diff --git a/packages/lang/Python/install b/packages/lang/Python/install
index 8e28b7c3a5..63e28a4959 100755
--- a/packages/lang/Python/install
+++ b/packages/lang/Python/install
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 . config/options
 
+$SCRIPTS/install openssl
+$SCRIPTS/install zlib
+
 PYTHON_VERSION=2.6
 PYTHON_LIB_DIR=$INSTALL/usr/lib/python$PYTHON_VERSION