diff --git a/package/base/python/curses_panel_hotfix.patch b/package/base/python/curses_panel_hotfix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..178966eed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/base/python/curses_panel_hotfix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -pruN Python-2.4.3-orig/Modules/_curses_panel.c Python-2.4.3/Modules/_curses_panel.c
+--- Python-2.4.3-orig/Modules/_curses_panel.c	2006-03-07 14:39:26.000000000 +0100
++++ Python-2.4.3/Modules/_curses_panel.c	2006-07-12 08:54:11.000000000 +0200
+@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ static char *PyCursesVersion = "2.1";
+ 
+ #include "py_curses.h"
+ 
+-#include <panel.h>
++#include <ncurses/panel.h>
+ 
+ static PyObject *PyCursesError;
+ 
diff --git a/package/base/python/python.conf b/package/base/python/python.conf
index b0f0ee6ee..3aab2187f 100644
--- a/package/base/python/python.conf
+++ b/package/base/python/python.conf
@@ -47,3 +47,4 @@ confopt="$confopt --with-threads --enable-shared"
 # We can savely ignore this dependencies.
 var_append flistrfilter "|" ".*:	/usr/lib/python.*/site-packages/.*"
 
+versionhotfix 2.4.3
diff --git a/package/base/python/python.desc b/package/base/python/python.desc
index ae275b178..3273c9f9a 100644
--- a/package/base/python/python.desc
+++ b/package/base/python/python.desc
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@
 
 [L] OpenSource
 [S] Stable
-[V] 2.4.2
+[V] 2.4.3
 [P] X -?---5---9 122.400
 
-[D] 3924408182 Python-2.4.2.tar.bz2 http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.4.2/
+[D] 3497946814 Python-2.4.3.tar.bz2 http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.4.3/
 
 [CV-URL] http://www.python.org/download/