diff --git a/srcpkgs/python/template b/srcpkgs/python/template
index f2aefff30b8..b2d988b35f7 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template build file for 'python'.
 pkgname=python
-version=2.7.7
-revision=3
+version=2.7.8
+revision=1
 wrksrc="Python-${version}"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="libffi-devel readline-devel>=6.3 gdbm-devel openssl-devel expat-devel sqlite-devel bzip2-devel zlib-devel"
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.python.org"
 license="PSF"
 distfiles="http://www.python.org/ftp/python/$version/Python-$version.tar.xz"
-checksum=2983e3cd089b30c50e2b2234f07c2ac4fb8a5df230ab8f2e1133a1d8b208da78
+checksum=edde10a0cb7d14e2735e682882d5b287028d1485c456758154c19573db68075a
 
 pre_configure() {
 	# Ensure that internal copies of expat, libffi and zlib are not used.
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ python-devel_package() {
 	depends="python>=${version}_${revision}"
         short_desc+=" - development files"
 	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/lib/python2.7/config/libpython2.7.a
 		vmove "usr/bin/python*-config"
 		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
 		vmove usr/include