diff --git a/lang/python/patches/110-enable-zlib.patch b/lang/python/patches/110-enable-zlib.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..44a59f25d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/python/patches/110-enable-zlib.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- Python-2.6.4/Modules/Setup.dist	2008-11-27 11:15:12.000000000 +0100
++++ Python-2.6.4/Modules/Setup.dist	2010-02-27 04:14:15.000000000 +0100
+@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@
+ # Andrew Kuchling's zlib module.
+ # This require zlib 1.1.3 (or later).
+ # See http://www.gzip.org/zlib/
+-#zlib zlibmodule.c -I$(prefix)/include -L$(exec_prefix)/lib -lz
++zlib zlibmodule.c -I$(prefix)/include -L$(exec_prefix)/lib -lz
+ 
+ # Interface to the Expat XML parser
+ #