diff --git a/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/python/.config b/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/python/.config
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2d6065d3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/python/.config
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# You can find the latest python archives here:
+#
+#   https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.7.0/Python-3.7.0.tgz
+#
+PYTHON_SOURCE_URL=https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.7.0/Python-3.7.0.tgz
diff --git a/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/python/01_get.sh b/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/python/01_get.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..3f741a6a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/python/01_get.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+
+. ../../common.sh
+
+# Read the common configuration properties.
+DOWNLOAD_URL=`read_property PYTHON_SOURCE_URL`
+USE_LOCAL_SOURCE=`read_property USE_LOCAL_SOURCE`
+
+# Grab everything after the last '/' character.
+ARCHIVE_FILE=${DOWNLOAD_URL##*/}
+
+if [ "$USE_LOCAL_SOURCE" = "true" -a ! -f $MAIN_SRC_DIR/source/overlay/$ARCHIVE_FILE  ] ; then
+  echo "Source bundle $MAIN_SRC_DIR/source/overlay/$ARCHIVE_FILE is missing and will be downloaded."
+  USE_LOCAL_SOURCE="false"
+fi
+
+cd $MAIN_SRC_DIR/source/overlay
+
+if [ ! "$USE_LOCAL_SOURCE" = "true" ] ; then
+  # Downloading vim source bundle file. The '-c' option allows the download to resume.
+  echo "Downloading PYTHON source bundle from $DOWNLOAD_URL"
+  wget -c $DOWNLOAD_URL
+else
+  echo "Using local PYTHON source bundle $MAIN_SRC_DIR/source/overlay/$ARCHIVE_FILE"
+fi
+
+# Delete folder with previously extracted vim.
+echo "Removing PYTHON work area. This may take a while."
+rm -rf $WORK_DIR/overlay/$BUNDLE_NAME
+mkdir $WORK_DIR/overlay/$BUNDLE_NAME
+
+# Extract vim to folder 'work/overlay/vim'.
+# Full path will be something like 'work/overlay/vim/vim-8.0.1298'.
+tar -xvf $ARCHIVE_FILE -C $WORK_DIR/overlay/$BUNDLE_NAME
+
+cd $SRC_DIR
diff --git a/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/python/02_build.sh b/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/python/02_build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..5fd90d588
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/python/02_build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+
+. ../../common.sh
+
+cd $WORK_DIR/overlay/$BUNDLE_NAME
+
+# Change to the vim source directory which ls finds, e.g. 'Pythno-3.7.0'.
+cd $(ls -d Python-*)
+
+if [ -f Makefile ] ; then
+  echo "Preparing '$BUNDLE_NAME' work area. This may take a while."
+  make -j $NUM_JOBS clean
+else
+  echo "The clean phase for '$BUNDLE_NAME' has been skipped."
+fi
+
+rm -rf $DEST_DIR
+
+echo "Configuring '$BUNDLE_NAME'."
+CFLAGS="$CFLAGS" ./configure \
+  --prefix=/usr CXX="/usr/bin/g++" --enable-optimizations
+
+echo "Building '$BUNDLE_NAME'."
+make -j $NUM_JOBS
+
+echo "Installing '$BUNDLE_NAME'."
+make -j $NUM_JOBS install DESTDIR=$DEST_DIR
+
+echo "Generating '$BUNDLE_NAME'."
+
+#echo "Reducing '$BUNDLE_NAME' size."
+#set +e
+#strip -g $DEST_DIR/usr/bin/*
+#set -e
+
+# With '--remove-destination' all possibly existing soft links in
+# '$OVERLAY_ROOTFS' will be overwritten correctly.
+cp -r --remove-destination $DEST_DIR/* \
+  $OVERLAY_ROOTFS
+
+echo "Bundle '$BUNDLE_NAME' has been installed."
+
+cd $SRC_DIR
diff --git a/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/python/bundle.sh b/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/python/bundle.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..e132bc25f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/python/bundle.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+
+. ../../common.sh
+
+./01_get.sh
+./02_build.sh
+
+cd $SRC_DIR
diff --git a/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/python/bundle_deps b/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/python/bundle_deps
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a150aae5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/python/bundle_deps
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+glibc_libpthread
+glibc_libutil
diff --git a/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/vim/02_build.sh b/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/vim/02_build.sh
index 41f324d1d..85fff90de 100755
--- a/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/vim/02_build.sh
+++ b/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/vim/02_build.sh
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ export CONF_OPT_CSCOPE='--enable-cscope'
 export CONF_OPT_MULTIBYTE='--enable-multibyte'
 export CONF_OPT_FEAT='--with-features=huge'
 
-
 echo "Building '$BUNDLE_NAME'."
 make -j $NUM_JOBS