diff --git a/make/environment-host.mk b/make/environment-host.mk
index 40592cd8..01452b98 100644
--- a/make/environment-host.mk
+++ b/make/environment-host.mk
@@ -53,21 +53,3 @@ HOSTRANLIB := $(shell which $(HOSTRANLIB) || type -p $(HOSTRANLIB) || echo ranli
 
 export HOSTAR HOSTAS HOSTCC HOSTCXX HOSTLD
 export HOSTCC_NOCCACHE HOSTCXX_NOCCACHE
-
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-HOST_PYTHON_BUILD = \
-	CC="$(HOSTCC)" \
-	CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS)" \
-	LDFLAGS="$(LDFLAGS)" \
-	LDSHARED="$(HOSTCC) -shared" \
-	PYTHONPATH=$(HOST_DIR)/$(HOST_PYTHON3_LIB_DIR)/site-packages \
-	$(HOST_DIR)/bin/python3 ./setup.py build --executable=/usr/python
-
-HOST_PYTHON_INSTALL = \
-	CC="$(HOSTCC)" \
-	CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS)" \
-	LDFLAGS="$(LDFLAGS)" \
-	LDSHARED="$(HOSTCC) -shared" \
-	PYTHONPATH=$(HOST_DIR)/$(HOST_PYTHON3_LIB_DIR)/site-packages \
-	$(HOST_DIR)/bin/python3 ./setup.py install --root=$(HOST_DIR) --prefix=
diff --git a/package/Makefile.in b/package/Makefile.in
index 3bf73b7e..5638855d 100644
--- a/package/Makefile.in
+++ b/package/Makefile.in
@@ -27,3 +27,4 @@ MAKEFLAGS += --no-print-directory
 
 include package/pkg-autotools.mk
 include package/pkg-cmake.mk
+include package/pkg-python.mk
diff --git a/package/pkg-python.mk b/package/pkg-python.mk
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1da0e485
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/pkg-python.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# Python packages
+#
+################################################################################
+
+HOST_PYTHON3_BUILD = \
+	CC="$(HOSTCC)" \
+	CFLAGS="$(HOST_CFLAGS)" \
+	LDFLAGS="$(HOST_LDFLAGS)" \
+	LDSHARED="$(HOSTCC) -shared" \
+	PYTHONPATH=$(HOST_DIR)/$(HOST_PYTHON3_BASE_DIR)/site-packages \
+	$(HOST_PYTHON3_BINARY) ./setup.py -q build --executable=/usr/python
+
+HOST_PYTHON3_INSTALL = \
+	CC="$(HOSTCC)" \
+	CFLAGS="$(HOST_CFLAGS)" \
+	LDFLAGS="$(HOST_LDFLAGS)" \
+	LDSHARED="$(HOSTCC) -shared" \
+	PYTHONPATH=$(HOST_DIR)/$(HOST_PYTHON3_BASE_DIR)/site-packages \
+	$(HOST_PYTHON3_BINARY) ./setup.py -q install --root=$(HOST_DIR) --prefix=
+
+#define python3-package
+#	$(call PREPARE)
+#	$(CHDIR)/$($(PKG)_DIR); \
+#		$(PYTHON3_BUILD); \
+#		$(PYTHON3_INSTALL)
+#	$(call TARGET_FOLLOWUP)
+#endef
+
+define host-python3-package
+	$(call PREPARE)
+	$(CHDIR)/$($(PKG)_DIR); \
+		$(HOST_PYTHON3_BUILD); \
+		$(HOST_PYTHON3_INSTALL)
+	$(call HOST_FOLLOWUP)
+endef