diff --git a/ports/python2/008-bz2d.patch b/ports/python2/008-bz2d.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..88ec7405e01aa1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/python2/008-bz2d.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
+index f764223..d6a58e4 100644
+--- a/setup.py
++++ b/setup.py
+@@ -1506,6 +1506,14 @@ class PyBuildExt(build_ext):
+             exts.append( Extension('bz2', ['bz2module.c'],
+                                    libraries = ['bz2'],
+                                    extra_link_args = bz2_extra_link_args) )
++        elif (self.compiler.find_library_file(lib_dirs, 'bz2d')):
++            if host_platform == "darwin":
++                bz2_extra_link_args = ('-Wl,-search_paths_first',)
++            else:
++                bz2_extra_link_args = ()
++            exts.append( Extension('bz2', ['bz2module.c'],
++                               libraries=['bz2d'],
++                               extra_link_args = bz2_extra_link_args) )
+         else:
+             missing.append('bz2')
+ 
diff --git a/ports/python2/portfile.cmake b/ports/python2/portfile.cmake
index 7d0d9a527426b6..227ffed4115918 100644
--- a/ports/python2/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/python2/portfile.cmake
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ if (VCPKG_TARGET_IS_WINDOWS)
     list(APPEND _PYTHON_PATCHES
         ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/007-fix-build-path.patch
     )
+else()
+    list(APPEND _PYTHON_PATCHES
+        ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/008-bz2d.patch
+    )
 endif()
 
 
diff --git a/ports/python2/vcpkg.json b/ports/python2/vcpkg.json
index 6be1869d01f999..abe470eb5b662d 100644
--- a/ports/python2/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/python2/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "python2",
   "version": "2.7.18",
-  "port-version": 3,
+  "port-version": 4,
   "description": "The Python programming language as an embeddable library",
   "homepage": "https://www.python.org",
   "license": "Python-2.0"
diff --git a/versions/baseline.json b/versions/baseline.json
index 01e87268226dd7..d7b6fa1c27a8c6 100644
--- a/versions/baseline.json
+++ b/versions/baseline.json
@@ -5578,7 +5578,7 @@
     },
     "python2": {
       "baseline": "2.7.18",
-      "port-version": 3
+      "port-version": 4
     },
     "python3": {
       "baseline": "3.10.2",
diff --git a/versions/p-/python2.json b/versions/p-/python2.json
index cbb06c836db015..60a67697bd4fee 100644
--- a/versions/p-/python2.json
+++ b/versions/p-/python2.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "355e949adaecb1603d0cdc3d690101e49ad9fb13",
+      "version": "2.7.18",
+      "port-version": 4
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "2a9fb7f96d762e213e9901452492aee00f6fe049",
       "version": "2.7.18",