
+install_package "Python-2.4.2" "http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.4.2/Python-2.4.2.tgz#07cfc759546f6723bb367be5b1ce9875" standard verify_py24
+install_package "setuptools-0.9.5" "https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/s/setuptools/setuptools-0.9.5.tar.gz#2461dc5378277cfae68809baf8e0ef81" python
+install_package "pip-1.1" "https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pip/pip-1.1.tar.gz#62a9f08dd5dc69d76734568a6c040508" python
diff --git a/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/2.4.6 b/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/2.4.6
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..74af8835
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/2.4.6
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+require_gcc
+install_package "readline-6.2" "http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/readline/readline-6.2.tar.gz#67948acb2ca081f23359d0256e9a271c" standard --if has_broken_mac_readline
+install_package "Python-2.4.6" "http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.4.6/Python-2.4.6.tgz#7564b2b142b1b8345cd5358b7aaaa482" standard verify_py24
+install_package "setuptools-0.9.5" "https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/s/setuptools/setuptools-0.9.5.tar.gz#2461dc5378277cfae68809baf8e0ef81" python
+install_package "pip-1.1" "https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pip/pip-1.1.tar.gz#62a9f08dd5dc69d76734568a6c040508" python