diff --git a/plans/python/plan.sh b/plans/python/plan.sh
index 0b48a9ca8e..ead23788b3 100644
--- a/plans/python/plan.sh
+++ b/plans/python/plan.sh
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ pkg_bin_dirs=(bin)
 pkg_include_dirs=(include Include)
 pkg_interpreters=(bin/python bin/python3 bin/python3.5)
 
+do_prepare() {
+    sed -i.bak 's/#zlib/zlib/' Modules/Setup.dist
+    sed -i -re "/(SSL=|_ssl|-DUSE_SSL|-lssl).*/ s|^#||" Modules/Setup.dist
+}
+
 do_build() {
     ./configure --prefix=${pkg_prefix} \
                 --enable-shared