diff --git a/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.8.8 b/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.8.8
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+++ b/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.8.8
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+#require_gcc
+prefer_openssl11
+export PYTHON_BUILD_CONFIGURE_WITH_OPENSSL=1
+install_package "openssl-1.1.0j" "https://www.openssl.org/source/old/1.1.0/openssl-1.1.0j.tar.gz#31bec6c203ce1a8e93d5994f4ed304c63ccf07676118b6634edded12ad1b3246" mac_openssl --if has_broken_mac_openssl
+install_package "readline-8.0" "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/readline/readline-8.0.tar.gz#e339f51971478d369f8a053a330a190781acb9864cf4c541060f12078948e461" mac_readline --if has_broken_mac_readline
+if has_tar_xz_support; then
+  install_package "Python-3.8.8" "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.8.8/Python-3.8.8.tar.xz#7c664249ff77e443d6ea0e4cf0e587eae918ca3c48d081d1915fe2a1f1bcc5cc" ldflags_dirs standard verify_py38 copy_python_gdb ensurepip
+else
+  install_package "Python-3.8.8" "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.8.8/Python-3.8.8.tgz#76c0763f048e4f9b861d24da76b7dd5c7a3ba7ec086f40caedeea359263276f7" ldflags_dirs standard verify_py38 copy_python_gdb ensurepip
+fi