diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/2.7/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/2.7/default.nix
index 94ff0c97dfa8..46a283bd5b2c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/2.7/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/2.7/default.nix
@@ -87,6 +87,10 @@ let
       pythonOnBuildForTarget = pkgsBuildTarget.${pythonAttr};
       pythonOnHostForHost = pkgsHostHost.${pythonAttr};
       pythonOnTargetForTarget = pkgsTargetTarget.${pythonAttr} or { };
+      pythonABITags = [
+        "none"
+        "cp${sourceVersion.major}${sourceVersion.minor}"
+      ];
     }
     // {
       inherit ucsEncoding;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/default.nix
index 47c372fbd3b6..58a2a5c4e2e6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/default.nix
@@ -195,6 +195,12 @@ let
         pythonOnHostForHost
         pythonOnTargetForTarget
         ;
+
+      pythonABITags = [
+        "abi3"
+        "none"
+        "cp${sourceVersion.major}${sourceVersion.minor}${lib.optionalString (!enableGIL) "t"}"
+      ];
     };
 
   version = with sourceVersion; "${major}.${minor}.${patch}${suffix}";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/passthrufun.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/passthrufun.nix
index be5d8a11add5..451292d198e9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/passthrufun.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/passthrufun.nix
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
   pythonOnHostForHost,
   pythonOnTargetForTarget,
   pythonAttr ? null,
+  pythonABITags ? [ "none" ],
   self, # is pythonOnHostForTarget
 }:
 let
@@ -141,6 +142,7 @@ rec {
   pythonOlder = lib.versionOlder pythonVersion;
   inherit hasDistutilsCxxPatch;
   inherit pythonOnBuildForHost;
+  inherit pythonABITags;
 
   tests = callPackage ./tests.nix {
     python = self;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/pypy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/pypy/default.nix
index aa6a58ca3184..c030a464e133 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/pypy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/pypy/default.nix
@@ -67,6 +67,11 @@ let
     pythonOnBuildForTarget = pkgsBuildTarget.${pythonAttr};
     pythonOnHostForHost = pkgsHostHost.${pythonAttr};
     pythonOnTargetForTarget = pkgsTargetTarget.${pythonAttr} or { };
+
+    pythonABITags = [
+      "none"
+      "pypy${lib.concatStrings (lib.take 2 (lib.splitString "." pythonVersion))}_pp${sourceVersion.major}${sourceVersion.minor}"
+    ];
   };
   pname = passthru.executable;
   version = with sourceVersion; "${major}.${minor}.${patch}";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/pypy/prebuilt.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/pypy/prebuilt.nix
index 02c7b39ad754..ef0350d93818 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/pypy/prebuilt.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/pypy/prebuilt.nix
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ let
     pythonOnBuildForTarget = throw "${pname} does not support cross compilation";
     pythonOnHostForHost = throw "${pname} does not support cross compilation";
     pythonOnTargetForTarget = throw "${pname} does not support cross compilation";
+
+    pythonABITags = [
+      "none"
+      "pypy${lib.concatStrings (lib.take 2 (lib.splitString "." pythonVersion))}_pp${sourceVersion.major}${sourceVersion.minor}"
+    ];
   };
   pname = "${passthru.executable}_prebuilt";
   version = with sourceVersion; "${major}.${minor}.${patch}";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/pypy/prebuilt_2_7.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/pypy/prebuilt_2_7.nix
index 4419485b3db6..fc8fdf79208c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/pypy/prebuilt_2_7.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/pypy/prebuilt_2_7.nix
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ let
     pythonOnBuildForTarget = throw "${pname} does not support cross compilation";
     pythonOnHostForHost = throw "${pname} does not support cross compilation";
     pythonOnTargetForTarget = throw "${pname} does not support cross compilation";
+
+    pythonABITags = [
+      "none"
+      "pypy${lib.concatStrings (lib.take 2 (lib.splitString "." pythonVersion))}_pp${sourceVersion.major}${sourceVersion.minor}"
+    ];
   };
   pname = "${passthru.executable}_prebuilt";
   version = with sourceVersion; "${major}.${minor}.${patch}";