diff --git a/packages/lang/Python/build b/packages/lang/Python/build
index 5fed185735..7a7ef1681e 100755
--- a/packages/lang/Python/build
+++ b/packages/lang/Python/build
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ OPT="$TARGET_CFLAGS -fno-strict-aliasing" \
             --sysconfdir=/etc \
             --enable-shared \
             --with-threads \
+            --enable-unicode=ucs4 \
             --disable-ipv6 \
             --disable-profiling \
             --without-pydebug \