diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index e26a755..4f82258 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ stages:
 
 build arm64 aar:
   stage: build
-  image: lbry/android-base:latest
+  image: lbry/android-base:python39
   before_script:
     - export BUILD_VERSION=$(cat $CI_PROJECT_DIR/src/main/python/main.py | grep --color=never -oP '([0-9]+\.?)+')
   artifacts:
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ build arm64 aar:
 
 build arm aar:
   stage: build2
-  image: lbry/android-base:latest
+  image: lbry/android-base:python39
   before_script:
     - export BUILD_VERSION=$(cat $CI_PROJECT_DIR/src/main/python/main.py | grep --color=never -oP '([0-9]+\.?)+')
   artifacts:
diff --git a/buildozer.spec.arm.ci b/buildozer.spec.arm.ci
index 63483e2..e349beb 100644
--- a/buildozer.spec.arm.ci
+++ b/buildozer.spec.arm.ci
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ version.filename = %(source.dir)s/main.py
 
 # (list) Application requirements
 # comma seperated e.g. requirements = sqlite3,kivy
-requirements = python3crystax, openssl, sqlite3, hostpython3crystax, android, distro==1.4.0, pyjnius, certifi==2021.5.30, appdirs==1.4.3, docopt==0.6.2, base58==1.0.0, colorama==0.3.7, ecdsa==0.13.3, jsonschema==2.6.0, pbkdf2==1.3, pyyaml, protobuf==3.6.1, keyring==10.4.0, defusedxml, aioupnp==0.0.17, asn1crypto, mock, netifaces, cryptography, aiohttp==3.5.4, multidict==4.5.2, yarl==1.3.0, chardet==3.0.4, async_timeout==3.0.1, coincurve, msgpack==0.6.1, six, attrs==18.2.0, pylru, hachoir, prometheus_client==0.8.0, "git+https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-sdk@v0.102.0#egg=lbry"
+requirements = python3crystax, openssl, sqlite3, hostpython3crystax, android, distro==1.4.0, pyjnius, certifi==2021.5.30, appdirs==1.4.3, docopt==0.6.2, base58==1.0.0, colorama==0.3.7, ecdsa==0.13.3, jsonschema==2.6.0, pbkdf2==1.3, pyyaml, protobuf==3.6.1, keyring==10.4.0, defusedxml, aioupnp==0.0.17, asn1crypto, mock, netifaces, cryptography, aiohttp==3.6.0, multidict==4.5.2, idna, yarl==1.3.0, chardet==3.0.4, async_timeout==3.0.1, coincurve, msgpack==0.6.1, six, attrs==18.2.0, pylru, hachoir, prometheus_client==0.8.0, "git+https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-sdk@v0.102.0#egg=lbry"
 
 # (str) Custom source folders for requirements
 # Sets custom source for any requirements with recipes
diff --git a/buildozer.spec.arm64.ci b/buildozer.spec.arm64.ci
index e4f9754..1d201fc 100644
--- a/buildozer.spec.arm64.ci
+++ b/buildozer.spec.arm64.ci
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ version.filename = %(source.dir)s/main.py
 
 # (list) Application requirements
 # comma seperated e.g. requirements = sqlite3,kivy
-requirements = python3crystax, openssl, sqlite3, hostpython3crystax, android, distro==1.4.0, pyjnius, certifi==2021.5.30, appdirs==1.4.3, docopt==0.6.2, base58==1.0.0, colorama==0.3.7, ecdsa==0.13.3, jsonschema==2.6.0, pbkdf2==1.3, pyyaml, protobuf==3.6.1, keyring==10.4.0, defusedxml, aioupnp==0.0.17, asn1crypto, mock, netifaces, cryptography, aiohttp==3.5.4, multidict==4.5.2, yarl==1.3.0, chardet==3.0.4, async_timeout==3.0.1, coincurve, msgpack==0.6.1, six, attrs==18.2.0, pylru, hachoir, prometheus_client==0.8.0, "git+https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-sdk@v0.102.0#egg=lbry"
+requirements = python3crystax, openssl, sqlite3, hostpython3crystax, android, distro==1.4.0, pyjnius, certifi==2021.5.30, appdirs==1.4.3, docopt==0.6.2, base58==1.0.0, colorama==0.3.7, ecdsa==0.13.3, jsonschema==2.6.0, pbkdf2==1.3, pyyaml, protobuf==3.6.1, keyring==10.4.0, defusedxml, aioupnp==0.0.17, asn1crypto, mock, netifaces, cryptography, aiohttp==3.6.0, multidict==4.5.2, idna, yarl==1.3.0, chardet==3.0.4, async_timeout==3.0.1, coincurve, msgpack==0.6.1, six, attrs==18.2.0, pylru, hachoir, prometheus_client==0.8.0, "git+https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-sdk@v0.102.0#egg=lbry"
 
 # (str) Custom source folders for requirements
 # Sets custom source for any requirements with recipes
diff --git a/buildozer.spec.sample b/buildozer.spec.sample
index 75b7bb8..190abca 100644
--- a/buildozer.spec.sample
+++ b/buildozer.spec.sample
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ version.filename = %(source.dir)s/main.py
 
 # (list) Application requirements
 # comma seperated e.g. requirements = sqlite3,kivy
-requirements = python3crystax, openssl, sqlite3, hostpython3crystax, android, distro==1.4.0, pyjnius, certifi==2021.5.30, appdirs==1.4.3, docopt==0.6.2, base58==1.0.0, colorama==0.3.7, ecdsa==0.13.3, jsonschema==2.6.0, pbkdf2==1.3, pyyaml, protobuf==3.6.1, keyring==10.4.0, defusedxml, aioupnp==0.0.17, asn1crypto, mock, netifaces, cryptography, aiohttp==3.5.4, multidict==4.5.2, yarl==1.3.0, chardet==3.0.4, async_timeout==3.0.1, coincurve, msgpack==0.6.1, six, attrs==18.2.0, pylru, hachoir, prometheus_client==0.8.0, "git+https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-sdk@v0.102.0#egg=lbry"
+requirements = python3crystax, openssl, sqlite3, hostpython3crystax, android, distro==1.4.0, pyjnius, certifi==2021.5.30, appdirs==1.4.3, docopt==0.6.2, base58==1.0.0, colorama==0.3.7, ecdsa==0.13.3, jsonschema==2.6.0, pbkdf2==1.3, pyyaml, protobuf==3.6.1, keyring==10.4.0, defusedxml, aioupnp==0.0.17, asn1crypto, mock, netifaces, cryptography, aiohttp==3.6.0, multidict==4.5.2, idna, yarl==1.3.0, chardet==3.0.4, async_timeout==3.0.1, coincurve, msgpack==0.6.1, six, attrs==18.2.0, pylru, hachoir, prometheus_client==0.8.0, "git+https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-sdk@v0.102.0#egg=lbry"
 
 # (str) Custom source folders for requirements
 # Sets custom source for any requirements with recipes
diff --git a/buildozer.spec.vagrant b/buildozer.spec.vagrant
index ab98485..b46a123 100644
--- a/buildozer.spec.vagrant
+++ b/buildozer.spec.vagrant
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ version.filename = %(source.dir)s/main.py
 
 # (list) Application requirements
 # comma seperated e.g. requirements = sqlite3,kivy
-requirements = python3crystax, openssl, sqlite3, hostpython3crystax, android, distro==1.4.0, pyjnius, certifi==2021.5.30, appdirs==1.4.3, docopt==0.6.2, base58==1.0.0, colorama==0.3.7, ecdsa==0.13.3, jsonschema==2.6.0, pbkdf2==1.3, pyyaml, protobuf==3.6.1, keyring==10.4.0, defusedxml, git+https://github.com/lbryio/aioupnp.git@ab7ef0048bbce6404e463d20e8a15046ea6941f0#egg=aioupnp, asn1crypto, mock, netifaces, cryptography, aiohttp==3.5.4, multidict==4.5.2, yarl==1.3.0, chardet==3.0.4, async_timeout==3.0.1, coincurve, msgpack==0.6.1, six, attrs==18.2.0, pylru, hachoir, prometheus_client==0.7.1, "git+https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-sdk@v0.102.0#egg=lbry"
+requirements = python3crystax, openssl, sqlite3, hostpython3crystax, android, distro==1.4.0, pyjnius, certifi==2021.5.30, appdirs==1.4.3, docopt==0.6.2, base58==1.0.0, colorama==0.3.7, ecdsa==0.13.3, jsonschema==2.6.0, pbkdf2==1.3, pyyaml, protobuf==3.6.1, keyring==10.4.0, defusedxml, git+https://github.com/lbryio/aioupnp.git@ab7ef0048bbce6404e463d20e8a15046ea6941f0#egg=aioupnp, asn1crypto, mock, netifaces, cryptography, aiohttp==3.6.0, multidict==4.5.2, idna, yarl==1.3.0, chardet==3.0.4, async_timeout==3.0.1, coincurve, msgpack==0.6.1, six, attrs==18.2.0, pylru, hachoir, prometheus_client==0.7.1, "git+https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-sdk@v0.102.0#egg=lbry"
 
 # (str) Custom source folders for requirements
 # Sets custom source for any requirements with recipes
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.python37.platform-28 b/docker/Dockerfile.python37.platform-28
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..29d03be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.python37.platform-28
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+FROM ubuntu:18.04
+
+RUN export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64
+RUN dpkg --add-architecture i386
+RUN apt-get -y update && apt-get -y install curl ca-certificates software-properties-common gpg-agent wget
+RUN add-apt-repository ppa:deadsnakes/ppa -y
+RUN apt-get -y update && apt-get -y install autoconf autogen automake libtool libffi-dev \
+    build-essential python3.7 python3.7-dev python3.7-venv python3-pip ccache git libncurses5:i386 libstdc++6:i386 \
+    libgtk2.0-0:i386 libpangox-1.0-0:i386 libpangoxft-1.0-0:i386 libidn11:i386 python2.7 python2.7-dev \
+    python-pip openjdk-8-jdk unzip zlib1g-dev zlib1g:i386 m4 libc6-dev-i386 gawk
+
+RUN pip install --upgrade cython==0.28.1 setuptools zipp==1.2.0 importlib-resources==1.0.2 importlib-metadata==0.20 virtualenv==20.4.7
+
+RUN git clone https://github.com/lbryio/buildozer.git
+RUN cd buildozer && python2 setup.py install && cd ..
+
+RUN mkdir -p cd ~/.buildozer/android/platform/
+
+RUN wget 'https://dl.google.com/android/android-sdk_r23-linux.tgz' -P ~/.buildozer/android/platform/ && \
+    wget 'https://dl.google.com/android/repository/platform-28_r06.zip' -P ~/.buildozer/android/platform/ && \
+    wget 'https://dl.google.com/android/repository/build-tools_r28.0.3-linux.zip' -P ~/.buildozer/android/platform/ && \
+    tar -xvf ~/.buildozer/android/platform/android-sdk_r23-linux.tgz -C ~/.buildozer/android/platform/ && \
+    mv ~/.buildozer/android/platform/android-sdk-linux ~/.buildozer/android/platform/android-sdk-23 && \
+    unzip ~/.buildozer/android/platform/platform-28_r06.zip -d ~/.buildozer/android/platform/android-sdk-23/platforms && \
+    mv ~/.buildozer/android/platform/android-sdk-23/platforms/android-9 ~/.buildozer/android/platform/android-sdk-23/platforms/android-28 && \
+    mkdir -p ~/.buildozer/android/platform/android-sdk-23/build-tools && \
+    unzip ~/.buildozer/android/platform/build-tools_r28.0.3-linux.zip -d ~/.buildozer/android/platform/android-sdk-23/build-tools && \
+    mv ~/.buildozer/android/platform/android-sdk-23/build-tools/android-9 ~/.buildozer/android/platform/android-sdk-23/build-tools/28.0.3 && \
+    rm ~/.buildozer/android/platform/android-sdk_r23-linux.tgz && \
+    rm ~/.buildozer/android/platform/platform-28_r06.zip && \
+    rm ~/.buildozer/android/platform/build-tools_r28.0.3-linux.zip
+
+RUN mkdir -p ~/.buildozer/android/platform/android-sdk-23/licenses && \
+    echo $'\n8933bad161af4178b1185d1a37fbf41ea5269c55\nd56f5187479451eabf01fb78af6dfcb131a6481e\n24333f8a63b6825ea9c5514f83c2829b004d1fee' > ~/.buildozer/android/platform/android-sdk-23/licenses/android-sdk-license
+
+CMD ["/bin/bash"]
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.python39.platform-28 b/docker/Dockerfile.python39.platform-28
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ffe1651
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.python39.platform-28
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+FROM ubuntu:18.04
+
+RUN export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64
+RUN dpkg --add-architecture i386
+RUN apt-get -y update && apt-get -y install curl ca-certificates software-properties-common gpg-agent wget
+RUN add-apt-repository ppa:deadsnakes/ppa -y
+RUN apt-get -y update && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get -y install autoconf autogen automake libtool libffi-dev \
+    build-essential python3.9 python3.9-dev python3.9-venv python3-pip ccache git libncurses5:i386 libstdc++6:i386 \
+    libgtk2.0-0:i386 libpangox-1.0-0:i386 libpangoxft-1.0-0:i386 libidn11:i386 python2.7 python2.7-dev \
+    python-pip openjdk-8-jdk unzip zlib1g-dev zlib1g:i386 m4 libc6-dev-i386 gawk
+
+RUN rm /usr/bin/python3 && ln -s /usr/bin/python3.9 /usr/bin/python3
+RUN rm /usr/bin/python && ln -s /usr/bin/python2.7 /usr/bin/python
+
+RUN pip install --upgrade cython==0.29.15 setuptools zipp==1.2.0 importlib-resources==1.0.2 importlib-metadata==0.20 virtualenv==20.4.7 appdirs sh colorama==0.3.3 jinja2 six pep517\<0.7.0 toml
+
+RUN git clone https://github.com/lbryio/buildozer.git
+RUN cd buildozer && python2 setup.py install && cd ..
+
+RUN mkdir -p cd ~/.buildozer/android/platform/
+
+RUN wget 'https://dl.google.com/android/android-sdk_r23-linux.tgz' -P ~/.buildozer/android/platform/ && \
+    wget 'https://dl.google.com/android/repository/platform-28_r06.zip' -P ~/.buildozer/android/platform/ && \
+    wget 'https://dl.google.com/android/repository/build-tools_r28.0.3-linux.zip' -P ~/.buildozer/android/platform/ && \
+    tar -xvf ~/.buildozer/android/platform/android-sdk_r23-linux.tgz -C ~/.buildozer/android/platform/ && \
+    mv ~/.buildozer/android/platform/android-sdk-linux ~/.buildozer/android/platform/android-sdk-23 && \
+    unzip ~/.buildozer/android/platform/platform-28_r06.zip -d ~/.buildozer/android/platform/android-sdk-23/platforms && \
+    mv ~/.buildozer/android/platform/android-sdk-23/platforms/android-9 ~/.buildozer/android/platform/android-sdk-23/platforms/android-28 && \
+    mkdir -p ~/.buildozer/android/platform/android-sdk-23/build-tools && \
+    unzip ~/.buildozer/android/platform/build-tools_r28.0.3-linux.zip -d ~/.buildozer/android/platform/android-sdk-23/build-tools && \
+    mv ~/.buildozer/android/platform/android-sdk-23/build-tools/android-9 ~/.buildozer/android/platform/android-sdk-23/build-tools/28.0.3 && \
+    rm ~/.buildozer/android/platform/android-sdk_r23-linux.tgz && \
+    rm ~/.buildozer/android/platform/platform-28_r06.zip && \
+    rm ~/.buildozer/android/platform/build-tools_r28.0.3-linux.zip
+
+RUN mkdir -p ~/.buildozer/android/platform/android-sdk-23/licenses && \
+    echo $'\n8933bad161af4178b1185d1a37fbf41ea5269c55\nd56f5187479451eabf01fb78af6dfcb131a6481e\n24333f8a63b6825ea9c5514f83c2829b004d1fee' > ~/.buildozer/android/platform/android-sdk-23/licenses/android-sdk-license
+
+RUN pip3 install --upgrade setuptools==51.0.0
+
+CMD ["/bin/bash"]
diff --git a/p4a/pythonforandroid/bootstraps/lbry/build/src/main/java/org/kivy/android/PythonActivity.java b/p4a/pythonforandroid/bootstraps/lbry/build/src/main/java/org/kivy/android/PythonActivity.java
index 7fcae69..b2f4a45 100644
--- a/p4a/pythonforandroid/bootstraps/lbry/build/src/main/java/org/kivy/android/PythonActivity.java
+++ b/p4a/pythonforandroid/bootstraps/lbry/build/src/main/java/org/kivy/android/PythonActivity.java
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ public class PythonActivity extends SDLActivity {
     public void loadLibraries() {
         String app_root = new String(getAppRoot());
         File app_root_file = new File(app_root);
-        PythonUtil.loadLibraries(app_root_file);
+        PythonUtil.loadLibraries(app_root_file, new File(getApplicationInfo().nativeLibraryDir));
     }
 
     public void recursiveDelete(File f) {
diff --git a/p4a/pythonforandroid/bootstraps/lbry/build/src/main/java/org/kivy/android/PythonService.java b/p4a/pythonforandroid/bootstraps/lbry/build/src/main/java/org/kivy/android/PythonService.java
index 9f9a8fe..db4884c 100644
--- a/p4a/pythonforandroid/bootstraps/lbry/build/src/main/java/org/kivy/android/PythonService.java
+++ b/p4a/pythonforandroid/bootstraps/lbry/build/src/main/java/org/kivy/android/PythonService.java
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ public class PythonService extends Service implements Runnable {
     public void run(){
         String app_root =  getFilesDir().getAbsolutePath() + "/app";
         File app_root_file = new File(app_root);
-        PythonUtil.loadLibraries(app_root_file);
+        PythonUtil.loadLibraries(app_root_file, new File(getApplicationInfo().nativeLibraryDir));
         this.mService = this;
         nativeStart(
             androidPrivate, androidArgument,
diff --git a/p4a/pythonforandroid/bootstraps/lbry/build/src/main/java/org/kivy/android/PythonUtil.java b/p4a/pythonforandroid/bootstraps/lbry/build/src/main/java/org/kivy/android/PythonUtil.java
index 5ea3d63..2dc888d 100644
--- a/p4a/pythonforandroid/bootstraps/lbry/build/src/main/java/org/kivy/android/PythonUtil.java
+++ b/p4a/pythonforandroid/bootstraps/lbry/build/src/main/java/org/kivy/android/PythonUtil.java
@@ -1,34 +1,48 @@
 package org.kivy.android;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 import android.util.Log;
 
-
 public class PythonUtil {
-	private static final String TAG = "PythonUtil";
+	private static final String TAG = "pythonutil";
 
-	protected static String[] getLibraries() {
-        return new String[] {
-            "SDL2",
-            "SDL2_image",
-            "SDL2_mixer",
-            "SDL2_ttf",
-            "python2.7",
-            "python3.5m",
-            "python3.6m",
-			"python3.7m",
-            "main"
-        };
+	protected static void addLibraryIfExists(ArrayList<String> libsList, String pattern, File libsDir) {
+        // pattern should be the name of the lib file, without the
+        // preceding "lib" or suffix ".so", for instance "ssl.*" will
+        // match files of the form "libssl.*.so".
+        File [] files = libsDir.listFiles();
+
+        pattern = "lib" + pattern + "\\.so";
+        Pattern p = Pattern.compile(pattern);
+        for (int i = 0; i < files.length; ++i) {
+            File file = files[i];
+            String name = file.getName();
+            Log.v(TAG, "Checking pattern " + pattern + " against " + name);
+            if (p.matcher(name).matches()) {
+                Log.v(TAG, "Pattern " + pattern + " matched file " + name);
+                libsList.add(name.substring(3, name.length() - 3));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+	
+	protected static ArrayList<String> getLibraries(File libsDir) {
+        ArrayList<String> libsList = new ArrayList<String>();
+        libsList.add("python3.7m");
+        libsList.add("python3.8");
+        libsList.add("python3.9");
+        libsList.add("main");
+        return libsList;
     }
 
-	public static void loadLibraries(File filesDir) {
-
-        String filesDirPath = filesDir.getAbsolutePath();
+	public static void loadLibraries(File filesDir, File libsDir) {
         boolean foundPython = false;
 
-		for (String lib : getLibraries()) {
-		    try {
+        for (String lib : getLibraries(libsDir)) {
+            Log.v(TAG, "Loading library: " + lib);
+            try {
                 System.loadLibrary(lib);
                 if (lib.startsWith("python")) {
                     foundPython = true;
@@ -37,27 +51,18 @@ public class PythonUtil {
                 // If this is the last possible libpython
                 // load, and it has failed, give a more
                 // general error
-                if (lib.startsWith("python3.7") && !foundPython) {
-                    throw new java.lang.RuntimeException("Could not load any libpythonXXX.so");
+                Log.v(TAG, "Library loading error: " + e.getMessage());
+                if (lib.startsWith("python3.9") && !foundPython) {
+                    throw new RuntimeException("Could not load any libpythonXXX.so");
+                } else if (lib.startsWith("python")) {
+                    continue;
+                } else {
+                    Log.v(TAG, "An UnsatisfiedLinkError occurred loading " + lib);
+                    throw e;
                 }
-                continue;
             }
         }
 
-        try {
-            System.load(filesDirPath + "/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload/_io.so");
-            System.load(filesDirPath + "/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload/unicodedata.so");
-        } catch(UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
-            Log.v(TAG, "Failed to load _io.so or unicodedata.so...but that's okay.");
-        }
-
-        try {
-            // System.loadLibrary("ctypes");
-            System.load(filesDirPath + "/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload/_ctypes.so");
-        } catch(UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
-            Log.v(TAG, "Unsatisfied linker when loading ctypes");
-        }
-
         Log.v(TAG, "Loaded everything!");
     }
 }
diff --git a/p4a/pythonforandroid/recipe.py b/p4a/pythonforandroid/recipe.py
index b7556db..071aa22 100644
--- a/p4a/pythonforandroid/recipe.py
+++ b/p4a/pythonforandroid/recipe.py
@@ -658,8 +658,8 @@ class BootstrapNDKRecipe(Recipe):
         env['PYTHON_LINK_ROOT'] = self.ctx.python_recipe.link_root(arch.arch)
         env['EXTRA_LDLIBS'] = ' -lpython{}'.format(
             self.ctx.python_recipe.major_minor_version_string)
-        if 'python3' in self.ctx.python_recipe.name:
-            env['EXTRA_LDLIBS'] += 'm'
+        #if 'python3' in self.ctx.python_recipe.name:
+        #    env['EXTRA_LDLIBS'] += 'm'
         return env
 
 
@@ -803,7 +803,7 @@ class PythonRecipe(Recipe):
                          'python'))
                 env['LDFLAGS'] += ' -L{}'.format(
                     join(ndk_dir_python, 'libs', arch.arch))
-                env['LDFLAGS'] += ' -lpython{}m'.format(python_short_version)
+                env['LDFLAGS'] += ' -lpython{}'.format(python_short_version)
 
             hppath = []
             hppath.append(join(dirname(self.hostpython_location), 'Lib'))
diff --git a/recipes/cffi/__init__.py b/recipes/cffi/__init__.py
index 861a365..cc4dc05 100644
--- a/recipes/cffi/__init__.py
+++ b/recipes/cffi/__init__.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class CffiRecipe(CompiledComponentsPythonRecipe):
             python_version = self.ctx.python_recipe.version[0:3]
             ndk_dir_python = os.path.join(self.ctx.ndk_dir, 'sources/python/', python_version)
             env['LDFLAGS'] += ' -L{}'.format(os.path.join(ndk_dir_python, 'libs', arch.arch))
-            env['LDFLAGS'] += ' -lpython{}m'.format(python_version)
+            env['LDFLAGS'] += ' -lpython{}'.format(python_version)
             # until `pythonforandroid/archs.py` gets merged upstream:
             # https://github.com/kivy/python-for-android/pull/1250/files#diff-569e13021e33ced8b54385f55b49cbe6
             env['CFLAGS'] += ' -I{}/include/python/'.format(ndk_dir_python)
diff --git a/recipes/coincurve/__init__.py b/recipes/coincurve/__init__.py
index 4d3f58f..5be9557 100644
--- a/recipes/coincurve/__init__.py
+++ b/recipes/coincurve/__init__.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class CoincurveRecipe(CompiledComponentsPythonRecipe):
         if self.ctx.ndk == 'crystax':
             ndk_dir_python = os.path.join(self.ctx.ndk_dir, 'sources/python/', python_version)
             env['LDFLAGS'] += ' -L{}'.format(os.path.join(ndk_dir_python, 'libs', arch.arch))
-            env['LDFLAGS'] += ' -lpython{}m'.format(python_version)
+            env['LDFLAGS'] += ' -lpython{}'.format(python_version)
             # until `pythonforandroid/archs.py` gets merged upstream:
             # https://github.com/kivy/python-for-android/pull/1250/files#diff-569e13021e33ced8b54385f55b49cbe6
             env['CFLAGS'] += ' -I{}/include/python/'.format(ndk_dir_python)
diff --git a/recipes/cryptography/__init__.py b/recipes/cryptography/__init__.py
index fd38799..148a121 100644
--- a/recipes/cryptography/__init__.py
+++ b/recipes/cryptography/__init__.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ class CryptographyRecipe(CompiledComponentsPythonRecipe):
     name = 'cryptography'
     version = '3.1.1'
     url = 'https://github.com/pyca/cryptography/archive/{version}.tar.gz'
-    depends = [('python2', 'python3crystax'), 'openssl', 'idna', 'pyasn1', 'six', 'setuptools', 'ipaddress', 'cffi']
+    depends = [('python2', 'python3crystax'), 'openssl', 'six', 'setuptools', 'cffi']
     call_hostpython_via_targetpython = False
     patches = ['libpthread.patch']
 
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class CryptographyRecipe(CompiledComponentsPythonRecipe):
             python_version = self.ctx.python_recipe.version[0:3]
             ndk_dir_python = os.path.join(self.ctx.ndk_dir, 'sources/python/', python_version)
             env['LDFLAGS'] += ' -L{}'.format(os.path.join(ndk_dir_python, 'libs', arch.arch))
-            env['LDFLAGS'] += ' -lpython{}m'.format(python_version)
+            env['LDFLAGS'] += ' -lpython{}'.format(python_version)
             # until `pythonforandroid/archs.py` gets merged upstream:
             # https://github.com/kivy/python-for-android/pull/1250/files#diff-569e13021e33ced8b54385f55b49cbe6
             env['CFLAGS'] += ' -I{}/include/python/'.format(ndk_dir_python) + ' -L{}'.format(os.path.join(ndk_dir_python, 'libs', arch.arch))
diff --git a/recipes/netifaces/__init__.py b/recipes/netifaces/__init__.py
index 252499c..50634d8 100644
--- a/recipes/netifaces/__init__.py
+++ b/recipes/netifaces/__init__.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class NetifacesRecipe(CompiledComponentsPythonRecipe):
             python_version = self.ctx.python_recipe.version[0:3]
             ndk_dir_python = os.path.join(self.ctx.ndk_dir, 'sources/python/', python_version)
             env['LDFLAGS'] += ' -L{}'.format(os.path.join(ndk_dir_python, 'libs', arch.arch))
-            env['LDFLAGS'] += ' -lpython{}m'.format(python_version)
+            env['LDFLAGS'] += ' -lpython{}'.format(python_version)
             # until `pythonforandroid/archs.py` gets merged upstream:
             # https://github.com/kivy/python-for-android/pull/1250/files#diff-569e13021e33ced8b54385f55b49cbe6
             env['CFLAGS'] += ' -I{}/include/python/'.format(ndk_dir_python)
diff --git a/recipes/pyjnius/__init__.py b/recipes/pyjnius/__init__.py
index f128b37..3100519 100644
--- a/recipes/pyjnius/__init__.py
+++ b/recipes/pyjnius/__init__.py
@@ -6,9 +6,7 @@ from os.path import join
 
 
 class PyjniusRecipe(CythonRecipe):
-    # "6553ad4" is one commit after last release (1.2.0)
-    # it fixes method resolution, required for resolving requestPermissions()
-    version = '6553ad4'
+    version = '1.3.0'
     url = 'https://github.com/kivy/pyjnius/archive/{version}.zip'
     name = 'pyjnius'
     depends = [('genericndkbuild', 'sdl2', 'sdl'), 'six']
diff --git a/recipes/pyjnius/genericndkbuild_jnienv_getter.patch b/recipes/pyjnius/genericndkbuild_jnienv_getter.patch
index ff26994..8ea7ab2 100644
--- a/recipes/pyjnius/genericndkbuild_jnienv_getter.patch
+++ b/recipes/pyjnius/genericndkbuild_jnienv_getter.patch
@@ -10,16 +10,16 @@ index ac89fec..71daa43 100644
  cdef JNIEnv *get_platform_jnienv():
 -    return SDL_ANDROID_GetJNIEnv()
 +    return <JNIEnv*>WebView_AndroidGetJNIEnv()
-diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
-index 740510f..0c8e55f 100644
---- a/setup.py
-+++ b/setup.py
-@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ except ImportError:
+diff --git a/jnius/env.py b/jnius/env.py
+--- a/jnius/env.py
++++ b/jnius/env.py
+@@ -185,10 +185,10 @@ except ImportError:
  
- if PLATFORM == 'android':
-     # for android, we use SDL...
--    LIBRARIES = ['sdl', 'log']
-+    LIBRARIES = ['main', 'log']
-     LIBRARY_DIRS = ['libs/' + getenv('ARCH')]
- elif PLATFORM == 'darwin':
-     import subprocess
+ def get_libraries(platform):
+     if platform == 'android':
+         # for android, we use SDL...
+-        return ['sdl', 'log']
++        return ['main', 'log']
+ 
+     elif platform == 'win32':
+         return ['jvm']
diff --git a/recipes/pyjnius/sdl2_jnienv_getter.patch b/recipes/pyjnius/sdl2_jnienv_getter.patch
index d208e5f..7ed847e 100644
--- a/recipes/pyjnius/sdl2_jnienv_getter.patch
+++ b/recipes/pyjnius/sdl2_jnienv_getter.patch
@@ -10,16 +10,17 @@ index ac89fec..71daa43 100644
  cdef JNIEnv *get_platform_jnienv():
 -    return SDL_ANDROID_GetJNIEnv()
 +    return <JNIEnv*>SDL_AndroidGetJNIEnv()
-diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
+diff --git a/env.py b/env.py
 index 740510f..0c8e55f 100644
---- a/setup.py
-+++ b/setup.py
-@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ except ImportError:
+--- a/jnius/env.py
++++ b/jnius/env.py
+@@ -185,10 +185,10 @@ except ImportError:
  
- if PLATFORM == 'android':
-     # for android, we use SDL...
--    LIBRARIES = ['sdl', 'log']
-+    LIBRARIES = ['SDL2', 'log']
-     LIBRARY_DIRS = ['libs/' + getenv('ARCH')]
- elif PLATFORM == 'darwin':
-     import subprocess
+ def get_libraries(platform):
+     if platform == 'android':
+         # for android, we use SDL...
+-        return ['sdl', 'log']
++        return ['SDL2', 'log']
+ 
+     elif platform == 'win32':
+         return ['jvm']
diff --git a/recipes/python3crystax/__init__.py b/recipes/python3crystax/__init__.py
index 77b9369..0844792 100644
--- a/recipes/python3crystax/__init__.py
+++ b/recipes/python3crystax/__init__.py
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ OPENSSLCONF = """#if defined(__ARM_ARCH_5TE__)
 LATEST_FULL_VERSION = {
     '3.5': '3.5.1',
     '3.6': '3.6.6',
-    '3.7': '3.7.1'
+    '3.7': '3.7.1',
+    '3.9': '3.9.6'
 }
 
 def realpath(fname):
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ def realpath(fname):
     return os.sep.join(abs_path)
 
 class Python3Recipe(TargetPythonRecipe):
-    version = '3.7'
+    version = '3.9'
     url = ''
     name = 'python3crystax'
 
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ class Python3Recipe(TargetPythonRecipe):
     from_crystax = True
 
     def download_if_necessary(self):
-        if 'openssl' in self.ctx.recipe_build_order or self.version == '3.6' or self.version == '3.7':
+        if 'openssl' in self.ctx.recipe_build_order or self.version == '3.6' or self.version == '3.7' or self.version == '3.9':
             full_version = LATEST_FULL_VERSION[self.version]
             Python3Recipe.url = 'https://www.python.org/ftp/python/{0}.{1}.{2}/Python-{0}.{1}.{2}.tgz'.format(*full_version.split('.'))
             super(Python3Recipe, self).download_if_necessary()
@@ -168,8 +169,29 @@ class Python3Recipe(TargetPythonRecipe):
 
     def prebuild_arch(self, arch):
         super(Python3Recipe, self).prebuild_arch(arch)
-        if self.version == '3.6' or self.version == '3.7':
-            Python3Recipe.patches = ['patch_python3.6.patch', 'remove_android_api_check.patch', 'selectors.patch']
+        if self.version == '3.6' or self.version == '3.7' or self.version == '3.9':
+            Python3Recipe.patches = [
+                'patch/patch_python3.6.patch',
+                'patch/remove_android_api_check.patch',
+                'patch/selectors.patch'
+            ]
+
+            if self.version == '3.9':
+                Python3Recipe.patches = [
+                    'patch/remove_android_api_check.patch',
+                    'patch/patch_python3.9.patch',
+                    'patch/platlibdir.patch',
+                    'patch/strdup.patch',
+                    
+                    # from https://github.com/kivy/python-for-android/blob/develop/pythonforandroid/recipes/python3/__init__.py#L63
+                    'patch/pyconfig_detection.patch',
+                    'patch/reproducible-buildinfo.diff',
+                    'patch/py3.8.1.patch'
+                ]
+
+                if sh.which('lld') is not None:
+                    Python3Recipe.patches += ['patch/py3.8.1_fix_cortex_a8.patch']
+                    
             build_dir = self.get_build_dir(arch.arch)
 
             # copy bundled libffi to _ctypes
@@ -183,14 +205,18 @@ class Python3Recipe(TargetPythonRecipe):
             python_build_files = ['android.mk', 'config.c', 'interpreter.c']
             ndk_build_tools_python_dir = join(self.ctx.ndk_dir, 'build', 'tools', 'build-target-python')
             for python_build_file in python_build_files:
-                shprint(sh.cp, join(self.get_recipe_dir(), python_build_file+'.3.7'),
-                               join(ndk_build_tools_python_dir, python_build_file+'.3.7'))
+                shprint(sh.cp, join(self.get_recipe_dir(), python_build_file+'.3.9'),
+                               join(ndk_build_tools_python_dir, python_build_file+'.3.9'))
             ndk_sources_python_dir = join(self.ctx.ndk_dir, 'sources', 'python')
-            if not os.path.exists(join(ndk_sources_python_dir, '3.7')):
-                os.mkdir(join(ndk_sources_python_dir, '3.7'))
-            sh.sed('s#3.5#3.7#',
+            if not os.path.exists(join(ndk_sources_python_dir, '3.9')):
+                os.mkdir(join(ndk_sources_python_dir, '3.9'))
+            sh.sed('s#3.5#3.9#',
                    join(ndk_sources_python_dir, '3.5/Android.mk'),
-                   _out=join(ndk_sources_python_dir, '3.7/Android.mk'))
+                   _out=join(ndk_sources_python_dir, '3.9/Android.mk.tmp'))
+            sh.sed('s#3.9m#3.9#',
+                   join(ndk_sources_python_dir, '3.9/Android.mk.tmp'),
+                   _out=join(ndk_sources_python_dir, '3.9/Android.mk'))
+            shprint(sh.rm, '-f', join(ndk_sources_python_dir, '3.9/Android.mk.tmp'))
 
     def build_arch(self, arch):
        # If openssl is needed we may have to recompile cPython to get the
diff --git a/recipes/python3crystax/android.mk.3.7 b/recipes/python3crystax/android.mk.3.9
similarity index 94%
rename from recipes/python3crystax/android.mk.3.7
rename to recipes/python3crystax/android.mk.3.9
index 47d7b6b..c915ae9 100644
--- a/recipes/python3crystax/android.mk.3.7
+++ b/recipes/python3crystax/android.mk.3.9
@@ -27,14 +27,17 @@ LOCAL_SRC_FILES := config.c \
   $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Python/getversion.c \
   $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Python/graminit.c \
   $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Python/hamt.c \
+  $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Python/hashtable.c \
   $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Python/import.c \
   $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Python/importdl.c \
+  $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Python/initconfig.c \
   $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Python/marshal.c \
   $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Python/modsupport.c \
   $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Python/mysnprintf.c \
   $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Python/mystrtoul.c \
   $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Python/pathconfig.c \
   $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Python/peephole.c \
+  $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Python/preconfig.c \
   $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Python/pyarena.c \
   $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Python/pyctype.c \
   $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Python/pyfpe.c \
@@ -57,17 +60,18 @@ LOCAL_SRC_FILES := config.c \
   $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Python/_warnings.c \
   \
   $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Parser/acceler.c \
-  $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Parser/bitset.c \
-  $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Parser/firstsets.c \
-  $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Parser/grammar.c \
   $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Parser/grammar1.c \
   $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Parser/listnode.c \
-  $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Parser/metagrammar.c \
   $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Parser/myreadline.c \
   $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Parser/node.c \
   $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Parser/parser.c \
   $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Parser/parsetok.c \
+  $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Parser/token.c \
   $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Parser/tokenizer.c \
+  $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Parser/pegen/parse.c \
+  $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Parser/pegen/parse_string.c \
+  $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Parser/pegen/peg_api.c \
+  $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Parser/pegen/pegen.c \
   \
   $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Objects/abstract.c \
   $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Objects/accu.c \
@@ -90,6 +94,8 @@ LOCAL_SRC_FILES := config.c \
   $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Objects/frameobject.c \
   $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Objects/funcobject.c \
   $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Objects/genobject.c \
+  $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Objects/genericaliasobject.c \
+  $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Objects/interpreteridobject.c \
   $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Objects/iterobject.c \
   $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Objects/listobject.c \
   $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Objects/longobject.c \
@@ -100,6 +106,7 @@ LOCAL_SRC_FILES := config.c \
   $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Objects/object.c \
   $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Objects/obmalloc.c \
   $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Objects/odictobject.c \
+  $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Objects/picklebufobject.c \
   $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Objects/rangeobject.c \
   $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Objects/setobject.c \
   $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Objects/sliceobject.c \
@@ -131,10 +138,8 @@ LOCAL_SRC_FILES := config.c \
   $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Modules/gcmodule.c \
   $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Modules/getbuildinfo.c \
   $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Modules/getpath.c \
-  $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Modules/hashtable.c \
   $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Modules/_heapqmodule.c \
   $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Modules/itertoolsmodule.c \
-  $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Modules/_json.c \
   $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Modules/_localemodule.c \
   $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Modules/_lsprof.c \
   $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Modules/main.c \
@@ -146,7 +151,6 @@ LOCAL_SRC_FILES := config.c \
   $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Modules/_operator.c \
   $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Modules/ossaudiodev.c \
   $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Modules/parsermodule.c \
-  $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Modules/_pickle.c \
   $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Modules/posixmodule.c \
   $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Modules/_posixsubprocess.c \
   $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Modules/pwdmodule.c \
@@ -176,7 +180,6 @@ LOCAL_SRC_FILES := config.c \
   $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Modules/xxlimited.c \
   $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Modules/xxmodule.c \
   $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Modules/xxsubtype.c \
-  $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Modules/zipimport.c \
   $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Modules/zlibmodule.c \
   $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Modules/cjkcodecs/_codecs_cn.c \
   $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Modules/cjkcodecs/_codecs_hk.c \
diff --git a/recipes/python3crystax/config.c.3.7 b/recipes/python3crystax/config.c.3.9
similarity index 95%
rename from recipes/python3crystax/config.c.3.7
rename to recipes/python3crystax/config.c.3.9
index c7cbbc3..382b5b0 100644
--- a/recipes/python3crystax/config.c.3.7
+++ b/recipes/python3crystax/config.c.3.9
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ extern PyObject* PyInit__thread(void);
 extern PyObject* PyInit__codecs(void);
 extern PyObject* PyInit__weakref(void);
 extern PyObject* PyInit_xxsubtype(void);
-extern PyObject* PyInit_zipimport(void);
 extern PyObject* PyInit__random(void);
 extern PyObject* PyInit_itertools(void);
 extern PyObject* PyInit__collections(void);
@@ -40,7 +39,6 @@ extern PyObject* PyInit_parser(void);
 extern PyObject* PyInit__struct(void);
 extern PyObject* PyInit__datetime(void);
 extern PyObject* PyInit__functools(void);
-extern PyObject* PyInit__json(void);
 extern PyObject* PyInit_zlib(void);
 extern PyObject* PyInit__multibytecodec(void);
 extern PyObject* PyInit__codecs_cn(void);
@@ -53,7 +51,6 @@ extern PyObject* PyInit__winapi(void);
 extern PyObject* PyInit__lsprof(void);
 extern PyObject* PyInit__ast(void);
 extern PyObject* PyInit__io(void);
-extern PyObject* PyInit__pickle(void);
 extern PyObject* PyInit_atexit(void);
 extern PyObject* _PyWarnings_Init(void);
 extern PyObject* PyInit__string(void);
@@ -103,10 +100,8 @@ struct _inittab _PyImport_Inittab[] = {
     {"_struct", PyInit__struct},
     {"_datetime", PyInit__datetime},
     {"_functools", PyInit__functools},
-    {"_json", PyInit__json},
 
     {"xxsubtype", PyInit_xxsubtype},
-    {"zipimport", PyInit_zipimport},
     {"zlib", PyInit_zlib},
 
     /* CJK codecs */
@@ -131,7 +126,6 @@ struct _inittab _PyImport_Inittab[] = {
     {"_string", PyInit__string},
 
     {"_io", PyInit__io},
-    {"_pickle", PyInit__pickle},
     {"atexit", PyInit_atexit},
     {"_stat", PyInit__stat},
     {"_opcode", PyInit__opcode},
diff --git a/recipes/python3crystax/interpreter.c.3.7 b/recipes/python3crystax/interpreter.c.3.9
similarity index 99%
rename from recipes/python3crystax/interpreter.c.3.7
rename to recipes/python3crystax/interpreter.c.3.9
index daf2c52..c914e97 100644
--- a/recipes/python3crystax/interpreter.c.3.7
+++ b/recipes/python3crystax/interpreter.c.3.9
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 #define PYTHON3_STDLIB_REL_PATH "stdlib.zip"
 #define PYTHON3_MODULES_REL_PATH "modules"
-#define PYTHON3_DLL_REL_PATH "libpython3.7m.so"
+#define PYTHON3_DLL_REL_PATH "libpython3.9.so"
 
 #define SYS_PATH_BUFFER_SIZE (2*(PATH_MAX + 1))
 
diff --git a/recipes/python3crystax/patch_python3.6.patch b/recipes/python3crystax/patch/patch_python3.6.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from recipes/python3crystax/patch_python3.6.patch
rename to recipes/python3crystax/patch/patch_python3.6.patch
diff --git a/recipes/python3crystax/patch/patch_python3.9.patch b/recipes/python3crystax/patch/patch_python3.9.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..14ca0b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/python3crystax/patch/patch_python3.9.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+--- a/Modules/expat/xmlparse.c	2021-06-28 09:26:18.000000000 +0100
++++ b/Modules/expat/xmlparse.c	2021-08-20 10:19:38.946990574 +0100
+@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@
+ #  define LOAD_LIBRARY_SEARCH_SYSTEM32 0x00000800
+ #endif
+ 
++#define XML_POOR_ENTROPY 1
++
+ #if ! defined(HAVE_GETRANDOM) && ! defined(HAVE_SYSCALL_GETRANDOM)             \
+     && ! defined(HAVE_ARC4RANDOM_BUF) && ! defined(HAVE_ARC4RANDOM)            \
+     && ! defined(XML_DEV_URANDOM) && ! defined(_WIN32)
+diff --git a/Modules/getpath.c b/Modules/getpath.c
+--- a/Modules/getpath.c	2021-06-28 09:26:18.000000000 +0100
++++ b/Modules/getpath.c	2021-08-20 10:29:27.000481395 +0100
+@@ -103,10 +103,39 @@
+ extern "C" {
+ #endif
+ 
++/*
++    These variables were set this way in older versions of Python, but
++    changed from 3.5.1 to 3.5.2.
++    https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/f5854148138280c69fdc9d350636dc2140d57753
++    Here we just  the old way again. A better solution would be to work
++    out where they should be defined, and make the CrystaX build scripts do so.
++*/
+ 
+-#if (!defined(PREFIX) || !defined(EXEC_PREFIX) \
+-        || !defined(VERSION) || !defined(VPATH))
+-#error "PREFIX, EXEC_PREFIX, VERSION and VPATH macros must be defined"
++/*
++ * #if (!defined(PREFIX) || !defined(EXEC_PREFIX) \
++ *        || !defined(VERSION) || !defined(VPATH))
++ * #error "PREFIX, EXEC_PREFIX, VERSION and VPATH macros must be defined"
++ * #endif
++ */ 
++#ifndef VERSION
++#define VERSION "2.1"
++#endif
++
++#ifndef VPATH
++#define VPATH "."
++#endif
++
++#ifndef PREFIX
++#  define PREFIX "/usr/local"
++#endif
++
++#ifndef EXEC_PREFIX
++#define EXEC_PREFIX PREFIX
++#endif
++
++#ifndef PYTHONPATH
++#define PYTHONPATH PREFIX "/lib/python" VERSION ":" \
++              EXEC_PREFIX "/lib/python" VERSION "/lib-dynload"
+ #endif
+ 
+ #ifndef LANDMARK
+diff --git a/Modules/timemodule.c b/Modules/timemodule.c
+--- a/Modules/timemodule.c
++++ b/Modules/timemodule.c
+@@ -358,18 +358,20 @@ time_gmtime(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
+ #endif
+ }
+ 
+-#ifndef HAVE_TIMEGM
+-static time_t
+-timegm(struct tm *p)
+-{
+-    /* XXX: the following implementation will not work for tm_year < 1970.
+-       but it is likely that platforms that don't have timegm do not support
+-       negative timestamps anyways. */
+-    return p->tm_sec + p->tm_min*60 + p->tm_hour*3600 + p->tm_yday*86400 +
+-        (p->tm_year-70)*31536000 + ((p->tm_year-69)/4)*86400 -
+-        ((p->tm_year-1)/100)*86400 + ((p->tm_year+299)/400)*86400;
+-}
+-#endif
++/* In the Android build, HAVE_TIMEGM apparently should be defined but isn't. A better fix would be to work out why and fix that. */
++
++/* #ifndef HAVE_TIMEGM */
++/* static time_t */
++/* timegm(struct tm *p) */
++/* { */
++/*     /\* XXX: the following implementation will not work for tm_year < 1970. */
++/*        but it is likely that platforms that don't have timegm do not support */
++/*        negative timestamps anyways. *\/ */
++/*     return p->tm_sec + p->tm_min*60 + p->tm_hour*3600 + p->tm_yday*86400 + */
++/*         (p->tm_year-70)*31536000 + ((p->tm_year-69)/4)*86400 - */
++/*         ((p->tm_year-1)/100)*86400 + ((p->tm_year+299)/400)*86400; */
++/* } */
++/* #endif */
+ 
+ PyDoc_STRVAR(gmtime_doc,
+ "gmtime([seconds]) -> (tm_year, tm_mon, tm_mday, tm_hour, tm_min,\n\
diff --git a/recipes/python3crystax/patch/platlibdir.patch b/recipes/python3crystax/patch/platlibdir.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c685885
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/python3crystax/patch/platlibdir.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/Python/initconfig.c	2021-06-28 09:26:18.000000000 +0100
++++ b/Python/initconfig.c	2021-08-20 12:03:57.319576456 +0100
+@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
+ #endif
+ 
+ #ifndef PLATLIBDIR
+-#  error "PLATLIBDIR macro must be defined"
++#  define PLATLIBDIR "/usr/lib"
+ #endif
+ 
+ 
diff --git a/recipes/python3crystax/patch/py3.8.1.patch b/recipes/python3crystax/patch/py3.8.1.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6018805
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/python3crystax/patch/py3.8.1.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+diff --git a/Lib/ctypes/util.py b/Lib/ctypes/util.py
+index 97973bc..053c231 100644
+--- a/Lib/ctypes/util.py
++++ b/Lib/ctypes/util.py
+@@ -67,6 +67,13 @@ if os.name == "nt":
+                 return fname
+         return None
+ 
++# This patch overrides the find_library to look in the right places on
++# Android
++if True:
++    from android._ctypes_library_finder import find_library as _find_lib
++    def find_library(name):
++        return _find_lib(name)
++
+ elif os.name == "posix" and sys.platform == "darwin":
+     from ctypes.macholib.dyld import dyld_find as _dyld_find
+     def find_library(name):
+diff --git a/configure b/configure
+index 0914e24..dd00812 100755
+--- a/configure
++++ b/configure
+@@ -18673,4 +18673,3 @@ if test "$Py_OPT" = 'false' -a "$Py_DEBUG" != 'true'; then
+     echo "" >&6
+     echo "" >&6
+ fi
+-
+diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
+index 20d7f35..af15cc2 100644
+--- a/setup.py
++++ b/setup.py
+@@ -1501,7 +1501,9 @@ class PyBuildExt(build_ext):
+         if zlib_inc is not None:
+             zlib_h = zlib_inc[0] + '/zlib.h'
+             version = '"0.0.0"'
+-            version_req = '"1.1.3"'
++            # version_req = '"1.1.3"'
++            version_req = '"{}"'.format(
++                os.environ.get('ZLIB_VERSION', '1.1.3'))
+             if MACOS and is_macosx_sdk_path(zlib_h):
+                 zlib_h = os.path.join(macosx_sdk_root(), zlib_h[1:])
+             with open(zlib_h) as fp:
diff --git a/recipes/python3crystax/patch/py3.8.1_fix_cortex_a8.patch b/recipes/python3crystax/patch/py3.8.1_fix_cortex_a8.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..92a41b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/python3crystax/patch/py3.8.1_fix_cortex_a8.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+This patch removes --fix-cortex-a8 from the linker flags in order to support linking
+with lld, as lld does not support this flag (https://github.com/android-ndk/ndk/issues/766).
+diff --git a/configure b/configure
+index 0914e24..7517168 100755
+--- a/configure
++++ b/configure
+@@ -5642,7 +5642,7 @@ $as_echo_n "checking for the Android arm ABI... " >&6; }
+ $as_echo "$_arm_arch" >&6; }
+   if test "$_arm_arch" = 7; then
+     BASECFLAGS="${BASECFLAGS} -mfloat-abi=softfp -mfpu=vfpv3-d16"
+-    LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -march=armv7-a -Wl,--fix-cortex-a8"
++    LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -march=armv7-a"
+   fi
+ else
+   { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: not Android" >&5
diff --git a/recipes/python3crystax/patch/pyconfig_detection.patch b/recipes/python3crystax/patch/pyconfig_detection.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..087ab58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/python3crystax/patch/pyconfig_detection.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff -Nru Python-3.8.2/Lib/site.py Python-3.8.2-new/Lib/site.py
+--- Python-3.8.2/Lib/site.py    2020-04-28 12:48:38.000000000 -0700
++++ Python-3.8.2-new/Lib/site.py        2020-04-28 12:52:46.000000000 -0700
+@@ -487,7 +487,8 @@
+                     if key == 'include-system-site-packages':
+                         system_site = value.lower()
+                     elif key == 'home':
+-                        sys._home = value
++                        # this is breaking pyconfig.h path detection with venv
++                        print('Ignoring "sys._home = value" override')
+ 
+         sys.prefix = sys.exec_prefix = site_prefix
+ 
diff --git a/recipes/python3crystax/remove_android_api_check.patch b/recipes/python3crystax/patch/remove_android_api_check.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from recipes/python3crystax/remove_android_api_check.patch
rename to recipes/python3crystax/patch/remove_android_api_check.patch
diff --git a/recipes/python3crystax/patch/reproducible-buildinfo.diff b/recipes/python3crystax/patch/reproducible-buildinfo.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..807d180
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/python3crystax/patch/reproducible-buildinfo.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# DP: Build getbuildinfo.o with DATE/TIME values when defined
+
+--- a/Makefile.pre.in
++++ b/Makefile.pre.in
+@@ -785,6 +785,8 @@ Modules/getbuildinfo.o: $(PARSER_OBJS) \
+ 	      -DGITVERSION="\"`LC_ALL=C $(GITVERSION)`\"" \
+ 	      -DGITTAG="\"`LC_ALL=C $(GITTAG)`\"" \
+ 	      -DGITBRANCH="\"`LC_ALL=C $(GITBRANCH)`\"" \
++	      $(if $(BUILD_DATE),-DDATE='"$(BUILD_DATE)"') \
++	      $(if $(BUILD_TIME),-DTIME='"$(BUILD_TIME)"') \
+ 	      -o $@ $(srcdir)/Modules/getbuildinfo.c
+ 
+ Modules/getpath.o: $(srcdir)/Modules/getpath.c Makefile
diff --git a/recipes/python3crystax/selectors.patch b/recipes/python3crystax/patch/selectors.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from recipes/python3crystax/selectors.patch
rename to recipes/python3crystax/patch/selectors.patch
diff --git a/recipes/python3crystax/patch/strdup.patch b/recipes/python3crystax/patch/strdup.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4398ba5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/python3crystax/patch/strdup.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- a/Python/strdup.c	2021-06-28 09:26:18.000000000 +0100
++++ b/Python/strdup.c	2021-08-20 09:26:36.443055850 +0100
+@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+ /* strdup() replacement (from stdwin, if you must know) */
+ 
++#include "Python.h"
++
+ char *
+ strdup(const char *str)
+ {
diff --git a/recipes/setuptools/__init__.py b/recipes/setuptools/__init__.py
index 21e89b1..aa3b82b 100644
--- a/recipes/setuptools/__init__.py
+++ b/recipes/setuptools/__init__.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from pythonforandroid.recipe import PythonRecipe
 
 
 class SetuptoolsRecipe(PythonRecipe):
-    version = '40.0.0'
+    version = '51.0.0'
     url = 'https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/s/setuptools/setuptools-{version}.zip'
 
     depends = [('python2', 'python3crystax')]
diff --git a/scripts/build-target-python.sh b/scripts/build-target-python.sh
index 0656a98..409d34c 100755
--- a/scripts/build-target-python.sh
+++ b/scripts/build-target-python.sh
@@ -350,7 +350,11 @@ build_python_for_abi ()
             echo "    --with-threads \\"
             echo "    --enable-ipv6 \\"
             echo "    --with-computed-gotos \\"
-            echo "    --without-ensurepip"
+            echo "    ac_cv_file__dev_ptmx=yes \\"
+            echo "    ac_cv_file__dev_ptc=no \\"
+            echo "    --without-ensurepip \\"
+            echo "    ac_cv_little_endian_double=yes \\"
+            echo "    --exec-prefix=/usr/local"
         fi
     } >$CONFIGURE_WRAPPER
     fail_panic "Can't create configure wrapper"
@@ -382,8 +386,8 @@ build_python_for_abi ()
     if [ "$PYTHON_MAJOR_VERSION" = "2" ]; then
         local PYTHON_CORE_MODULE_NAME='python'"$PYTHON_ABI"
     else
-        local PYTHON_CORE_MODULE_NAME='python'"$PYTHON_ABI"'m'
-        local PYTHON_SOABI='cpython-'"$PYTHON_ABI"'m'
+        local PYTHON_CORE_MODULE_NAME='python'"$PYTHON_ABI"
+        local PYTHON_SOABI='cpython-'"$PYTHON_ABI"
     fi
     {
         echo 'LOCAL_PATH := $(call my-dir)'
@@ -391,6 +395,8 @@ build_python_for_abi ()
         echo "LOCAL_MODULE := $PYTHON_CORE_MODULE_NAME"
         echo "MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT := $PYTHON_SRCDIR"
         echo 'LOCAL_C_INCLUDES := $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Include'
+        echo 'LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Include/internal'
+        echo 'LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Include/cpython'
         if [ "$PYTHON_MAJOR_VERSION" = "2" ]; then
             echo "LOCAL_CFLAGS := -DPy_BUILD_CORE -DPy_ENABLE_SHARED -DPLATFORM=\\\"linux\\\""
         else
@@ -410,6 +416,8 @@ build_python_for_abi ()
         run rm -Rf $PYTHON_DSTDIR/include
         run mkdir -p $PYTHON_DSTDIR/include/python && \
         run cp -p $PYTHON_BUILD_UTILS_DIR/pyconfig.h $PYTHON_SRCDIR/Include/*.h $PYTHON_DSTDIR/include/python
+        run cp -pR $PYTHON_SRCDIR/Include/internal $PYTHON_DSTDIR/include/python/internal
+        run cp -pR $PYTHON_SRCDIR/Include/cpython $PYTHON_DSTDIR/include/python/cpython
         fail_panic "Can't install python$PYTHON_ABI headers"
         PYTHON_HEADERS_INSTALLED=yes
         export PYTHON_HEADERS_INSTALLED
@@ -542,9 +550,11 @@ build_python_for_abi ()
     {
         echo 'LOCAL_PATH := $(call my-dir)'
         echo 'include $(CLEAR_VARS)'
-        echo 'LOCAL_MODULE := _ctypes'
-        echo 'LOCAL_C_INCLUDES := $(LOCAL_PATH)/include'
         echo "MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT := $PYTHON_SRCDIR"
+        echo 'LOCAL_MODULE := _ctypes'
+        echo 'LOCAL_CFLAGS := -DPy_BUILD_CORE'
+        echo 'LOCAL_C_INCLUDES := $(LOCAL_PATH)/include'
+        echo 'LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Include/internal'
         echo 'LOCAL_SRC_FILES := \'
         for ffi_src in $FFI_SRC_LIST; do
             echo "  \$(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Modules/_ctypes/libffi/$ffi_src \\"
@@ -640,6 +650,7 @@ build_python_for_abi ()
         echo "MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT := $PYTHON_SRCDIR"
         echo 'LOCAL_SRC_FILES := \'
         echo '  $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Modules/_queuemodule.c'
+        echo 'LOCAL_C_INCLUDES := $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Include/internal'
         echo 'LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES := python_shared'
         echo 'include $(BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY)'
         echo "\$(call import-module,python/$PYTHON_ABI)"
@@ -665,6 +676,8 @@ build_python_for_abi ()
         echo 'include $(CLEAR_VARS)'
         echo 'LOCAL_MODULE := _asyncio'
         echo "MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT := $PYTHON_SRCDIR"
+        echo 'LOCAL_CFLAGS := -DPy_BUILD_CORE'
+        echo 'LOCAL_C_INCLUDES := $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Include/internal'
         echo 'LOCAL_SRC_FILES := \'
         echo '  $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Modules/_asynciomodule.c'
         echo 'LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES := python_shared'
@@ -879,7 +892,7 @@ build_python_for_abi ()
         echo 'LOCAL_MODULE := pyexpat'
         echo 'LOCAL_CFLAGS := -DHAVE_EXPAT_CONFIG_H -DXML_STATIC'
         echo "MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT := $PYTHON_SRCDIR"
-        echo "LOCAL_C_INCLUDES := \$(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Modules/expat"
+        echo 'LOCAL_C_INCLUDES := \$(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Modules/expat'
         echo 'LOCAL_SRC_FILES := \'
         echo '  $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Modules/expat/xmlparse.c \'
         echo '  $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Modules/expat/xmlrole.c \'
@@ -951,6 +964,64 @@ build_python_for_abi ()
     log "Install python$PYTHON_ABI-$ABI module 'unicodedata' in $PYBIN_INSTALLDIR_MODULES"
     run cp -p -T $OBJDIR_UNICODEDATA/libunicodedata.so $PYBIN_INSTALLDIR_MODULES/unicodedata.so
     fail_panic "Can't install python$PYTHON_ABI-$ABI module 'unicodedata' in $PYBIN_INSTALLDIR_MODULES"
+    
+# _json speedups
+    local BUILDDIR_JSON="$BUILDDIR/json"
+    local OBJDIR_JSON="$BUILDDIR_JSON/obj/local/$ABI"
+
+    run mkdir -p "$BUILDDIR_JSON/jni"
+    fail_panic "Can't create directory: $BUILDDIR_JSON/jni"
+
+    {
+        echo 'LOCAL_PATH := $(call my-dir)'
+        echo 'include $(CLEAR_VARS)'
+        echo 'LOCAL_MODULE := _json'
+        echo "MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT := $PYTHON_SRCDIR"
+        echo 'LOCAL_C_INCLUDES := $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Include/internal'
+        echo 'LOCAL_SRC_FILES := \'
+        echo '  $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Modules/_json.c'
+        echo 'LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES := python_shared'
+        echo 'LOCAL_CFLAGS := -DPy_BUILD_CORE_MODULE'
+        echo 'include $(BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY)'
+        echo "\$(call import-module,python/$PYTHON_ABI)"
+    } >$BUILDDIR_JSON/jni/Android.mk
+    fail_panic "Can't generate $BUILDDIR_JSON/jni/Android.mk"
+
+    run $NDK_DIR/ndk-build -C $BUILDDIR_JSON -j$NUM_JOBS APP_ABI=$ABI V=1
+    fail_panic "Can't build python$PYTHON_ABI-$ABI module '_json'"
+
+    log "Install python$PYTHON_ABI-$ABI module '_json' in $PYBIN_INSTALLDIR_MODULES"
+    run cp -p -T $OBJDIR_JSON/lib_json.so $PYBIN_INSTALLDIR_MODULES/_json.so
+    fail_panic "Can't install python$PYTHON_ABI-$ABI module '_json' in $PYBIN_INSTALLDIR_MODULES"
+    
+# _pickle accelerator
+    local BUILDDIR_PICKLE="$BUILDDIR/pickle"
+    local OBJDIR_PICKLE="$BUILDDIR_PICKLE/obj/local/$ABI"
+
+    run mkdir -p "$BUILDDIR_PICKLE/jni"
+    fail_panic "Can't create directory: $BUILDDIR_PICKLE/jni"
+
+    {
+        echo 'LOCAL_PATH := $(call my-dir)'
+        echo 'include $(CLEAR_VARS)'
+        echo 'LOCAL_MODULE := _pickle'
+        echo "MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT := $PYTHON_SRCDIR"
+        echo 'LOCAL_C_INCLUDES := $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Include/internal'
+        echo 'LOCAL_SRC_FILES := \'
+        echo '  $(MY_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT)/Modules/_pickle.c'
+        echo 'LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES := python_shared'
+        echo 'LOCAL_CFLAGS := -DPy_BUILD_CORE_MODULE'
+        echo 'include $(BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY)'
+        echo "\$(call import-module,python/$PYTHON_ABI)"
+    } >$BUILDDIR_PICKLE/jni/Android.mk
+    fail_panic "Can't generate $BUILDDIR_PICKLE/jni/Android.mk"
+
+    run $NDK_DIR/ndk-build -C $BUILDDIR_PICKLE -j$NUM_JOBS APP_ABI=$ABI V=1
+    fail_panic "Can't build python$PYTHON_ABI-$ABI module '_pickle'"
+
+    log "Install python$PYTHON_ABI-$ABI module '_pickle' in $PYBIN_INSTALLDIR_MODULES"
+    run cp -p -T $OBJDIR_PICKLE/lib_pickle.so $PYBIN_INSTALLDIR_MODULES/_pickle.so
+    fail_panic "Can't install python$PYTHON_ABI-$ABI module '_pickle' in $PYBIN_INSTALLDIR_MODULES"
 }
 
 if [ -n "$PACKAGE_DIR" ]; then