diff --git a/lang/python/Makefile b/lang/python/Makefile
index 9e6282f08..edecefe1d 100644
--- a/lang/python/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python/Makefile
@@ -126,13 +126,13 @@ endef
 define Package/python-readline
 $(call Package/python/Default)
  TITLE:=Python support for readline
- DEPENDS:=@PACKAGE_python +PACKAGE_python:python +libreadline +libncurses @BROKEN
+ DEPENDS:=@PACKAGE_python +PACKAGE_python:python +libreadline +libncursesw @BROKEN
 endef
 
 define Package/python-ncurses
 $(call Package/python/Default)
  TITLE:=Python support for readline
- DEPENDS:=@PACKAGE_python +PACKAGE_python:python +libncurses
+ DEPENDS:=@PACKAGE_python +PACKAGE_python:python +libncursesw
 endef
 
 MAKE_FLAGS:=\
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ MAKE_FLAGS:=\
 	DESTDIR="$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)" \
 	CROSS_COMPILE=yes \
 	CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS) -DNDEBUG -fno-inline" \
-	LDFLAGS="$(TARGET_LDFLAGS)" \
+	LDFLAGS="$(TARGET_LDFLAGS) -L$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)" \
 	LD="$(TARGET_CC)" \
 	PGEN=pgen2
 
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ define Build/Configure
 	$(CP) ./files/config.site $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)
 	$(call Build/Configure/Default, \
 		--sysconfdir=/etc \
-		--disable-shared \
+		--enable-shared \
 		--without-cxx-main \
 		--with-threads \
 		--with-system-ffi="$(STAGING_DIR)/usr" \
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ define Build/InstallDev
 		$(1)/usr/include/
 	$(CP) \
 		$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION) \
-		$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/libpython$(PYTHON_VERSION).a \
+		$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/libpython$(PYTHON_VERSION).so* \
 		$(1)/usr/lib/
 	$(CP) \
 		$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/config \
@@ -384,12 +384,12 @@ define PyPackage/python/filespec
 +|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib-dynload/_heapq.so
 +|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/bisect.py
 +|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib-dynload/_bisect.so
-+|/usr/include/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/pyconfig.h
 endef
 
 define PyPackage/python/install
 	$(LN) python$(PYTHON_VERSION) $(1)/usr/bin/python
 	$(LN) python$(PYTHON_VERSION) $(1)/usr/bin/python2
+	$(CP) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/libpython$(PYTHON_VERSION).so* $(1)/usr/lib/
 endef
 
 define PyPackage/python-doc/filespec
diff --git a/lang/python/files/python-package.mk b/lang/python/files/python-package.mk
index dc30494fe..f5ec5cee9 100644
--- a/lang/python/files/python-package.mk
+++ b/lang/python/files/python-package.mk
@@ -72,9 +72,14 @@ endef
 define Build/Compile/PyMod
 	$(call HostPython, \
 		cd $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/$(strip $(1)); \
+		CC="$(TARGET_CC)" \
+		CCSHARED="$(TARGET_CC) $(FPIC)" \
+		LD="$(TARGET_CC)" \
+		LDSHARED="$(TARGET_CC) -shared" \
 		CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)" \
-		CPPFLAGS="$(TARGET_CPPFLAGS)" \
-		LDFLAGS="$(TARGET_LDFLAGS)" \
+		CPPFLAGS="$(TARGET_CPPFLAGS) -I$(PYTHON_INC_DIR)" \
+		LDFLAGS="$(TARGET_LDFLAGS) -lpython$(PYTHON_VERSION)" \
+		_PYTHON_HOST_PLATFORM="linux-$(ARCH)" \
 		$(3) \
 		, \
 		./setup.py $(2) \