diff --git a/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/2.5.6 b/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/2.5.6
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+++ b/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/2.5.6
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+case "$OSTYPE" in
+linux*)
+  case $(uname -m) in
+  x86_64)
+    export LDFLAGS="-L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu" # to fix build on Debian amd64
+    ;;
+  esac
+  ;;
+esac
+
+require_gcc
+install_package "Python-2.5.6" "http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.5.6/Python-2.5.6.tgz"
+install_package "distribute-0.6.28" "http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/d/distribute/distribute-0.6.28.tar.gz" python
+install_package "pip-1.1" "http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pip/pip-1.1.tar.gz" python