diff --git a/.github/workflows/ubuntu_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/ubuntu_tests.yml
index 4b125c39..6968e19c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ubuntu_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ubuntu_tests.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ jobs:
           - 3.7.10
           - 3.8.10
           - 3.9.5
+          - 3.10.0rc1
     runs-on: Ubuntu-20.04
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
diff --git a/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.10.0rc1 b/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.10.0rc1
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..411cb7ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.10.0rc1
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#require_gcc
+prefer_openssl11
+export PYTHON_BUILD_CONFIGURE_WITH_OPENSSL=1
+install_package "openssl-1.1.1k" "https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-1.1.1k.tar.gz#892a0875b9872acd04a9fde79b1f943075d5ea162415de3047c327df33fbaee5" 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
+    install_package "Python-3.10.0rc1" "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.10.0/Python-3.10.0rc1.tar.xz#135b56c2703ad8e01a2728b564f13ffe5cea691fc244f40df4d9e1b3841e690c" standard verify_py310 copy_python_gdb ensurepip
+else
+    install_package "Python-3.10.0rc1" "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.10.0/Python-3.10.0rc1.tgz#4da5269494325da3872531c5178110a91c1eaf7cfe25523ac7a6f26ff7b7ac4d" standard verify_py310 copy_python_gdb ensurepip
+fi