diff --git a/srcpkgs/python/patches/python-fix-posix-close-clash.patch b/srcpkgs/python/patches/python-fix-posix-close-clash.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..700e70b598e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/python/patches/python-fix-posix-close-clash.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+--- Modules/posixmodule.c
++++ Modules/posixmodule.c
+@@ -6582,7 +6582,7 @@
+ Close a file descriptor (for low level IO).");
+ 
+ static PyObject *
+-posix_close(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
++posix_closex(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
+ {
+     int fd, res;
+     if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "i:close", &fd))
+@@ -8960,7 +8960,7 @@
+     {"tcsetpgrp",       posix_tcsetpgrp, METH_VARARGS, posix_tcsetpgrp__doc__},
+ #endif /* HAVE_TCSETPGRP */
+     {"open",            posix_open, METH_VARARGS, posix_open__doc__},
+-    {"close",           posix_close, METH_VARARGS, posix_close__doc__},
++    {"close",           posix_closex, METH_VARARGS, posix_close__doc__},
+     {"closerange",      posix_closerange, METH_VARARGS, posix_closerange__doc__},
+     {"dup",             posix_dup, METH_VARARGS, posix_dup__doc__},
+     {"dup2",            posix_dup2, METH_VARARGS, posix_dup2__doc__},
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python/template b/srcpkgs/python/template
index 071f0dd238f..818413f64e2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template build file for 'python'.
 pkgname=python
 version=2.7.6
-revision=3
+revision=4
 wrksrc="Python-${version}"
 short_desc="Interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"