diff --git a/packages/lang/Python/install b/packages/lang/Python/install
index 69e4b14e5c..515ccf131e 100755
--- a/packages/lang/Python/install
+++ b/packages/lang/Python/install
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 $SCRIPTS/install openssl
 $SCRIPTS/install zlib
 $SCRIPTS/install libffi
+$SCRIPTS/install file # needed by platform.architecture()
 
 PYTHON_VERSION=2.6
 PYTHON_LIB_DIR=$INSTALL/usr/lib/python$PYTHON_VERSION