diff --git a/external/subpack/libs/newt/patches/002-use-target-ar-python-config.patch b/external/subpack/libs/newt/patches/002-use-target-ar-python-config.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..479567e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/external/subpack/libs/newt/patches/002-use-target-ar-python-config.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+--- a/Makefile.in
++++ b/Makefile.in
+@@ -84,12 +84,7 @@ showkey:	showkey.o $(LIBNEWT)
+ 
+ _snack.$(SOEXT):   snack.c $(LIBNEWTSH)
+ 	@[ -n "$(PYTHONVERS)" ] && for ver in $(PYTHONVERS); do \
+-		pyconfig=$$ver-config; \
+-		if ! $$pyconfig --cflags > /dev/null 2>&1 && \
+-				python-config --cflags > /dev/null 2>&1; then \
+-			echo $$pyconfig not found, using python-config; \
+-			pyconfig=python-config; \
+-		fi; \
++		pyconfig=$(PYTHON_CONFIG_PATH)/$$ver-config; \
+ 		mkdir -p $$ver; \
+ 		PCFLAGS=`$$pyconfig --cflags`; \
+ 		PIFLAGS=`$$pyconfig --includes`; \
+@@ -109,7 +104,7 @@ whiptcl.$(SOEXT): $(WHIPTCLOBJS) $(LIBNE
+ 	$(CC) -shared $(SHCFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o whiptcl.$(SOEXT) $(WHIPTCLOBJS) -L. -lnewt  $(LIBTCL) -lpopt $(LIBS)
+ 
+ $(LIBNEWT): $(LIBOBJS)
+-	ar rv $@ $^
++	$(AR) rv $@ $^
+ 
+ newt.o $(SHAREDDIR)/newt.o: newt.c Makefile
+