Google App Engine: ImportError: No module named _ssl

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I wanted to use Mandrill python client in my App Engine application. After importing it I’ve got an error:

ImportError: No module named _ssl

I’ve found a lot of solutions in Google search like python compiled without ssl but the problem was just in missing ssl library in app.yaml.

libraries:
- name: ssl
version: latest
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