diff --git a/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/patches/2.7.9/Python-2.7.9/010_ssl_no_ssl3.patch b/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/patches/2.7.9/Python-2.7.9/010_ssl_no_ssl3.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..11156bbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/patches/2.7.9/Python-2.7.9/010_ssl_no_ssl3.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+diff -r -u ../Python-2.7.9.orig/Lib/ssl.py ./Lib/ssl.py
+--- ../Python-2.7.9.orig/Lib/ssl.py	2014-12-10 15:59:40.000000000 +0000
++++ ./Lib/ssl.py	2015-12-18 14:09:51.218138658 +0000
+@@ -106,7 +106,12 @@
+ from _ssl import (VERIFY_DEFAULT, VERIFY_CRL_CHECK_LEAF, VERIFY_CRL_CHECK_CHAIN,
+     VERIFY_X509_STRICT)
+ from _ssl import txt2obj as _txt2obj, nid2obj as _nid2obj
+-from _ssl import RAND_status, RAND_egd, RAND_add
++from _ssl import RAND_status, RAND_add
++try:
++    from _ssl import RAND_egd
++except ImportError:
++    # LibreSSL does not provide RAND_egd
++    pass
+ 
+ def _import_symbols(prefix):
+     for n in dir(_ssl):