diff --git a/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.6.5 b/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.6.5
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+++ b/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.6.5
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+#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-3.6.5" "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.6.5/Python-3.6.5.tar.xz#f434053ba1b5c8a5cc597e966ead3c5143012af827fd3f0697d21450bb8d87a6" ldflags_dirs standard verify_py36 ensurepip
+else
+  install_package "Python-3.6.5" "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.6.5/Python-3.6.5.tgz#53a3e17d77cd15c5230192b6a8c1e031c07cd9f34a2f089a731c6f6bd343d5c6" ldflags_dirs standard verify_py36 ensurepip
+fi