diff --git a/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.9.17 b/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.9.17
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+++ b/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.9.17
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+prefer_openssl11
+export PYTHON_BUILD_CONFIGURE_WITH_OPENSSL=1
+# Avoid a compilation error when linking against OpenSSL built with SSLv3 support (fixed in 3.10.0) (#2181)
+export PYTHON_CFLAGS="-DOPENSSL_NO_SSL3${PYTHON_CFLAGS:+ $PYTHON_CFLAGS}"
+
+install_package "openssl-1.1.1q" "https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-1.1.1q.tar.gz#d7939ce614029cdff0b6c20f0e2e5703158a489a72b2507b8bd51bf8c8fd10ca" mac_openssl --if has_broken_mac_openssl
+install_package "readline-8.1" "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/readline/readline-8.1.tar.gz#f8ceb4ee131e3232226a17f51b164afc46cd0b9e6cef344be87c65962cb82b02" mac_readline --if has_broken_mac_readline
+if has_tar_xz_support; then
+  install_package "Python-3.9.17" "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.9.17/Python-3.9.17.tar.xz#30ce057c44f283f8ed93606ccbdb8d51dd526bdc4c62cce5e0dc217bfa3e8cee" standard verify_py39 copy_python_gdb ensurepip
+else
+  install_package "Python-3.9.17" "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.9.17/Python-3.9.17.tgz#8ead58f669f7e19d777c3556b62fae29a81d7f06a7122ff9bc57f7dd82d7e014" standard verify_py39 copy_python_gdb ensurepip
+fi