diff --git a/lang/python3/Makefile b/lang/python3/Makefile
index d13a9f4da..1cd18750d 100644
--- a/lang/python3/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python3/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2006-2014 OpenWrt.org
+# Copyright (C) 2006-2015 OpenWrt.org
 #
 # This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
 # See /LICENSE for more information.
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@ PYTHON_VERSION:=$(PYTHON3_VERSION)
 PYTHON_VERSION_MICRO:=$(PYTHON3_VERSION_MICRO)
 
 PKG_NAME:=python3
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 PKG_VERSION:=$(PYTHON_VERSION).$(PYTHON_VERSION_MICRO)
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=Python-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://www.python.org/ftp/python/$(PKG_VERSION)
-PKG_MD5SUM:=36fc7327c02c6f12fa24fc9ba78039e3
+PKG_MD5SUM:=7d092d1bba6e17f0d9bd21b49e441dd5
 
 PKG_LICENSE:=PSF
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=LICENSE Modules/_ctypes/libffi_msvc/LICENSE Modules/_ctypes/darwin/LICENSE Modules/_ctypes/libffi/LICENSE Modules/_ctypes/libffi_osx/LICENSE Tools/pybench/LICENSE
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ endef
 define Package/python3-base
 $(call Package/python3/Default)
   TITLE:=Python $(PYTHON_VERSION) interpreter
-  DEPENDS:=+libpthread +zlib +libffi +libopenssl
+  DEPENDS:=+libpthread +zlib
 endef
 
 define Package/python3-base/description
@@ -65,13 +65,45 @@ define Package/python3-base/description
   for the interpreter to start.
 endef
 
+define Package/python3-light
+$(call Package/python3/Default)
+  TITLE:=Python $(PYTHON_VERSION) light installation
+  DEPENDS:=+python3-base +libffi +libbz2
+endef
+
+define Package/python3-light/description
+  This package is essentially the python3-base package plus
+  a few of the rarely used (and big) libraries stripped out
+  into separate packages.
+endef
+
+# Define newline here, since it's not defined in OpenWRT
+define newline
+
+
+endef
+
+PYTHON3_LIB_FILES_DEL:=
+PYTHON3_PACKAGES:=
+PYTHON3_SO_SUFFIX:=cpython-34.so
+define Py3BasePackage
+  PYTHON3_PACKAGES+=$(1)
+  PYTHON3_LIB_FILES_DEL+=$(2)
+  define Py3Package/$(1)/filespec
+    $(subst $(space),$(newline),$(foreach lib_file,$(2),+|$(lib_file)))
+  endef
+endef
+
+include ./files/python3-package-*.mk
+
 define Package/python3
 $(call Package/python3/Default)
-  DEPENDS:=+python3-base +libncursesw +libbz2 +libgdbm +libsqlite3 +libdb47
+  DEPENDS:=+python3-light $(foreach package,$(PYTHON3_PACKAGES),+$(package))
 endef
 
 define Package/python3/description
   This package contains the (almost) full Python install.
+  It's python3-light + all other packages.
 endef
 
 MAKE_FLAGS+=\
@@ -123,29 +155,35 @@ define Build/InstallDev
 		$(1)/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/
 endef
 
+PYTHON3_BASE_LIB_FILES:= \
+	/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/encodings \
+	/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/_collections_abc.py \
+	/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/_sitebuiltins.py \
+	/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/_sysconfigdata.py \
+	/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/_weakrefset.py \
+	/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/abc.py \
+	/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/codecs.py \
+	/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/genericpath.py \
+	/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/io.py \
+	/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/os.py \
+	/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/posixpath.py \
+	/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/site.py \
+	/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/sysconfig.py \
+	/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/stat.py
+
+PYTHON3_LIB_FILES_DEL+=$(PYTHON3_BASE_LIB_FILES)
+
 define Py3Package/python3-base/filespec
 +|/usr/bin/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/encodings
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/_collections_abc.py
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/_sitebuiltins.py
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/_sysconfigdata.py
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/_weakrefset.py
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/abc.py
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/codecs.py
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/genericpath.py
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/io.py
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/os.py
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/posixpath.py
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/site.py
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/sysconfig.py
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/stat.py
+$(subst $(space),$(newline),$(foreach lib_file,$(PYTHON3_BASE_LIB_FILES),+|$(lib_file)))
 endef
 
-define Py3Package/python3/filespec
+define Py3Package/python3-light/filespec
 +|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)
 -|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/config-$(PYTHON_VERSION)
 -|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/distutils/cygwinccompiler.py
 -|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/distutils/command/wininst*
+-|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/ensurepip
 -|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/idlelib
 -|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib2to3
 -|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/tkinter
@@ -157,6 +195,8 @@ define Py3Package/python3/filespec
 -|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/webbrowser.py
 -|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/*/test
 -|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/*/tests
+-|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/_osx_support.py
+$(subst $(space),$(newline),$(foreach lib_file,$(PYTHON3_LIB_FILES_DEL),-|$(lib_file)))
 endef
 
 define Py3Package/python3-base/install
@@ -167,6 +207,14 @@ define Py3Package/python3-base/install
 	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libpython$(PYTHON_VERSION).so* $(1)/usr/lib/
 endef
 
+define Py3Package/python3/filespec
+-|$(PYTHON3_PKG_DIR)
+endef
+
+HOST_CFLAGS+= \
+	-I/usr/include/ncursesw \
+	-I/usr/include/ncurses
+
 HOST_CONFIGURE_ARGS+= \
 	--without-cxx-main \
 	--without-pymalloc \
@@ -174,7 +222,7 @@ HOST_CONFIGURE_ARGS+= \
 	--prefix=$(STAGING_DIR_HOST) \
 	--with-ensurepip=upgrade \
 	CONFIG_SITE= \
-	OPT="$(HOST_CFLAGS)"
+	CFLAGS="$(HOST_CFLAGS)"
 
 define Host/Compile
 	+$(MAKE) $(HOST_JOBS) -C $(HOST_BUILD_DIR) python Parser/pgen
@@ -189,8 +237,15 @@ endef
 
 $(eval $(call HostBuild))
 
+$(foreach package, $(PYTHON3_PACKAGES),  \
+	$(eval $(call Py3Package,$(package))) \
+	$(eval $(call BuildPackage,$(package))) \
+)
+
 $(eval $(call Py3Package,python3-base))
+$(eval $(call Py3Package,python3-light))
 $(eval $(call Py3Package,python3))
 
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,python3-base))
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,python3-light))
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,python3))
diff --git a/lang/python3/files/python3-package-asyncio.mk b/lang/python3/files/python3-package-asyncio.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1d2faab3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/python3/files/python3-package-asyncio.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2006-2015 OpenWrt.org
+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+# See /LICENSE for more information.
+#
+
+define Package/python3-asyncio
+$(call Package/python3/Default)
+  TITLE:=Python $(PYTHON3_VERSION) asyncio module
+  DEPENDS:=+python3-light
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call Py3BasePackage,python3-asyncio, \
+	/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION)/asyncio \
+))
diff --git a/lang/python3/files/python3-package-codecs.mk b/lang/python3/files/python3-package-codecs.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..66101e1fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/python3/files/python3-package-codecs.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2006-2015 OpenWrt.org
+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+# See /LICENSE for more information.
+#
+
+define Package/python3-codecs
+$(call Package/python3/Default)
+  TITLE:=Python $(PYTHON3_VERSION) codecs + unicode support
+  DEPENDS:=+python3-light
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call Py3BasePackage,python3-codecs, \
+	/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION)/lib-dynload/_codecs_cn.$(PYTHON3_SO_SUFFIX) \
+	/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION)/lib-dynload/_codecs_hk.$(PYTHON3_SO_SUFFIX) \
+	/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION)/lib-dynload/_codecs_iso2022.$(PYTHON3_SO_SUFFIX) \
+	/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION)/lib-dynload/_codecs_jp.$(PYTHON3_SO_SUFFIX) \
+	/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION)/lib-dynload/_codecs_kr.$(PYTHON3_SO_SUFFIX) \
+	/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION)/lib-dynload/_codecs_tw.$(PYTHON3_SO_SUFFIX) \
+	/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION)/lib-dynload/unicodedata.$(PYTHON3_SO_SUFFIX) \
+))
diff --git a/lang/python3/files/python3-package-ctypes.mk b/lang/python3/files/python3-package-ctypes.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..97c2c768a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/python3/files/python3-package-ctypes.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2006-2015 OpenWrt.org
+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+# See /LICENSE for more information.
+#
+
+define Package/python3-ctypes
+$(call Package/python3/Default)
+  TITLE:=Python $(PYTHON3_VERSION) ctypes module
+  DEPENDS:=+python3-light
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call Py3BasePackage,python3-ctypes, \
+	/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION)/ctypes \
+	/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION)/lib-dynload/_ctypes.$(PYTHON3_SO_SUFFIX) \
+	/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION)/lib-dynload/_ctypes_test.$(PYTHON3_SO_SUFFIX) \
+))
diff --git a/lang/python3/files/python3-package-dbm.mk b/lang/python3/files/python3-package-dbm.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ed343d81a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/python3/files/python3-package-dbm.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2006-2015 OpenWrt.org
+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+# See /LICENSE for more information.
+#
+
+define Package/python3-dbm
+$(call Package/python3/Default)
+  TITLE:=Python $(PYTHON3_VERSION) dbm module
+  DEPENDS:=+python3-light +libdb47
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call Py3BasePackage,python3-dbm, \
+	/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION)/dbm \
+	/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION)/lib-dynload/_dbm.$(PYTHON3_SO_SUFFIX) \
+))
diff --git a/lang/python3/files/python3-package-decimal.mk b/lang/python3/files/python3-package-decimal.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..81ecbb0d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/python3/files/python3-package-decimal.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2006-2015 OpenWrt.org
+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+# See /LICENSE for more information.
+#
+
+define Package/python3-decimal
+$(call Package/python3/Default)
+  TITLE:=Python $(PYTHON3_VERSION) decimal module
+  DEPENDS:=+python3-light
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call Py3BasePackage,python3-decimal, \
+	/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION)/decimal.py \
+	/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION)/lib-dynload/_decimal.$(PYTHON3_SO_SUFFIX) \
+))
diff --git a/lang/python3/files/python3-package-distutils.mk b/lang/python3/files/python3-package-distutils.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..65f4b5aa6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/python3/files/python3-package-distutils.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2006-2015 OpenWrt.org
+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+# See /LICENSE for more information.
+#
+
+define Package/python3-distutils
+$(call Package/python3/Default)
+  TITLE:=Python $(PYTHON3_VERSION) distutils module
+  DEPENDS:=+python3-light
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call Py3BasePackage,python3-distutils, \
+	/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION)/distutils \
+))
diff --git a/lang/python3/files/python3-package-email.mk b/lang/python3/files/python3-package-email.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dae351979
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/python3/files/python3-package-email.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2006-2015 OpenWrt.org
+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+# See /LICENSE for more information.
+#
+
+define Package/python3-email
+$(call Package/python3/Default)
+  TITLE:=Python $(PYTHON3_VERSION) email module
+  DEPENDS:=+python3-light
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call Py3BasePackage,python3-email, \
+	/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION)/email \
+))
diff --git a/lang/python3/files/python3-package-gdbm.mk b/lang/python3/files/python3-package-gdbm.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cc929132c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/python3/files/python3-package-gdbm.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2006-2015 OpenWrt.org
+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+# See /LICENSE for more information.
+#
+
+define Package/python3-gdbm
+$(call Package/python3/Default)
+  TITLE:=Python $(PYTHON3_VERSION) gdbm module
+  DEPENDS:=+python3-light +libgdbm
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call Py3BasePackage,python3-gdbm, \
+	/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION)/lib-dynload/_gdbm.$(PYTHON3_SO_SUFFIX) \
+))
diff --git a/lang/python3/files/python3-package-logging.mk b/lang/python3/files/python3-package-logging.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4cd6ea979
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/python3/files/python3-package-logging.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2006-2015 OpenWrt.org
+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+# See /LICENSE for more information.
+#
+
+define Package/python3-logging
+$(call Package/python3/Default)
+  TITLE:=Python $(PYTHON3_VERSION) logging module
+  DEPENDS:=+python3-light
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call Py3BasePackage,python3-logging, \
+	/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION)/logging \
+))
diff --git a/lang/python3/files/python3-package-multiprocessing.mk b/lang/python3/files/python3-package-multiprocessing.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..784aabb8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/python3/files/python3-package-multiprocessing.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2006-2015 OpenWrt.org
+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+# See /LICENSE for more information.
+#
+
+define Package/python3-multiprocessing
+$(call Package/python3/Default)
+  TITLE:=Python $(PYTHON3_VERSION) multiprocessing
+  DEPENDS:=+python3-light
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call Py3BasePackage,python3-multiprocessing, \
+	/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION)/multiprocessing \
+	/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION)/lib-dynload/_multiprocessing.$(PYTHON3_SO_SUFFIX) \
+))
diff --git a/lang/python3/files/python3-package-ncurses.mk b/lang/python3/files/python3-package-ncurses.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..74bedfe2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/python3/files/python3-package-ncurses.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2006-2015 OpenWrt.org
+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+# See /LICENSE for more information.
+#
+
+define Package/python3-ncurses
+$(call Package/python3/Default)
+  TITLE:=Python $(PYTHON3_VERSION) ncurses module
+  DEPENDS:=+python3-light +libncursesw
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call Py3BasePackage,python3-ncurses, \
+	/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION)/curses \
+	/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION)/lib-dynload/_curses.$(PYTHON3_SO_SUFFIX) \
+	/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION)/lib-dynload/_curses_panel.$(PYTHON3_SO_SUFFIX) \
+))
diff --git a/lang/python3/files/python3-package-openssl.mk b/lang/python3/files/python3-package-openssl.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..255d58099
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/python3/files/python3-package-openssl.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2006-2015 OpenWrt.org
+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+# See /LICENSE for more information.
+#
+
+define Package/python3-openssl
+$(call Package/python3/Default)
+  TITLE:=Python $(PYTHON3_VERSION) SSL module
+  DEPENDS:=+python3-light +libopenssl
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call Py3BasePackage,python3-openssl, \
+	/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION)/lib-dynload/_hashlib.$(PYTHON3_SO_SUFFIX) \
+	/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION)/lib-dynload/_ssl.$(PYTHON3_SO_SUFFIX) \
+))
diff --git a/lang/python3/files/python3-package-pydoc.mk b/lang/python3/files/python3-package-pydoc.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7ed8c2110
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/python3/files/python3-package-pydoc.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2006-2015 OpenWrt.org
+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+# See /LICENSE for more information.
+#
+
+define Package/python3-pydoc
+$(call Package/python3/Default)
+  TITLE:=Python $(PYTHON3_VERSION) pydoc module
+  DEPENDS:=+python3-light
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call Py3BasePackage,python3-pydoc, \
+	/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION)/doctest.py \
+	/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION)/pydoc.py \
+	/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION)/pydoc_data \
+))
diff --git a/lang/python3/files/python3-package-sqlite3.mk b/lang/python3/files/python3-package-sqlite3.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4b097a36b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/python3/files/python3-package-sqlite3.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2006-2015 OpenWrt.org
+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+# See /LICENSE for more information.
+#
+
+define Package/python3-sqlite3
+$(call Package/python3/Default)
+  TITLE:=Python $(PYTHON3_VERSION) sqlite3 module
+  DEPENDS:=+python3-light +libsqlite3
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call Py3BasePackage,python3-sqlite3, \
+	/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION)/lib-dynload/_sqlite3.$(PYTHON3_SO_SUFFIX) \
+	/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION)/sqlite3 \
+))
diff --git a/lang/python3/files/python3-package-unittest.mk b/lang/python3/files/python3-package-unittest.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6d3643a71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/python3/files/python3-package-unittest.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2006-2015 OpenWrt.org
+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+# See /LICENSE for more information.
+#
+
+define Package/python3-unittest
+$(call Package/python3/Default)
+  TITLE:=Python $(PYTHON3_VERSION) unittest module
+  DEPENDS:=+python3-light
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call Py3BasePackage,python3-unittest, \
+	/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION)/unittest \
+))
diff --git a/lang/python3/files/python3-package-xml.mk b/lang/python3/files/python3-package-xml.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e734f0c72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/python3/files/python3-package-xml.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2006-2015 OpenWrt.org
+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+# See /LICENSE for more information.
+#
+
+define Package/python3-xml
+$(call Package/python3/Default)
+  TITLE:=Python $(PYTHON3_VERSION) xml libs
+  DEPENDS:=+python3-light
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call Py3BasePackage,python3-xml, \
+	/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION)/xml \
+	/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION)/xmlrpc \
+	/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION)/lib-dynload/_elementtree.$(PYTHON3_SO_SUFFIX) \
+	/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION)/lib-dynload/pyexpat.$(PYTHON3_SO_SUFFIX) \
+))
diff --git a/lang/python3/files/python3-package.mk b/lang/python3/files/python3-package.mk
index b28ec5833..e76dc0bc8 100644
--- a/lang/python3/files/python3-package.mk
+++ b/lang/python3/files/python3-package.mk
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #
 
 PYTHON3_VERSION:=3.4
-PYTHON3_VERSION_MICRO:=2
+PYTHON3_VERSION_MICRO:=3
 
 PYTHON3_DIR:=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr
 PYTHON3_BIN_DIR:=$(PYTHON3_DIR)/bin
diff --git a/lang/python3/patches/110-enable-zlib.patch b/lang/python3/patches/001-enable-zlib.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from lang/python3/patches/110-enable-zlib.patch
rename to lang/python3/patches/001-enable-zlib.patch
diff --git a/lang/python3/patches/120-do-not-add-include-dirs-when-cross-compiling.patch b/lang/python3/patches/002-do-not-add-include-dirs-when-cross-compiling.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from lang/python3/patches/120-do-not-add-include-dirs-when-cross-compiling.patch
rename to lang/python3/patches/002-do-not-add-include-dirs-when-cross-compiling.patch
diff --git a/lang/python3/patches/130-do-not-run-distutils-tests.patch b/lang/python3/patches/003-do-not-run-distutils-tests.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from lang/python3/patches/130-do-not-run-distutils-tests.patch
rename to lang/python3/patches/003-do-not-run-distutils-tests.patch
diff --git a/lang/python3/patches/140-do-not-write-bytes-codes.patch b/lang/python3/patches/004-do-not-write-bytes-codes.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from lang/python3/patches/140-do-not-write-bytes-codes.patch
rename to lang/python3/patches/004-do-not-write-bytes-codes.patch
diff --git a/lang/python3/patches/005-fix-libffi-x86-64-configure.patch b/lang/python3/patches/005-fix-libffi-x86-64-configure.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ea062a350
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/python3/patches/005-fix-libffi-x86-64-configure.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+diff --git a/Modules/_ctypes/libffi/configure b/Modules/_ctypes/libffi/configure
+index 75f62a7..4d6c9f2 100755
+--- a/Modules/_ctypes/libffi/configure
++++ b/Modules/_ctypes/libffi/configure
+@@ -17257,20 +17257,12 @@ case "$host" in
+ 	fi
+ 	;;
+ 
+-  i?86-*-* | x86_64-*-*)
+-	TARGETDIR=x86
+-	if test $ac_cv_sizeof_size_t = 4; then
+-	  case "$host" in
+-	    *-gnux32)
+-	      TARGET=X86_64
+-	      ;;
+-	    *)
+-	      TARGET=X86
+-	      ;;
+-          esac
+-	else
+-	  TARGET=X86_64;
+-	fi
++  i?86-*-*)
++	TARGET=X86; TARGETDIR=x86
++	;;
++
++  x86_64-*-*)
++	TARGET=X86_64; TARGETDIR=x86
+ 	;;
+ 
+   ia64*-*-*)
diff --git a/lang/python3/patches/006-remove-debian-multiarch-support.patch b/lang/python3/patches/006-remove-debian-multiarch-support.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..52d52b94e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/python3/patches/006-remove-debian-multiarch-support.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
+index 7868b7b..9ae0ef2 100644
+--- a/setup.py
++++ b/setup.py
+@@ -444,7 +444,6 @@ class PyBuildExt(build_ext):
+             add_dir_to_list(self.compiler.include_dirs, '/usr/local/include')
+         if cross_compiling:
+             self.add_gcc_paths()
+-        self.add_multiarch_paths()
+ 
+         # Add paths specified in the environment variables LDFLAGS and
+         # CPPFLAGS for header and library files.
diff --git a/lang/python3/patches/007-distutils-do-not-adjust-path.patch b/lang/python3/patches/007-distutils-do-not-adjust-path.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..49fe92629
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/python3/patches/007-distutils-do-not-adjust-path.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- a/Lib/distutils/command/build_scripts.py
++++ b/Lib/distutils/command/build_scripts.py
+@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ class build_scripts (Command):
+                     adjust = 1
+                     post_interp = match.group(1) or ''
+ 
++            adjust = 0
+             if adjust:
+                 log.info("copying and adjusting %s -> %s", script,
+                          self.build_dir)
diff --git a/lang/python3/patches/010-do-not-add-rt-lib-dirs-when-cross-compiling.patch b/lang/python3/patches/010-do-not-add-rt-lib-dirs-when-cross-compiling.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5a106d4e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/python3/patches/010-do-not-add-rt-lib-dirs-when-cross-compiling.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
+index 7868b7b..544fa7e 100644
+--- a/setup.py
++++ b/setup.py
+@@ -452,8 +452,9 @@ class PyBuildExt(build_ext):
+         # directly since an inconsistently reproducible issue comes up where
+         # the environment variable is not set even though the value were passed
+         # into configure and stored in the Makefile (issue found on OS X 10.3).
++        rt_lib_dirs = [] if cross_compiling else self.compiler.runtime_library_dirs
+         for env_var, arg_name, dir_list in (
+-                ('LDFLAGS', '-R', self.compiler.runtime_library_dirs),
++                ('LDFLAGS', '-R', rt_lib_dirs),
+                 ('LDFLAGS', '-L', self.compiler.library_dirs),
+                 ('CPPFLAGS', '-I', self.compiler.include_dirs)):
+             env_val = sysconfig.get_config_var(env_var)