diff --git a/vars/build.vars b/vars/build.vars
index b09553e..b99d0b0 100644
--- a/vars/build.vars
+++ b/vars/build.vars
@@ -826,6 +826,7 @@ patch patchutils perl python2 python3 ruby smallbasic tcl";
 : ${PKG_PYTHON2_VERSION:=2.7.14};
 : ${PKG_PYTHON2_URL:=https://www.python.org/ftp/python/${PKG_PYTHON2_VERSION}/Python-${PKG_PYTHON2_VERSION}.tgz};
 : ${PKG_PYTHON2_CONFIGURE_ARGS:="--build=x86_64 -C --enable-ipv6 --enable-shared --host=${DEFAULT_TARGET} --prefix=${PREFIX_NATIVE}"};
+: ${PKG_PYTHON2_ENV_VARS_EXTRA:="PYTHON_FOR_BUILD=${PREFIX}/bin/python2.7.wrapper"};
 : ${PKG_PYTHON3_SHA256SUM:=687e067d9f391da645423c7eda8205bae9d35edc0c76ef5218dcbe4cc770d0d7};
 : ${PKG_PYTHON3_VERSION:=3.5.1};
 : ${PKG_PYTHON3_URL:=https://www.python.org/ftp/python/${PKG_PYTHON3_VERSION}/Python-${PKG_PYTHON3_VERSION}.tgz};
diff --git a/vars/python2_host.vars b/vars/python2_host.vars
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..097c196
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vars/python2_host.vars
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#
+# set -o errexit -o noglob are assumed.
+#
+
+pkg_python2_host_install_make_post() {
+	if ex_rtl_fileop test "${PKG_DESTDIR}/bin/python2.7.wrapper"; then
+		ex_rtl_fileop rm "${PKG_DESTDIR}/bin/python2.7.wrapper";
+	fi;
+	cat > "${PKG_DESTDIR}/bin/python2.7.wrapper" <<EOF
+#!/bin/sh
+env LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${PREFIX}/lib" "${PREFIX}/bin/python2.7" "\${@}";
+EOF
+        chmod +x "${PKG_DESTDIR}/bin/python2.7.wrapper";
+};
+
+# vim:filetype=sh