--- a/configure	2020-10-13 11:52:36.322606543 +0530
+++ b/configure	2020-10-13 11:53:17.963909569 +0530
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 # as is the fact that the ] goes on a new line.
 _=[ 'exec' '/bin/sh' '-c' '''
 test ${FORCE_PYTHON2} && exec python2 "$0" "$@"  # workaround for gclient
+command -v python3.9 >/dev/null && exec python3.9 "$0" "$@"
 command -v python3.8 >/dev/null && exec python3.8 "$0" "$@"
 command -v python3.7 >/dev/null && exec python3.7 "$0" "$@"
 command -v python3.6 >/dev/null && exec python3.6 "$0" "$@"
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ import sys
 from distutils.spawn import find_executable
 
 print('Node.js configure: Found Python {0}.{1}.{2}...'.format(*sys.version_info))
-acceptable_pythons = ((3, 8), (3, 7), (3, 6), (3, 5), (2, 7))
+acceptable_pythons = ((3, 9), (3, 8), (3, 7), (3, 6), (3, 5), (2, 7))
 if sys.version_info[:2] in acceptable_pythons:
   import configure
 else: