diff --git a/python2.7.10/PKGBUILD b/python2.7.10/PKGBUILD
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9f34b0cd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python2.7.10/PKGBUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+# Core Packages for Chakra, part of www.chakra-project.org
+# Maintainer:   F Kosmale (Inkane) <inkane@chakra-project.org>
+# Contributors: H W Toevtjärn (totte) <totte@tott.es>
+#               A Boersma (abveritas) <abveritas@chakra-project.org>
+
+pkgname=python2
+pkgver=2.7.10
+pkgrel=2
+_pybasever=2.7
+pkgdesc="A high-level scripting language"
+arch=('x86_64')
+license=('PSF')
+url="http://www.python.org"
+depends=('db>=4.8' 'bzip2' 'gdbm' 'openssl' 'zlib' 'expat' 'sqlite3' 'libffi')
+makedepends=('tk')
+optdepends=('tk: for IDLE'
+            'python2-setuptools'
+            'python2-pip')
+provides=('python' 'python-elementtree' 'python-ctypes')
+replaces=('python-elementtree' 'python-ctypes' 'python')
+conflicts=('python')
+source=(https://www.python.org/ftp/python/${pkgver%rc?}/Python-${pkgver}.tar.xz{,.asc}
+        'add-chakra-support.patch')
+md5sums=('c685ef0b8e9f27b5e3db5db12b268ac6'
+         'SKIP'
+         '9b47a96ffa3d18cdc864481c178aef28')
+validpgpkeys=('C01E1CAD5EA2C4F0B8E3571504C367C218ADD4FF') # 18ADD4FF Benjamin Peterson
+
+build() {
+  cd "${srcdir}/Python-${pkgver}"
+
+  # See http://bugs.python.org/issue10835 for upstream report
+  sed -i "/progname =/s/python/python${_pybasever}/" Python/pythonrun.c
+
+  # Enable built-in SQLite3 module to load extensions 
+  sed -i "/SQLITE_OMIT_LOAD_EXTENSION/d" setup.py
+
+  sed -i -e "s|^#.* /usr/local/bin/python|#!/usr/bin/python2|" Lib/cgi.py
+
+  # Make sure platform.linux_distribution() returns the correct info,
+  # reading it from /etc/chakra-release
+  patch -p1 -i "${srcdir}/add-chakra-support.patch"
+
+  # Ensure that we are using the system copy of various libraries (expat, zlib and libffi),
+  # rather than copies shipped in the tarball
+  rm -r Modules/expat
+  rm -r Modules/zlib
+  rm -r Modules/_ctypes/{darwin,libffi}*
+
+  export OPT="${CFLAGS}"
+ ./configure --prefix=/usr \
+             --enable-shared \
+             --enable-ipv6 \
+             --enable-unicode=ucs4 \
+             --with-threads \
+             --with-system-ffi \
+	     --with-dbmliborder=gdbm:ndbm \
+             --with-system-expat
+  
+  make 
+}
+
+package() {
+  cd "${srcdir}/Python-${pkgver}"
+  make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" altinstall maninstall
+
+  ln -sf "python${_pybasever}"        "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/python"
+  ln -sf "python${_pybasever}"        "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/python2"
+  ln -sf "python${_pybasever}-config" "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/python2-config"
+  ln -sf "python${_pybasever}.1"      "${pkgdir}/usr/share/man/man1/python2.1"
+
+  ln -sf "../../libpython${_pybasever}.so" \
+    "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/python${_pybasever}/config/libpython${_pybasever}.so"
+
+  mv "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/smtpd.py" "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/python${_pybasever}"
+
+  # some useful "stuff"
+  install -dm755 "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/python${_pybasever}/Tools"/{i18n,scripts}
+  install -m755 Tools/i18n/{msgfmt,pygettext}.py \
+    "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/python${_pybasever}/Tools/i18n"
+  install -m755 Tools/scripts/{README,*py} \
+    "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/python${_pybasever}/Tools/scripts"
+
+  # clean up #!s
+  find "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/python${_pybasever}" -name '*.py' | \
+    xargs sed -i "s|#[ ]*![ ]*/usr/bin/env python$|#!/usr/bin/env python2|"
+
+  # clean-up reference to build directory
+  sed -i "s#${srcdir}/Python-${pkgver}:##" \
+    "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/python${_pybasever}/config/Makefile"
+
+  # license
+  install -Dm644 LICENSE "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}/LICENSE"
+}  
+
+# vim:set ts=2 sw=2 et:
diff --git a/python2.7.10/add-chakra-support.patch b/python2.7.10/add-chakra-support.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d38dabf79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python2.7.10/add-chakra-support.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -Naur a/Lib/platform.py b/Lib/platform.py
+--- a/Lib/platform.py	2012-01-02 14:40:23.833135906 +0000
++++ b/Lib/platform.py	2012-01-02 14:40:50.002992154 +0000
+@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@
+ # and http://www.die.net/doc/linux/man/man1/lsb_release.1.html
+ 
+ _supported_dists = (
+-    'SuSE', 'debian', 'fedora', 'redhat', 'centos',
++    'chakra', 'SuSE', 'debian', 'fedora', 'redhat', 'centos',
+     'mandrake', 'mandriva', 'rocks', 'slackware', 'yellowdog', 'gentoo',
+     'UnitedLinux', 'turbolinux')
+