diff --git a/main/python/APKBUILD b/main/python/APKBUILD
index 3a69371533cd78ce64fab0637fbabc725328ac87..9f78590b1615dd0876f5fc359058e732fcfaa9d4 100644
--- a/main/python/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/python/APKBUILD
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 pkgname=python
 pkgver=2.7.10
 _verbase=${pkgver%.*}
-pkgrel=0
+pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="A high-level scripting language"
 url="http://www.python.org"
 arch="all"
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ depends=""
 makedepends="expat-dev openssl-dev zlib-dev ncurses-dev bzip2-dev
 	gdbm-dev sqlite-dev libffi-dev readline-dev paxmark"
 source="http://www.$pkgname.org/ftp/$pkgname/$pkgver/Python-$pkgver.tar.xz
-	find_library.patch
+	musl-find_library.patch
 	unchecked-ioctl.patch
 	"
 
@@ -96,11 +96,11 @@ gdbm() {
 }
 
 md5sums="c685ef0b8e9f27b5e3db5db12b268ac6  Python-2.7.10.tar.xz
-5d8ca92fa6f187573104593470a9d3d5  find_library.patch
+23691939c584e8490948b4331927e4bc  musl-find_library.patch
 dada786a50fa332686a9b9260d84c110  unchecked-ioctl.patch"
 sha256sums="1cd3730781b91caf0fa1c4d472dc29274186480161a150294c42ce9b5c5effc0  Python-2.7.10.tar.xz
-63b2b1489c2b97b450bb2d19b64f2ae6cca5c43d549c131c7807fbe52b7bbf21  find_library.patch
+efb0e5312422494be03cfb89b52404d66796e3fd3c6ccb49b32917294d66d93e  musl-find_library.patch
 f9d37609bab83d9ffff96ec9a33e16568cfb14980d389f7fe34a1c837397e359  unchecked-ioctl.patch"
 sha512sums="67615a6defbcda062f15a09f9dd3b9441afd01a8cc3255e5bc45b925378a0ddc38d468b7701176f6cc153ec52a4f21671b433780d9bde343aa9b9c1b2ae29feb  Python-2.7.10.tar.xz
-cbb18c23b1b55025ba8a08debd545b68317eef2732f9f631d2629ed71b603b9a90843bca5df9db7072e83e29c928b0e9c557d0710955692052607db36a241c08  find_library.patch
+382e86e53f9d87c3e6b36c56f8296eab2f24a20ba1fb0a1fdcbe40f6bbb51c93ab03403499f7c9f6a33430eb69b81fc613d430a37880bde9fbe510503c409529  musl-find_library.patch
 5a8e013a4132d71c4360771f130d27b37275ae59330cf9a75378dc8a11236017f540eb224f2a148984e82ca3fb6b29129375b1080ba05b81044faa717520ab82  unchecked-ioctl.patch"
diff --git a/main/python/find_library.patch b/main/python/find_library.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c4975250bbcf97f8d2dc87be03d4fca335154dd0..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/main/python/find_library.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- ./Lib/ctypes/util.py.orig
-+++ ./Lib/ctypes/util.py
-@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@
-             abi_type = mach_map.get(machine, 'libc6')
- 
-             # XXX assuming GLIBC's ldconfig (with option -p)
--            expr = r'\s+(lib%s\.[^\s]+)\s+\(%s' % (re.escape(name), abi_type)
-+            expr = r'\s+(lib%s\.[^\s]+)\s+\(' % (re.escape(name))
-             f = os.popen('/sbin/ldconfig -p 2>/dev/null')
-             try:
-                 data = f.read()
diff --git a/main/python/musl-find_library.patch b/main/python/musl-find_library.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..aad604c451552c6a8111983e429a0a80b4e6d158
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/python/musl-find_library.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+diff --git a/Lib/ctypes/util.py b/Lib/ctypes/util.py
+index 1e882e3..b265cc0 100644
+--- a/Lib/ctypes/util.py
++++ b/Lib/ctypes/util.py
+@@ -238,8 +238,37 @@ elif os.name == "posix":
+                 return None
+             return res.group(1)
+ 
++        def _is_elf(filepath):
++            try:
++                with open(filepath, 'rb') as fh:
++                    return fh.read(4) == b'\x7fELF'
++            except:
++                return False
++
++        def _find_libfile(name):
++            from glob import glob
++            # 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']
++            if 'LD_LIBRARY_PATH' in os.environ:
++                paths = os.environ['LD_LIBRARY_PATH'].split(':') + paths
++            for d in paths:
++                f = os.path.join(d, name)
++                if _is_elf(f):
++                    return f
++
++                prefix = os.path.join(d, 'lib'+name)
++                for suffix in ['.so', '.so.*', '.*.so.*']:
++                    for f in glob('{0}{1}'.format(prefix, suffix)):
++                        if _is_elf(f):
++                            return 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))
+ 
+ ################################################################
+ # test code