diff --git a/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/jython-2.7.1b2 b/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/jython-2.7.1b2
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+++ b/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/jython-2.7.1b2
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+require_java
+install_jar "jython-2.7.1b2" "https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/python/jython-installer/2.7.1b2/jython-installer-2.7.1b2.jar#d994500808c8d448baab1f98e043e6a11360cff302f401901e73f0e34c27251a" jython
+
+case "$(pypy_architecture 2>/dev/null || true)" in
+"osx64"|"win32" )
+  # Jython does not seem to work properly on OSX/windows unless JAVA_HOME is set
+  if [ -z "${JAVA_HOME+defined}" ]; then
+    colorize 1 "WARNING: "
+    echo "Please ensure that your JAVA_HOME environment variable is set correctly!"
+    echo "See http://bugs.jython.org/issue2346 for details."
+  fi
+  ;;
+esac