diff --git a/packages/python2/build.sh b/packages/python2/build.sh
index 619312ebe..5a2cc26f8 100644
--- a/packages/python2/build.sh
+++ b/packages/python2/build.sh
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE="PythonPL"
 TERMUX_PKG_MAINTAINER="@termux"
 _MAJOR_VERSION=2.7
 TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=${_MAJOR_VERSION}.18
-TERMUX_PKG_REVISION=11
+TERMUX_PKG_REVISION=12
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://www.python.org/ftp/python/${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}/Python-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.xz
 TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=b62c0e7937551d0cc02b8fd5cb0f544f9405bafc9a54d3808ed4594812edef43
-TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="libandroid-support, ncurses, readline, libffi, openssl, libbz2, libsqlite, gdbm, ncurses-ui-libs, libcrypt, zlib, libandroid-posix-semaphore"
+TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="gdbm, libandroid-posix-semaphore, libandroid-support, libbz2, libcrypt, libffi, libsqlite, ncurses, ncurses-ui-libs, openssl, readline, zlib"
 TERMUX_PKG_RECOMMENDS="clang, make, pkg-config"
 TERMUX_PKG_BREAKS="python2-dev"
 TERMUX_PKG_REPLACES="python2-dev"
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ termux_step_pre_configure() {
 	CPPFLAGS+=" -I$TERMUX_STANDALONE_TOOLCHAIN/sysroot/usr/include"
 	LDFLAGS+=" -L$TERMUX_STANDALONE_TOOLCHAIN/sysroot/usr/lib"
 	if [ $TERMUX_ARCH = x86_64 ]; then LDFLAGS+=64; fi
+
+	LDFLAGS+=" -landroid-posix-semaphore"
 }
 
 termux_step_post_make_install() {