diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/llvm/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/llvm/package.py
index 280e400f69..1d25d59e50 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/llvm/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/llvm/package.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class Llvm(Package):
     depends_on('cmake @2.8.12.2:')
 
     # Universal dependency
-    depends_on('python@2.7:')
+    depends_on('python@2.7:2.8')  # Seems not to support python 3.X.Y
 
     # lldb dependencies
     depends_on('ncurses', when='+lldb')
@@ -132,6 +132,21 @@ class Llvm(Package):
                         'llvm-libunwind' : 'http://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/libunwind/trunk',
                         }
                   },
+                  {
+                    'version' : '3.8.0',
+                    'md5':'07a7a74f3c6bd65de4702bf941b511a0',
+                    'resources' : {
+                        'compiler-rt' : 'd6fcbe14352ffb708e4d1ac2e48bb025',
+                        'openmp' : '8fd7cc35d48051613cf1e750e9f22e40',
+                        'polly' : '1b3b20f52d34a4024e21a4ea7112caa7',
+                        'libcxx' : 'd6e0bdbbee39f7907ad74fd56d03b88a',
+                        'libcxxabi' : 'bbe6b4d72c7c5978550d370af529bcf7',
+                        'clang' : 'cc99e7019bb74e6459e80863606250c5',
+                        'clang-tools-extra' : 'c2344f50e0eea0b402f0092a80ddc036',
+                        'lldb' : 'a5da35ed9cc8c8817ee854e3dbfba00e',
+                        'llvm-libunwind' : '162ade468607f153cca12be90b5194fa',
+                        }
+                  },
                   {
                     'version' : '3.7.1',
                     'md5':'bf8b3a2c79e61212c5409041dfdbd319',