diff --git a/support/dependencies/check-host-python3.mk b/support/dependencies/check-host-python3.mk
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+# Since version 2.29, glibc requires python 3.4 or later to build the GNU C Library.
+# https://www.sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2019-01/msg00723.html
+
+BR2_PYTHON3_VERSION_MIN = 3.4
+
+ifeq (,$(call suitable-host-package,python3,$(BR2_PYTHON3_VERSION_MIN) python3 python))
+BR2_PYTHON3_HOST_DEPENDENCY = host-python3
+endif
diff --git a/support/dependencies/check-host-python3.sh b/support/dependencies/check-host-python3.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# prevent shift error
+[ $# -lt 2 ] && exit 1
+
+version_min="$(echo ${1} | awk '{ split($1, v, "."); print v[1] v[2] }')"
+
+shift
+
+# The host python interpreter is already checked by dependencies.sh but
+# it only check if the version is at least 2.7.
+# We want to check the version number of the python3 interpreter even
+# if Buildroot is able to use any version but some packages may require
+# a more recent version.
+
+for candidate in "${@}" ; do
+	python3=`which $candidate 2>/dev/null`
+	if [ ! -x "$python3" ]; then
+		continue
+	fi
+	version=`$python3 -V 2>&1 | awk '{ split($2, v, "."); print v[1] v[2] }'`
+
+	if [ $version -lt $version_min ]; then
+		# no suitable python3 found
+		continue
+	fi
+
+	# suitable python3 found
+	echo $python3
+	break
+done