diff --git a/packages/recoll/Makefile.in.patch b/packages/recoll/Makefile.in.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..4c238bb041694ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/recoll/Makefile.in.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+--- a/Makefile.in
++++ b/Makefile.in
+@@ -1145,7 +1145,7 @@
+ # someone fixes it:
+ # php/00README.txt php/recoll/config.m4 php/recoll/make.sh 
+ # php/recoll/php_recoll.h php/recoll/recoll.cpp php/sample/shell.php 
+-OPTSFORPYTHON = $(shell test -f /etc/debian_version && echo --install-layout=deb)
++OPTSFORPYTHON =
+ defconfdir = $(pkgdatadir)/examples
+ defconf_DATA = \
+ desktop/recollindex.desktop \
+@@ -2802,13 +2802,13 @@
+ @MAKEPYTHON_TRUE@clean-local:: recollpython-clean
+ @MAKEPYTHON_TRUE@recollpython: librecoll.la
+ @MAKEPYTHON_TRUE@	(cd python/recoll; set -x; \
+-@MAKEPYTHON_TRUE@        for v in 2 3;do test -n "`which python$${v}`" && \
++@MAKEPYTHON_TRUE@        for v in 3;do test -n "`command -v python$${v}`" && \
+ @MAKEPYTHON_TRUE@        libdir=$(libdir) python$${v} setup.py build; \
+ @MAKEPYTHON_TRUE@        done \
+ @MAKEPYTHON_TRUE@        )
+ @MAKEPYTHON_TRUE@recollpython-install:
+ @MAKEPYTHON_TRUE@	(cd python/recoll; set -x; \
+-@MAKEPYTHON_TRUE@        for v in 2 3;do test -n "`which python$${v}`" && \
++@MAKEPYTHON_TRUE@        for v in 3;do test -n "`command -v python$${v}`" && \
+ @MAKEPYTHON_TRUE@        python$${v} setup.py install \
+ @MAKEPYTHON_TRUE@         --prefix=${prefix} --root=$${DESTDIR:-/} $(OPTSFORPYTHON); \
+ @MAKEPYTHON_TRUE@        done; \
diff --git a/packages/recoll/build.sh b/packages/recoll/build.sh
index dc8cff33db90ddc..1433a7ced2823e8 100644
--- a/packages/recoll/build.sh
+++ b/packages/recoll/build.sh
@@ -3,15 +3,29 @@ TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="Full-text search for your desktop"
 TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE="GPL-2.0"
 TERMUX_PKG_MAINTAINER="@termux"
 TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=1.33.1
-TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=http://www.lesbonscomptes.com/recoll/recoll-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz
+TERMUX_PKG_REVISION=2
+TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://www.lesbonscomptes.com/recoll/recoll-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz
 TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=025dec0b9745e1ddacd86ee5478f9c52b2da2e5c307f831aaa5b2c7f9d7e8db9
-TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="aspell, libxapian, libxslt, zlib, python"
+TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="aspell, libiconv, libxapian, libxml2, libxslt, zlib"
 TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS=" --disable-userdoc --disable-python-chm --disable-x11mon --disable-qtgui"
-TERMUX_PKG_REVISION=1
 
 termux_step_pre_configure() {
 	LDFLAGS+=" $($CC -print-libgcc-file-name)"
 	CXXFLAGS+=" -fPIC"
 	_PYTHON_VERSION=$(source $TERMUX_SCRIPTDIR/packages/python/build.sh; echo $_MAJOR_VERSION)
 	CPPFLAGS+=" -I${TERMUX_PREFIX}/include/python${_PYTHON_VERSION}/"
+
+	termux_setup_python_crossenv
+	pushd $TERMUX_PYTHON_CROSSENV_SRCDIR
+	_CROSSENV_PREFIX=$TERMUX_PKG_BUILDDIR/python-crossenv-prefix
+	python${_PYTHON_VERSION} -m crossenv \
+		$TERMUX_PREFIX/bin/python${_PYTHON_VERSION} \
+		${_CROSSENV_PREFIX}
+	popd
+	. ${_CROSSENV_PREFIX}/bin/activate
+
+	echo "Applying python-recoll-setup.py.in.diff"
+	sed "s|@PYTHON_VERSION@|${_PYTHON_VERSION}|g" \
+		$TERMUX_PKG_BUILDER_DIR/python-recoll-setup.py.in.diff \
+		| patch --silent -p1
 }
diff --git a/packages/recoll/python-recoll-setup.py.in.diff b/packages/recoll/python-recoll-setup.py.in.diff
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..cbc6fb957ad0826
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/recoll/python-recoll-setup.py.in.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+--- a/python/recoll/setup.py.in
++++ b/python/recoll/setup.py.in
+@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
+ localtop = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..', '..')
+ 
+ library_dirs = [os.path.join(localtop, '.libs')]
+-if "CYGWIN" in os.environ:
+-	libraries =  ['recoll', 'xapian', 'iconv', 'z']
++if True:
++	libraries =  ['recoll', 'python@PYTHON_VERSION@', 'xslt', 'xml2', 'xapian', 'iconv', 'z']
+ else:
+ 	libraries = ['recoll']
+ 	
+@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
+                     define_macros = [
+                                      ('RECOLL_DATADIR', '"@RECOLL_DATADIR@"')
+                                      ],
+-                    include_dirs = ['/usr/local/include',
++                    include_dirs = [
+                                     os.path.join(top, 'utils'), 
+                                     os.path.join(top, 'common'),
+                                     os.path.join(localtop, 'common'),
diff --git a/packages/recoll/recoll-python.subpackage.sh b/packages/recoll/recoll-python.subpackage.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..1d215105dc84f2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/recoll/recoll-python.subpackage.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+TERMUX_SUBPKG_INCLUDE="lib/python*"
+TERMUX_SUBPKG_DESCRIPTION="Python interface for Recoll"
+TERMUX_SUBPKG_DEPENDS="python"