--- dev-lang/python/python-2.5.4-r5.ebuild
+++ dev-lang/python/python-2.5.4-r5.ebuild
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@
 	# Linux-3 compat. Bug #374579 (upstream issue12571)
 	cp -r "${S}/Lib/plat-linux2" "${S}/Lib/plat-linux3" || die
 
+	epatch_user
+
 	eautoreconf
 }
 
--- dev-lang/python/python-2.6.8-r1.ebuild
+++ dev-lang/python/python-2.6.8-r1.ebuild
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@
 		Modules/getpath.c \
 		setup.py || die "sed failed to replace @@GENTOO_LIBDIR@@"
 
+	epatch_user
+
 	eautoconf
 	eautoheader
 }
--- dev-lang/python/python-2.7.4.ebuild
+++ dev-lang/python/python-2.7.4.ebuild
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@
 		Modules/getpath.c \
 		setup.py || die "sed failed to replace @@GENTOO_LIBDIR@@"
 
+	epatch_user
+
 	eautoconf
 	eautoheader
 }
--- dev-lang/python/python-3.1.5-r1.ebuild
+++ dev-lang/python/python-3.1.5-r1.ebuild
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@
 		Modules/getpath.c \
 		setup.py || die "sed failed to replace @@GENTOO_LIBDIR@@"
 
+	epatch_user
+
 	eautoconf
 	eautoheader
 }
--- dev-lang/python/python-3.2.4.ebuild
+++ dev-lang/python/python-3.2.4.ebuild
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@
 	# Disable ABI flags.
 	sed -e "s/ABIFLAGS=\"\${ABIFLAGS}.*\"/:/" -i configure.ac || die "sed failed"
 
+	epatch_user
+
 	eautoconf
 	eautoheader
 }
--- dev-lang/python/python-3.3.1.ebuild
+++ dev-lang/python/python-3.3.1.ebuild
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@
 	# Disable ABI flags.
 	sed -e "s/ABIFLAGS=\"\${ABIFLAGS}.*\"/:/" -i configure.ac || die "sed failed"
 
+	epatch_user
+
 	eautoconf
 	eautoheader
 }