diff --git a/Ports/.gitignore b/Ports/.gitignore
index 937271b409..09a34f8323 100644
--- a/Ports/.gitignore
+++ b/Ports/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@
 !*/patches/*
 !*/.gitignore
 !*/README.md
+!python3/version.sh
diff --git a/Ports/python3/version.sh b/Ports/python3/version.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1033aa053d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Ports/python3/version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+PYTHON_VERSION="3.9.1"
+PYTHON_ARCHIVE="Python-${PYTHON_VERSION}.tar.xz"
+PYTHON_ARCHIVE_URL="https://www.python.org/ftp/python/${PYTHON_VERSION}/${PYTHON_ARCHIVE}"
+PYTHON_ARCHIVE_MD5SUM="61981498e75ac8f00adcb908281fadb6"