diff --git a/builds/runtimes/python-2.7.8 b/builds/runtimes/python-2.7.8
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1baeff972d77705687483d5aab39539eaa0b2553
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+++ b/builds/runtimes/python-2.7.8
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Build Path: /app/.heroku/python/
+# Build Deps: libraries/sqlite
+
+OUT_PREFIX=$1
+
+echo "Building Python..."
+SOURCE_TARBALL='http://python.org/ftp/python/2.7.8/Python-2.7.8.tgz'
+curl -L $SOURCE_TARBALL | tar xz
+mv Python-2.7.8 src
+cd src
+
+./configure --prefix=$OUT_PREFIX --enable-shared
+make
+make install
diff --git a/builds/runtimes/python-2.7.8-shared b/builds/runtimes/python-2.7.8-shared
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..070098911eb115d3a882aaa6cf1fac7c560ce4b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/builds/runtimes/python-2.7.8-shared
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Build Path: /app/.heroku/python/
+# Build Deps: libraries/sqlite
+
+OUT_PREFIX=$1
+
+echo "Building Python..."
+SOURCE_TARBALL='http://python.org/ftp/python/2.7.8/Python-2.7.8.tgz'
+curl -L $SOURCE_TARBALL | tar xz
+mv Python-2.7.8 src
+cd src
+
+./configure --prefix=$OUT_PREFIX
+make
+make install