diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a0dd9b30..334548c2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 ## Version History
 
+## Unreleased
+
+* python-build: Add CPython 3.6.0rc1
+
 ## 1.0.4
 
 * python-build: Add PyPy 5.6.0 (#751)
diff --git a/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.6.0b4 b/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.6.0rc1
similarity index 50%
rename from plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.6.0b4
rename to plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.6.0rc1
index 1a4a2ced..f4bf5923 100644
--- a/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.6.0b4
+++ b/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.6.0rc1
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 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" "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/readline/readline-6.3.tar.gz#56ba6071b9462f980c5a72ab0023893b65ba6debb4eeb475d7a563dc65cafd43" standard --if has_broken_mac_readline
 if has_tar_xz_support; then
-  install_package "Python-3.6.0b4" "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.6.0/Python-3.6.0b4.tar.xz#0afca41351ce9586becd398120ad2718252f93fffc134761c8fd80dc5144a979" ldflags_dirs standard verify_py36 ensurepip
+  install_package "Python-3.6.0rc1" "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.6.0/Python-3.6.0rc1.tar.xz#fc868c1b84833262bef5547f2ed44844a1b4355ab3b7f747e28a1e1ccbff5807" ldflags_dirs standard verify_py36 ensurepip
 else
-  install_package "Python-3.6.0b4" "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.6.0/Python-3.6.0b4.tgz#3e19d832a677d351f580bad4f312631e5b66a9c47257accc9edc025df2c3160b" ldflags_dirs standard verify_py36 ensurepip
+  install_package "Python-3.6.0rc1" "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.6.0/Python-3.6.0rc1.tgz#e80bc33d09f1f3c06ed760c921e7e279479325b7db372afe95fa05deabad4db9" ldflags_dirs standard verify_py36 ensurepip
 fi
+