Index: Makefile
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--- Makefile    (revision 7081)
+++ Makefile    (working copy)
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 define Package/python
   SECTION:=lang
   CATEGORY:=Languages
-  DEPENDS:=+uclibcxx
+  DEPENDS:=+uclibcxx +libpthread
   TITLE:=Python 2.5 programming language
   URL:=http://www.python.org/
 endef
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
                --disable-shared \
                --with-cxx=no \
                --sysconfdir=/etc \
-               --with-threads=no \
+               --with-threads \
                --disable-ipv6 \
                HOSTPYTHON=./hostpython \
                HOSTPGEN=./Parser/hostpgen \