diff --git a/srcpkgs/python/patches/musl-find_library.patch b/srcpkgs/python/patches/musl-find_library.patch
index 9e5462c0c53..ec9f3d94f15 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python/patches/musl-find_library.patch
+++ b/srcpkgs/python/patches/musl-find_library.patch
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
-http://bugs.alpinelinux.org/issues/5038
-
---- Lib/ctypes/util.py
+--- Lib/ctypes/util.py.orig
 +++ Lib/ctypes/util.py
-@@ -238,8 +238,37 @@ elif os.name == "posix":
-                 return None
-             return res.group(1)
+@@ -204,6 +204,41 @@
+         def find_library(name, is64 = False):
+             return _get_soname(_findLib_crle(name, is64) or _findLib_gcc(name))
  
++    elif True:
++
++        # Patched for Alpine Linux / musl - search manually system paths
 +        def _is_elf(filepath):
 +            try:
 +                with open(filepath, 'rb') as fh:
@@ -13,15 +14,18 @@ http://bugs.alpinelinux.org/issues/5038
 +            except:
 +                return False
 +
-+        def _find_libfile(name):
++        def find_library(name):
 +            from glob import glob
++            # absolute name?
++            if os.path.isabs(name):
++                return name
 +            # special case for libm, libcrypt and libpthread and musl
 +            if name in ['m', 'crypt', 'pthread']:
 +                name = 'c'
 +            elif name in ['libm.so', 'libcrypt.so', 'libpthread.so']:
 +                name = 'libc.so'
-+            # search in standard locations
-+            paths = ['/lib', '/usr/lib', '/usr/local/lib']
++            # search in standard locations (musl order)
++            paths = ['/lib', '/usr/local/lib', '/usr/lib']
 +            if 'LD_LIBRARY_PATH' in os.environ:
 +                paths = os.environ['LD_LIBRARY_PATH'].split(':') + paths
 +            for d in paths:
@@ -30,14 +34,11 @@ http://bugs.alpinelinux.org/issues/5038
 +                    return os.path.basename(f)
 +
 +                prefix = os.path.join(d, 'lib'+name)
-+                for suffix in ['.so', '.so.*', '.*.so.*']:
++                for suffix in ['.so', '.so.*']:
 +                    for f in glob('{0}{1}'.format(prefix, suffix)):
 +                        if _is_elf(f):
 +                            return os.path.basename(f)
 +
-         def find_library(name):
--            return _findSoname_ldconfig(name) or _get_soname(_findLib_gcc(name))
-+            return _find_libfile(name) or _findSoname_ldconfig(name) or _get_soname(_findLib_gcc(name))
+     else:
  
- ################################################################
- # test code
+         def _findSoname_ldconfig(name):
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python/template b/srcpkgs/python/template
index 5975d506041..248e29e9667 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 pkgname=python
 version=2.7.12
-revision=2
+revision=3
 wrksrc="Python-${version}"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="