diff --git a/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/jython-2.7.1 b/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/jython-2.7.1
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/jython-2.7.1
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+require_java
+unrequire_python27
+install_jar "jython-2.7.1" "https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/python/jython-installer/2.7.1/jython-installer-2.7.1.jar#6e58dad0b8565b95c6fb14b4bfbf570523d1c5290244cfb33822789fa53b1d25" jython
+
+case "$(pypy_architecture 2>/dev/null || true)" in
+"osx64"|"win32" )
+  # Jython does not seem to work properly on OSX/windows unless JAVA_HOME is set
+  if [ -z "${JAVA_HOME+defined}" ]; then
+    colorize 1 "WARNING: "
+    echo "Please ensure that your JAVA_HOME environment variable is set correctly!"
+    echo "See http://bugs.jython.org/issue2346 for details."
+  fi
+  ;;
+esac