diff --git a/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.3-009-distutils-rpath.patch b/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.3-009-distutils-rpath.patch
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.3-009-distutils-rpath.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+diff -up Python-2.6.4/Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py.distutils-rpath Python-2.6.4/Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py
+--- Python-2.6.4/Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py.distutils-rpath	2009-09-09 04:34:06.000000000 -0400
++++ Python-2.6.4/Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py	2010-03-15 21:33:25.000000000 -0400
+@@ -142,6 +142,16 @@ class UnixCCompiler(CCompiler):
+     if sys.platform == "cygwin":
+         exe_extension = ".exe"
+ 
++    def _fix_lib_args(self, libraries, library_dirs, runtime_library_dirs):
++        """Remove standard library path from rpath"""
++        libraries, library_dirs, runtime_library_dirs = \
++            CCompiler._fix_lib_args(self, libraries, library_dirs,
++                                    runtime_library_dirs)
++        libdir = sysconfig.get_config_var('LIBDIR')
++        if runtime_library_dirs and (libdir in runtime_library_dirs):
++            runtime_library_dirs.remove(libdir)
++        return libraries, library_dirs, runtime_library_dirs
++
+     def preprocess(self, source,
+                    output_file=None, macros=None, include_dirs=None,
+                    extra_preargs=None, extra_postargs=None):