diff --git a/packages/lang/Python/build b/packages/lang/Python/build
index f497c8d8e4..44999b1ea8 100755
--- a/packages/lang/Python/build
+++ b/packages/lang/Python/build
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -lexpat" \
 make
 make install
 
+# symlink python binary to python2 (needed for Mesa)
+  ln -s python $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/python2
+
 cp Parser/pgen ./hostpgen
 cp python ./hostpython