diff --git a/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/2.7.14rc1 b/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/2.7.14rc1
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+++ b/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/2.7.14rc1
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#require_gcc
+install_package "openssl-1.0.2k" "https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-1.0.2k.tar.gz#6b3977c61f2aedf0f96367dcfb5c6e578cf37e7b8d913b4ecb6643c3cb88d8c0" 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-2.7.14rc1" "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.14/Python-2.7.14rc1.tar.xz#9d62a5d8b56a897f94ce43489ed971f5a211459727048d73c807f04f318a0fb7" ldflags_dirs standard verify_py27 ensurepip
+else
+  install_package "Python-2.7.14rc1" "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.14/Python-2.7.14rc1.tgz#4d1ca11c5451e1b7cafcabc2003cf80fb3745bac45ba51c39b855b0011a27408" ldflags_dirs standard verify_py27 ensurepip
+fi