1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python_2.7.9.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python_2.7.9.bb
index 0031b8f453..7918550eae 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python_2.7.9.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python_2.7.9.bb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require python.inc
-DEPENDS = "python-native bzip2 db gdbm openssl readline sqlite3 zlib"
+DEPENDS = "python-native libffi bzip2 db gdbm openssl readline sqlite3 zlib"
 PR = "${INC_PR}"
 
 DISTRO_SRC_URI ?= "file://sitecustomize.py"
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ S = "${WORKDIR}/Python-${PV}"
 
 inherit autotools multilib_header python-dir pythonnative
 
+CONFIGUREOPTS += " --with-system-ffi "
+
 # The 3 lines below are copied from the libffi recipe, ctypes ships its own copy of the libffi sources
 #Somehow gcc doesn't set __SOFTFP__ when passing -mfloatabi=softp :(
 TARGET_CC_ARCH_append_armv6 = " -D__SOFTFP__"