diff --git a/vars/build.vars b/vars/build.vars
index 82aee87..b09553e 100644
--- a/vars/build.vars
+++ b/vars/build.vars
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ HOST_PACKAGES_DEPS_LDFLAGS_CONFIGURE="";
 HOST_PACKAGES_DEPS_MAKEFLAGS_INSTALL="PREFIX= prefix=";
 HOST_PACKAGES_DEPS_PACKAGES="
 cmake_host llvm_host clang_host file_host libffi_host glib_host
-infounzip_host infozip_host intltool_host python3_host ruby_host";
+infounzip_host infozip_host intltool_host python2_host python3_host ruby_host";
 HOST_PACKAGES_DEPS_PREFIX="${PREFIX}";
 : ${PKG_CMAKE_HOST_SHA256SUM:=7d73ee4fae572eb2d7cd3feb48971aea903bb30a20ea5ae8b4da826d8ccad5fe};
 : ${PKG_CMAKE_HOST_VERSION:=3.6.3};
@@ -315,6 +315,10 @@ HOST_PACKAGES_DEPS_PREFIX="${PREFIX}";
 : ${PKG_INTLTOOL_HOST_SHA256SUM:=67c74d94196b153b774ab9f89b2fa6c6ba79352407037c8c14d5aeb334e959cd};
 : ${PKG_INTLTOOL_HOST_VERSION:=0.51.0};
 : ${PKG_INTLTOOL_HOST_URL:=https://launchpad.net/intltool/trunk/${PKG_INTLTOOL_HOST_VERSION}/+download/intltool-${PKG_INTLTOOL_HOST_VERSION}.tar.gz};
+: ${PKG_PYTHON2_HOST_SHA256SUM:=304c9b202ea6fbd0a4a8e0ad3733715fbd4749f2204a9173a58ec53c32ea73e8};
+: ${PKG_PYTHON2_HOST_VERSION:=2.7.14};
+: ${PKG_PYTHON2_HOST_URL:=https://www.python.org/ftp/python/${PKG_PYTHON2_HOST_VERSION}/Python-${PKG_PYTHON2_HOST_VERSION}.tgz};
+: ${PKG_PYTHON2_HOST_CONFIGURE_ARGS_EXTRA:="--enable-ipv6 --enable-shared"};
 : ${PKG_PYTHON3_HOST_SHA256SUM:=687e067d9f391da645423c7eda8205bae9d35edc0c76ef5218dcbe4cc770d0d7};
 : ${PKG_PYTHON3_HOST_VERSION:=3.5.1};
 : ${PKG_PYTHON3_HOST_URL:=https://www.python.org/ftp/python/${PKG_PYTHON3_HOST_VERSION}/Python-${PKG_PYTHON3_HOST_VERSION}.tgz};