diff -rupN Python-2.7.13/configure.ac Python-2.7.13-new/configure.ac
--- Python-2.7.13/configure.ac	2016-12-17 21:05:07.000000000 +0100
+++ Python-2.7.13-new/configure.ac	2017-01-21 01:46:04.219631972 +0100
@@ -1527,6 +1527,37 @@ case $CC in
 esac
 
 
+dnl NOTE:
+dnl - GCC 4.4+ for mingw* require and use posix threads(pthreads-w32)
+dnl - Host may contain installed pthreads-w32.
+dnl - On windows platform only NT-thread model is supported. 
+dnl To avoid miss detection scipt first will check for NT-thread model
+dnl and if is not found will try to detect build options for pthread
+dnl model. Autodetection could be overiden if variable ac_cv_ntthread
+dnl is set in "Site Configuration" (see autoconf manual).
+dnl If NT-thread model is enabled script skips some checks that
+dnl impact build process. When a new functionality is added, developers
+dnl are responsible to update configure script to avoid thread models
+dnl to be mixed.
+
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([for NT threads])
+AC_CACHE_VAL([ac_cv_ntthread],[
+  AC_LINK_IFELSE([
+    AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[]],[[_beginthread(0, 0, 0);]])
+  ],
+  [ac_cv_ntthread=yes],
+  [ac_cv_ntthread=no])
+])
+AC_MSG_RESULT([$ac_cv_ntthread])
+
+if test $ac_cv_ntthread = yes ; then
+  dnl temporary default flag to avoid additional pthread checks
+  dnl and initilize other ac..thread flags to no
+  ac_cv_pthread_is_default=yes
+  ac_cv_kthread=no
+  ac_cv_pthread=no
+  dnl ac_cv_kpthread is set to no if default is yes (see below)
+else
 # On some compilers, pthreads are available without further options
 # (e.g. MacOS X). On some of these systems, the compiler will not
 # complain if unaccepted options are passed (e.g. gcc on Mac OS X).
@@ -1554,6 +1585,7 @@ int main(){
 ],[ac_cv_pthread_is_default=no],[ac_cv_pthread_is_default=no])
 ])
 AC_MSG_RESULT($ac_cv_pthread_is_default)
+fi
 
 
 if test $ac_cv_pthread_is_default = yes 
@@ -1645,6 +1677,9 @@ CC="$ac_save_cc"])
 AC_MSG_RESULT($ac_cv_pthread)
 fi
 
+dnl unset temporary pthread default if NT-thread model is enabled
+test $ac_cv_ntthread = yes && ac_cv_pthread_is_default=no
+
 # If we have set a CC compiler flag for thread support then
 # check if it works for CXX, too.
 ac_cv_cxx_thread=no
@@ -1665,6 +1700,10 @@ elif test "$ac_cv_pthread" = "yes"
 then 
   CXX="$CXX -pthread"
   ac_cv_cxx_thread=yes
+elif test $ac_cv_ntthread = yes
+then
+  dnl set to always to skip extra pthread check below
+  ac_cv_cxx_thread=always
 fi
 
 if test $ac_cv_cxx_thread = yes
@@ -1694,6 +1733,11 @@ dnl ]], [[;]])],[cpp_type=ansi],[AC_DEFI
 dnl AC_MSG_RESULT($cpp_type)
 
 # checks for header files
+if test $ac_cv_ntthread = yes ; then
+  dnl skip checks for some pthread headers if NT-thread model is enabled
+  ac_cv_header_sched_h=skip
+  ac_cv_header_pthread_h=skip
+fi
 AC_HEADER_STDC
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(asm/types.h conio.h direct.h dlfcn.h errno.h \
 fcntl.h grp.h \
@@ -1930,9 +1974,14 @@ then CC="$CC -pthread"
 fi
 AC_MSG_CHECKING(for pthread_t)
 have_pthread_t=no
+if test $ac_cv_ntthread = yes ; then
+  dnl skip check for pthread_t if NT-thread model is enabled
+  have_pthread_t=skip
+else
 AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([
   AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[#include <pthread.h>]], [[pthread_t x; x = *(pthread_t*)0;]])
 ],[have_pthread_t=yes],[])
+fi
 AC_MSG_RESULT($have_pthread_t)
 if test "$have_pthread_t" = yes ; then
   AC_CHECK_SIZEOF(pthread_t, [], [
@@ -2401,11 +2450,16 @@ AC_CHECK_LIB(dl, dlopen)	# Dynamic linki
 AC_CHECK_LIB(dld, shl_load)	# Dynamic linking for HP-UX
 
 # only check for sem_init if thread support is requested
+if test $ac_cv_ntthread = yes ; then
+  dnl do not search for sem_init if NT-thread model is enabled
+  :
+else
 if test "$with_threads" = "yes" -o -z "$with_threads"; then
     AC_SEARCH_LIBS(sem_init, pthread rt posix4) # 'Real Time' functions on Solaris
 						# posix4 on Solaris 2.6
 						# pthread (first!) on Linux
 fi
+fi
 
 # check if we need libintl for locale functions
 AC_CHECK_LIB(intl, textdomain,
@@ -2620,6 +2674,13 @@ then
     AC_DEFINE(WITH_THREAD)
     posix_threads=yes
     THREADOBJ="Python/thread.o"
+elif test $ac_cv_ntthread = yes
+then
+    AC_DEFINE(WITH_THREAD)
+    posix_threads=no
+    THREADOBJ="Python/thread.o"
+    AC_DEFINE(NT_THREADS, 1,
+	[Define to 1 if you want to use native NT threads])
 else
     if test ! -z "$with_threads" -a -d "$with_threads"
     then LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L$with_threads"
@@ -3088,6 +3149,15 @@ fi
 AC_MSG_RESULT(MACHDEP_OBJS)
 
 # checks for library functions
+if test $ac_cv_ntthread = yes ; then
+  dnl GCC(mingw) 4.4+ require and use posix threads(pthreads-w32)
+  dnl and host may contain installed pthreads-w32.
+  dnl Skip checks for some functions declared in pthreads-w32 if
+  dnl NT-thread model is enabled.
+  ac_cv_func_pthread_kill=skip
+  ac_cv_func_sem_open=skip
+  ac_cv_func_sched_setscheduler=skip
+fi
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS(alarm setitimer getitimer bind_textdomain_codeset chown \
  clock confstr ctermid execv fchmod fchown fork fpathconf ftime ftruncate \
  gai_strerror getgroups getlogin getloadavg getpeername getpgid getpid \
@@ -3993,6 +4063,10 @@ LIBS=$LIBS_SAVE
 # the kernel module that provides POSIX semaphores
 # isn't loaded by default, so an attempt to call
 # sem_open results in a 'Signal 12' error.
+if test $ac_cv_ntthread = yes ; then
+  dnl skip posix semaphores test if NT-thread model is enabled
+  ac_cv_posix_semaphores_enabled=no
+fi
 AC_MSG_CHECKING(whether POSIX semaphores are enabled)
 AC_CACHE_VAL(ac_cv_posix_semaphores_enabled,
 AC_RUN_IFELSE([AC_LANG_SOURCE([[
@@ -4026,6 +4100,14 @@ fi
 
 # Multiprocessing check for broken sem_getvalue
 AC_MSG_CHECKING(for broken sem_getvalue)
+if test $ac_cv_ntthread = yes ; then
+  dnl Skip test if NT-thread model is enabled.
+  dnl NOTE the test case below fail for pthreads-w32 as:
+  dnl - SEM_FAILED is not defined;
+  dnl - sem_open is a stub;
+  dnl - sem_getvalue work(!).
+  ac_cv_broken_sem_getvalue=skip
+fi
 AC_CACHE_VAL(ac_cv_broken_sem_getvalue,
 AC_RUN_IFELSE([AC_LANG_SOURCE([[
 #include <unistd.h>
diff -rupN Python-2.7.13/pyconfig.h.in Python-2.7.13-new/pyconfig.h.in
--- Python-2.7.13/pyconfig.h.in	2016-12-17 21:05:07.000000000 +0100
+++ Python-2.7.13-new/pyconfig.h.in	2017-01-21 01:46:04.219631972 +0100
@@ -941,6 +941,9 @@
 /* Define if mvwdelch in curses.h is an expression. */
 #undef MVWDELCH_IS_EXPRESSION
 
+/* Define to 1 if you want to use native NT threads */
+#undef NT_THREADS
+
 /* Define to the address where bug reports for this package should be sent. */
 #undef PACKAGE_BUGREPORT