diff --git a/recipes/python/config.site b/recipes/python/config.site
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c273024063576bd1ef06efe7bc2bc5b0b122950a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/python/config.site
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+ac_cv_file__dev_ptmx=no
+ac_cv_file__dev_ptc=no
diff --git a/recipes/python/python.patch b/recipes/python/python.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b14fe225f502acd5267348aa647bccbb5d6766ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/python/python.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,341 @@
+diff -ru Python-3.6.1/config.sub Python-3.6.1-new/config.sub
+--- Python-3.6.1/config.sub 2017-03-20 23:32:38.000000000 -0700
++++ Python-3.6.1-new/config.sub 2017-07-03 11:56:03.528738808 -0700
+@@ -1358,7 +1358,7 @@
+ -gnu* | -bsd* | -mach* | -minix* | -genix* | -ultrix* | -irix* \
+ | -*vms* | -sco* | -esix* | -isc* | -aix* | -cnk* | -sunos | -sunos[34]*\
+ | -hpux* | -unos* | -osf* | -luna* | -dgux* | -auroraux* | -solaris* \
+- | -sym* | -kopensolaris* | -plan9* \
++ | -sym* | -kopensolaris* | -plan9* | -redox* \
+ | -amigaos* | -amigados* | -msdos* | -newsos* | -unicos* | -aof* \
+ | -aos* | -aros* \
+ | -nindy* | -vxsim* | -vxworks* | -ebmon* | -hms* | -mvs* \
+diff -ru Python-3.6.1/configure Python-3.6.1-new/configure
+--- Python-3.6.1/configure 2017-03-20 23:32:38.000000000 -0700
++++ Python-3.6.1-new/configure 2017-07-03 15:26:44.804152125 -0700
+@@ -3256,6 +3256,9 @@
+ *-*-cygwin*)
+ ac_sys_system=Cygwin
+ ;;
++ *-*-redox*)
++ ac_sys_system=Redox
++ ;;
+ *)
+ # for now, limit cross builds to known configurations
+ MACHDEP="unknown"
+@@ -3302,9 +3305,7 @@
+ _host_cpu=
+ ;;
+ *)
+- # for now, limit cross builds to known configurations
+- MACHDEP="unknown"
+- as_fn_error $? "cross build not supported for $host" "$LINENO" 5
++ _host_cpu=$host_cpu
+ esac
+ _PYTHON_HOST_PLATFORM="$MACHDEP${_host_cpu:+-$_host_cpu}"
+ fi
+@@ -11343,7 +11344,6 @@
+ _ACEOF
+ if ac_fn_c_try_compile "$LINENO"; then :
+
+-$as_echo "#define HAVE_FCHDIR 1" >>confdefs.h
+
+ { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: yes" >&5
+ $as_echo "yes" >&6; }
+@@ -11393,7 +11393,6 @@
+ _ACEOF
+ if ac_fn_c_try_compile "$LINENO"; then :
+
+-$as_echo "#define HAVE_FDATASYNC 1" >>confdefs.h
+
+ { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: yes" >&5
+ $as_echo "yes" >&6; }
+@@ -12093,7 +12092,6 @@
+ _ACEOF
+ if ac_fn_c_try_compile "$LINENO"; then :
+
+-$as_echo "#define HAVE_SETGROUPS 1" >>confdefs.h
+
+ { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: yes" >&5
+ $as_echo "yes" >&6; }
+@@ -12491,8 +12489,8 @@
+ $as_echo "$ac_cv_lib_rt_clock_gettime" >&6; }
+ if test "x$ac_cv_lib_rt_clock_gettime" = xyes; then :
+
+- LIBS="$LIBS -lrt"
+ $as_echo "#define HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME 1" >>confdefs.h
++ LIBS="$LIBS -lrt"
+
+
+ $as_echo "#define TIMEMODULE_LIB rt" >>confdefs.h
+@@ -12510,7 +12508,6 @@
+ ac_fn_c_check_func "$LINENO" "clock_getres" "ac_cv_func_clock_getres"
+ if test "x$ac_cv_func_clock_getres" = xyes; then :
+ cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
+-#define HAVE_CLOCK_GETRES 1
+ _ACEOF
+
+ else
+@@ -12553,7 +12550,6 @@
+ $as_echo "$ac_cv_lib_rt_clock_getres" >&6; }
+ if test "x$ac_cv_lib_rt_clock_getres" = xyes; then :
+
+- $as_echo "#define HAVE_CLOCK_GETRES 1" >>confdefs.h
+
+
+ fi
+diff -ru Python-3.6.1/Lib/posixpath.py Python-3.6.1-new/Lib/posixpath.py
+--- Python-3.6.1/Lib/posixpath.py 2017-03-20 23:32:38.000000000 -0700
++++ Python-3.6.1-new/Lib/posixpath.py 2017-07-04 13:28:08.034693302 -0700
+@@ -165,11 +165,7 @@
+
+ def islink(path):
+ """Test whether a path is a symbolic link"""
+- try:
+- st = os.lstat(path)
+- except (OSError, AttributeError):
+- return False
+- return stat.S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)
++ return False
+
+ # Being true for dangling symbolic links is also useful.
+
+diff -ru Python-3.6.1/Modules/clinic/posixmodule.c.h Python-3.6.1-new/Modules/clinic/posixmodule.c.h
+--- Python-3.6.1/Modules/clinic/posixmodule.c.h 2017-03-20 23:32:38.000000000 -0700
++++ Python-3.6.1-new/Modules/clinic/posixmodule.c.h 2017-07-03 14:47:11.991792352 -0700
+@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@
+
+ #endif /* defined(HAVE_LCHFLAGS) */
+
+-#if defined(HAVE_CHROOT)
++#if 0
+
+ PyDoc_STRVAR(os_chroot__doc__,
+ "chroot($module, /, path)\n"
+diff -ru Python-3.6.1/Modules/faulthandler.c Python-3.6.1-new/Modules/faulthandler.c
+--- Python-3.6.1/Modules/faulthandler.c 2017-03-20 23:32:38.000000000 -0700
++++ Python-3.6.1-new/Modules/faulthandler.c 2017-07-03 14:39:30.321353882 -0700
+@@ -906,7 +906,7 @@
+ SetErrorMode(mode | SEM_NOGPFAULTERRORBOX);
+ #endif
+
+-#ifdef HAVE_SYS_RESOURCE_H
++#if 0
+ struct rlimit rl;
+
+ /* Disable creation of core dump */
+diff -ru Python-3.6.1/Modules/_io/fileio.c Python-3.6.1-new/Modules/_io/fileio.c
+--- Python-3.6.1/Modules/_io/fileio.c 2017-03-20 23:32:38.000000000 -0700
++++ Python-3.6.1-new/Modules/_io/fileio.c 2017-07-04 13:13:07.963211923 -0700
+@@ -433,16 +433,16 @@
+ }
+
+ #ifndef MS_WINDOWS
+- if (_Py_set_inheritable(self->fd, 0, atomic_flag_works) < 0)
+- goto error;
++// if (_Py_set_inheritable(self->fd, 0, atomic_flag_works) < 0)
++// goto error;
+ #endif
+ }
+
+ self->blksize = DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE;
+ Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
+- fstat_result = _Py_fstat_noraise(self->fd, &fdfstat);
++ //fstat_result = _Py_fstat_noraise(self->fd, &fdfstat);
+ Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
+- if (fstat_result < 0) {
++ if (0) {
+ /* Tolerate fstat() errors other than EBADF. See Issue #25717, where
+ an anonymous file on a Virtual Box shared folder filesystem would
+ raise ENOENT. */
+@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@
+ }
+ }
+ else {
+-#if defined(S_ISDIR) && defined(EISDIR)
++#if 0
+ /* On Unix, open will succeed for directories.
+ In Python, there should be no file objects referring to
+ directories, so we need a check. */
+@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@
+ goto error;
+ }
+ #endif /* defined(S_ISDIR) */
+-#ifdef HAVE_STRUCT_STAT_ST_BLKSIZE
++#if 0
+ if (fdfstat.st_blksize > 1)
+ self->blksize = fdfstat.st_blksize;
+ #endif /* HAVE_STRUCT_STAT_ST_BLKSIZE */
+diff -ru Python-3.6.1/Modules/posixmodule.c Python-3.6.1-new/Modules/posixmodule.c
+--- Python-3.6.1/Modules/posixmodule.c 2017-03-20 23:32:38.000000000 -0700
++++ Python-3.6.1-new/Modules/posixmodule.c 2017-07-03 15:31:13.753481813 -0700
+@@ -188,7 +188,6 @@
+ #define HAVE_PIPE 1
+ #define HAVE_SYSTEM 1
+ #define HAVE_WAIT 1
+-#define HAVE_TTYNAME 1
+ #endif /* _MSC_VER */
+ #endif /* ! __WATCOMC__ || __QNX__ */
+
+@@ -2940,7 +2939,7 @@
+ #endif /* HAVE_LCHFLAGS */
+
+
+-#ifdef HAVE_CHROOT
++#if 0
+ /*[clinic input]
+ os.chroot
+ path: path_t
+@@ -5563,8 +5562,6 @@
+ os_sched_yield_impl(PyObject *module)
+ /*[clinic end generated code: output=902323500f222cac input=e54d6f98189391d4]*/
+ {
+- if (sched_yield())
+- return posix_error();
+ Py_RETURN_NONE;
+ }
+
+@@ -11804,7 +11801,7 @@
+ (name_len == 1 || (direntp->d_name[1] == '.' && name_len == 2));
+ if (!is_dot) {
+ entry = DirEntry_from_posix_info(&iterator->path, direntp->d_name,
+- name_len, direntp->d_ino
++ name_len, 0
+ #ifdef HAVE_DIRENT_D_TYPE
+ , direntp->d_type
+ #endif
+diff -ru Python-3.6.1/Modules/pwdmodule.c Python-3.6.1-new/Modules/pwdmodule.c
+--- Python-3.6.1/Modules/pwdmodule.c 2017-03-20 23:32:38.000000000 -0700
++++ Python-3.6.1-new/Modules/pwdmodule.c 2017-07-03 14:45:03.600040924 -0700
+@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
+ "getpwuid(): uid not found");
+ return NULL;
+ }
+- if ((p = getpwuid(uid)) == NULL) {
++ if (1) {
+ PyObject *uid_obj = _PyLong_FromUid(uid);
+ if (uid_obj == NULL)
+ return NULL;
+@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
+ return NULL;
+ if (PyBytes_AsStringAndSize(bytes, &name, NULL) == -1)
+ goto out;
+- if ((p = getpwnam(name)) == NULL) {
++ if (1) {
+ PyErr_Format(PyExc_KeyError,
+ "getpwnam(): name not found: %s", name);
+ goto out;
+diff -ru Python-3.6.1/Modules/timemodule.c Python-3.6.1-new/Modules/timemodule.c
+--- Python-3.6.1/Modules/timemodule.c 2017-03-20 23:32:38.000000000 -0700
++++ Python-3.6.1-new/Modules/timemodule.c 2017-07-03 14:41:43.868293016 -0700
+@@ -966,7 +966,7 @@
+ return PyFloat_FromDouble(total * 1e-7);
+ #else
+
+-#if defined(HAVE_SYS_RESOURCE_H)
++#if 0
+ struct rusage ru;
+ #endif
+ #ifdef HAVE_TIMES
+@@ -1000,7 +1000,7 @@
+ }
+ #endif
+
+-#if defined(HAVE_SYS_RESOURCE_H)
++#if 0
+ if (getrusage(RUSAGE_SELF, &ru) == 0) {
+ double total;
+ total = ru.ru_utime.tv_sec + ru.ru_utime.tv_usec * 1e-6;
+@@ -1195,7 +1195,7 @@
+
+ And I'm lazy and hate C so nyer.
+ */
+-#if defined(HAVE_TZNAME) && !defined(__GLIBC__) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
++#if 0
+ PyObject *otz0, *otz1;
+ tzset();
+ PyModule_AddIntConstant(m, "timezone", timezone);
+diff -ru Python-3.6.1/Python/fileutils.c Python-3.6.1-new/Python/fileutils.c
+--- Python-3.6.1/Python/fileutils.c 2017-03-20 23:32:38.000000000 -0700
++++ Python-3.6.1-new/Python/fileutils.c 2017-07-03 17:01:34.335204386 -0700
+@@ -965,7 +965,7 @@
+ return -1;
+ }
+
+-#ifndef MS_WINDOWS
++#if 0
+ if (set_inheritable(fd, 0, gil_held, atomic_flag_works) < 0) {
+ close(fd);
+ return -1;
+diff -ru Python-3.6.1/Python/pylifecycle.c Python-3.6.1-new/Python/pylifecycle.c
+--- Python-3.6.1/Python/pylifecycle.c 2017-03-20 23:32:38.000000000 -0700
++++ Python-3.6.1-new/Python/pylifecycle.c 2017-07-04 09:28:10.863071915 -0700
+@@ -998,7 +998,7 @@
+ #else
+ if (Py_FileSystemDefaultEncoding == NULL)
+ {
+- Py_FileSystemDefaultEncoding = get_locale_encoding();
++ Py_FileSystemDefaultEncoding = "utf-8";
+ if (Py_FileSystemDefaultEncoding == NULL)
+ Py_FatalError("Py_Initialize: Unable to get the locale encoding");
+
+diff -ru Python-3.6.1/Python/pytime.c Python-3.6.1-new/Python/pytime.c
+--- Python-3.6.1/Python/pytime.c 2017-03-20 23:32:38.000000000 -0700
++++ Python-3.6.1-new/Python/pytime.c 2017-07-03 15:29:14.832184973 -0700
+@@ -578,9 +578,6 @@
+ info->implementation = "clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME)";
+ info->monotonic = 0;
+ info->adjustable = 1;
+- if (clock_getres(CLOCK_REALTIME, &res) == 0)
+- info->resolution = res.tv_sec + res.tv_nsec * 1e-9;
+- else
+ info->resolution = 1e-9;
+ }
+ #else /* HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME */
+@@ -714,15 +711,10 @@
+ }
+
+ if (info) {
+- struct timespec res;
+ info->monotonic = 1;
+ info->implementation = implementation;
+ info->adjustable = 0;
+- if (clock_getres(clk_id, &res) != 0) {
+- PyErr_SetFromErrno(PyExc_OSError);
+- return -1;
+- }
+- info->resolution = res.tv_sec + res.tv_nsec * 1e-9;
++ info->resolution = 1e-5;
+ }
+ if (_PyTime_FromTimespec(tp, &ts, raise) < 0)
+ return -1;
+diff -ru Python-3.6.1/Python/random.c Python-3.6.1-new/Python/random.c
+--- Python-3.6.1/Python/random.c 2017-03-20 23:32:38.000000000 -0700
++++ Python-3.6.1-new/Python/random.c 2017-07-03 16:07:31.740783648 -0700
+@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
+
+ #else /* !MS_WINDOWS */
+
+-#if defined(HAVE_GETRANDOM) || defined(HAVE_GETRANDOM_SYSCALL)
++#if 0
+ #define PY_GETRANDOM 1
+
+ /* Call getrandom() to get random bytes:
+@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@
+ if (urandom_cache.fd >= 0)
+ fd = urandom_cache.fd;
+ else {
+- fd = _Py_open("/dev/urandom", O_RDONLY);
++ fd = _Py_open("rand:", O_RDONLY);
+ if (fd < 0) {
+ if (errno == ENOENT || errno == ENXIO ||
+ errno == ENODEV || errno == EACCES) {
+@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@
+ } while (0 < size);
+ }
+ else {
+- fd = _Py_open_noraise("/dev/urandom", O_RDONLY);
++ fd = _Py_open_noraise("rand:", O_RDONLY);
+ if (fd < 0) {
+ return -1;
+ }
diff --git a/recipes/python/recipe.sh b/recipes/python/recipe.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c0d11da0a6494e572412853e504cd2f6b845e3a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/python/recipe.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+VERSION=3.6.1
+TAR=https://www.python.org/ftp/python/$VERSION/Python-$VERSION.tar.xz
+
+ARCH=x86_64
+HOST=x86_64-elf-redox
+
+export AR="${HOST}-ar"
+export AS="${HOST}-as"
+export CC="${HOST}-gcc"
+export CXX="${HOST}-g++"
+export LD="${HOST}-ld"
+export NM="${HOST}-nm"
+export OBJCOPY="${HOST}-objcopy"
+export OBJDUMP="${HOST}-objdump"
+export RANLIB="${HOST}-ranlib"
+export READELF="${HOST}-readelf"
+export STRIP="${HOST}-strip"
+
+export CONFIG_SITE=config.site
+
+function recipe_version {
+ echo "$VERSION"
+ skip=1
+}
+
+function recipe_update {
+ echo "skipping update"
+ skip=1
+}
+
+function recipe_build {
+ cp ../config.site ./
+ ./configure --host=${HOST} --build=${ARCH} --prefix=/
+ make
+ skip=1
+}
+
+function recipe_test {
+ echo "skipping test"
+ skip=1
+}
+
+function recipe_clean {
+ make clean
+ skip=1
+}
+
+function recipe_stage {
+ dest="$(realpath $1)"
+ make prefix="$dest" install
+ $STRIP "$dest/bin/python3.6"
+ rm -rf "$dest"/{share,lib/*.a,include}
+ skip=1
+}