diff -ruwN source/configure source-new/configure
--- source/configure	2019-07-08 12:03:50.000000000 -0600
+++ source-new/configure	2019-07-16 21:25:29.432607847 -0600
@@ -3261,6 +3261,9 @@
 	*-*-cygwin*)
 		ac_sys_system=Cygwin
 		;;
+	*-*-redox*)
+		ac_sys_system=Redox
+		;;
 	*)
 		# for now, limit cross builds to known configurations
 		MACHDEP="unknown"
@@ -3293,7 +3296,7 @@
 
 if test "$cross_compiling" = yes; then
 	case "$host" in
-	*-*-linux*)
+	*-*-linux*|*-*-redox*)
 		case "$host_cpu" in
 		arm*)
 			_host_cpu=arm
diff -ruwN source/Lib/distutils/util.py source-new/Lib/distutils/util.py
--- source/Lib/distutils/util.py	2019-07-08 12:03:50.000000000 -0600
+++ source-new/Lib/distutils/util.py	2019-07-16 22:07:35.994862914 -0600
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
         if not os.path.isabs(pathname):
             return os.path.join(new_root, pathname)
         else:
-            return os.path.join(new_root, pathname[1:])
+            return os.path.join(new_root, pathname.lstrip('/'))
 
     elif os.name == 'nt':
         (drive, path) = os.path.splitdrive(pathname)
diff -ruwN source/Modules/main.c source-new/Modules/main.c
--- source/Modules/main.c	2019-07-08 12:03:50.000000000 -0600
+++ source-new/Modules/main.c	2019-07-16 21:46:53.037866142 -0600
@@ -56,6 +56,16 @@
         } \
     } while (0)
 
+#if defined(__redox__)
+wchar_t * wcstok(wchar_t * wcs, const wchar_t * delimiters, wchar_t ** ptr) {
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+long wcstol(const wchar_t *restrict nptr, wchar_t **restrict endptr, int base) {
+    return 0;
+}
+#endif
+
 #ifdef MS_WINDOWS
 #define WCSTOK wcstok_s
 #else
diff -ruwN source/Python/pathconfig.c source-new/Python/pathconfig.c
--- source/Python/pathconfig.c	2019-07-08 12:03:50.000000000 -0600
+++ source-new/Python/pathconfig.c	2019-07-16 21:55:34.549726910 -0600
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
 #include "internal/pystate.h"
 #include <wchar.h>
 
+#if defined(__redox__)
+wchar_t * wcstok(wchar_t * wcs, const wchar_t * delimiters, wchar_t ** ptr);
+#endif
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
 #endif
diff -ruwN source/Python/pytime.c source-new/Python/pytime.c
--- source/Python/pytime.c	2019-07-08 12:03:50.000000000 -0600
+++ source-new/Python/pytime.c	2019-07-16 21:36:53.233119225 -0600
@@ -7,6 +7,19 @@
 #include <mach/mach_time.h>   /* mach_absolute_time(), mach_timebase_info() */
 #endif
 
+#if defined(__redox__)
+int clock_getres(clockid_t clk_id, struct timespec *res) {
+    if (res) {
+        res->tv_sec = 0;
+        res->tv_nsec = 1000;
+        return 0;
+    } else {
+        errno = EFAULT;
+        return -1;
+    }
+}
+#endif
+
 #define _PyTime_check_mul_overflow(a, b) \
     (assert(b > 0), \
      (_PyTime_t)(a) < _PyTime_MIN / (_PyTime_t)(b) \