diff --git a/python/PyStemmer/PyStemmer.SlackBuild b/python/PyStemmer/PyStemmer.SlackBuild
index 74f2a66809..737d8fb9e2 100644
--- a/python/PyStemmer/PyStemmer.SlackBuild
+++ b/python/PyStemmer/PyStemmer.SlackBuild
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=PyStemmer
 VERSION=${VERSION:-2.2.0.1}
+LIBSTEMMERC_VERSION=${LIBSTEMMERC_VERSION:-2.2.0}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ cd $TMP
 rm -rf $PRGNAM-$VERSION
 tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.gz
 cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
+tar xvf $CWD/libstemmer_c-$LIBSTEMMERC_VERSION.tar.gz
 
 chown -R root:root .
 find -L . \
diff --git a/python/PyStemmer/PyStemmer.info b/python/PyStemmer/PyStemmer.info
index ed7e663dd3..3e90510d94 100644
--- a/python/PyStemmer/PyStemmer.info
+++ b/python/PyStemmer/PyStemmer.info
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="PyStemmer"
 VERSION="2.2.0.1"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/snowballstem/pystemmer/"
-DOWNLOAD="https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/01/5e/d2db082b8da23972a434aeda9180864f825478b7bf3b5f035c2007e2a0bd/PyStemmer-2.2.0.1.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="d3359dabf9370fcb75770a8c688bdeb5"
+DOWNLOAD="https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/01/5e/d2db082b8da23972a434aeda9180864f825478b7bf3b5f035c2007e2a0bd/PyStemmer-2.2.0.1.tar.gz \
+          https://snowballstem.org/dist/libstemmer_c-2.2.0.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="d3359dabf9370fcb75770a8c688bdeb5 \
+        a0add7c0ebdd8d18872a31199bf37f4d"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""