diff --git a/packages/python/build.sh b/packages/python/build.sh
index 8f3869f4e..f80c250ba 100644
--- a/packages/python/build.sh
+++ b/packages/python/build.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE="PythonPL"
 TERMUX_PKG_MAINTAINER="@termux"
 _MAJOR_VERSION=3.10
 TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=${_MAJOR_VERSION}.0
-TERMUX_PKG_REVISION=3
+TERMUX_PKG_REVISION=4
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://www.python.org/ftp/python/${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}/Python-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.xz
 TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=5a99f8e7a6a11a7b98b4e75e0d1303d3832cada5534068f69c7b6222a7b1b002
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="gdbm, libandroid-support, libbz2, libcrypt, libexpat, libffi, liblzma, libsqlite, ncurses, ncurses-ui-libs, openssl, readline, zlib"
@@ -56,6 +56,13 @@ termux_step_pre_configure() {
 	CPPFLAGS+=" -I$TERMUX_STANDALONE_TOOLCHAIN/sysroot/usr/include"
 	LDFLAGS+=" -L$TERMUX_STANDALONE_TOOLCHAIN/sysroot/usr/lib"
 	if [ $TERMUX_ARCH = x86_64 ]; then LDFLAGS+=64; fi
+
+	if [ "$TERMUX_ON_DEVICE_BUILD" = "true" ]; then
+		# Python's configure script fails with
+		#    Fatal: you must define __ANDROID_API__
+		# if __ANDROID_API__ is not defined.
+		CPPFLAGS+=" -D__ANDROID_API__=$(getprop ro.build.version.sdk)"
+	fi
 }
 
 termux_step_post_make_install() {