diff --git a/lang/python/python3/Makefile b/lang/python/python3/Makefile
index 12b1bc039..975d6a1e9 100644
--- a/lang/python/python3/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python/python3/Makefile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ PYTHON_VERSION:=$(PYTHON3_VERSION)
 PYTHON_VERSION_MICRO:=$(PYTHON3_VERSION_MICRO)
 
 PKG_NAME:=python3
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 PKG_VERSION:=$(PYTHON_VERSION).$(PYTHON_VERSION_MICRO)
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=Python-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
@@ -127,6 +127,9 @@ define Package/python3/description
   It's python3-light + all other packages.
 endef
 
+TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS+= \
+	READELF="$(TARGET_CROSS)readelf"
+
 MAKE_FLAGS+=\
 	CROSS_COMPILE=yes \
 	LD="$(TARGET_CC)" \
@@ -284,6 +287,9 @@ define Py3Package/python3-base/install
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/bin
 	$(LN) python$(PYTHON_VERSION) $(1)/usr/bin/python3
 	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libpython$(PYTHON_VERSION).so* $(1)/usr/lib/
+  # This depends on being called before filespec is processed
+	$(SED) 's|$(TARGET_AR)|ar|g;s|$(TARGET_CROSS)readelf|readelf|g;s|$(TARGET_CC)|gcc|g;s|$(TARGET_CXX)|g++|g' \
+		$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION)/_sysconfigdata.py
 endef
 
 Py3Package/python3-light/install:=:
diff --git a/lang/python/python3/files/python3-package-dev.mk b/lang/python/python3/files/python3-package-dev.mk
index 642bb0b5f..9f290cbb7 100644
--- a/lang/python/python3/files/python3-package-dev.mk
+++ b/lang/python/python3/files/python3-package-dev.mk
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ define Py3Package/python3-dev/install
 	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/bin/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION)-config $(1)/usr/bin
 	$(LN) python$(PYTHON3_VERSION)-config $(1)/usr/bin/python3-config
 	$(LN) python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/config-$(PYTHON_VERSION)/libpython$(PYTHON3_VERSION).a $(1)/usr/lib/
+  # This depends on being called before filespec is processed
+	$(SED) 's|$(TARGET_AR)|ar|g;s|$(TARGET_CROSS)readelf|readelf|g;s|$(TARGET_CC)|gcc|g;s|$(TARGET_CXX)|g++|g' \
+		$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION)/config-$(PYTHON3_VERSION)/Makefile
 endef
 
 $(eval $(call Py3BasePackage,python3-dev, \