diff --git a/fixtures/mecab/mecab-0.996.tgz b/fixtures/mecab/mecab-0.996.tgz
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..81ec112f6
Binary files /dev/null and b/fixtures/mecab/mecab-0.996.tgz differ
diff --git a/manifest.yml b/manifest.yml
index cb075c313..242cf36ae 100644
--- a/manifest.yml
+++ b/manifest.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 language: python
 default_versions:
 - name: python
-  version: 2.7.14
+  version: 3.6.5
 dependency_deprecation_dates:
 - version_line: 2.7.x
   name: python
@@ -133,6 +133,12 @@ dependencies:
   sha256: f7cddbb5f5c640311eb00eab6e849f7701fa70bf6a183fc8a2c33dd1d1672fb2
   cf_stacks:
   - cflinuxfs2
+- name: mecab
+  version: 0.996
+  uri: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Sunmx/python-buildpack/master/fixtures/mecab/mecab-0.996.tgz
+  sha256: e5ad542dced00342b280f0c58a3e9825fa26abf3c936e470f6727381192aeb56
+  cf_stacks:
+  - cflinuxfs2
 include_files:
 - CHANGELOG
 - CONTRIBUTING.md
diff --git a/src/python/supply/supply.go b/src/python/supply/supply.go
index 41f3b02e9..efda22cdd 100644
--- a/src/python/supply/supply.go
+++ b/src/python/supply/supply.go
@@ -90,6 +90,11 @@ func RunPython(s *Supplier) error {
 		s.Log.Error("Could not install python: %v", err)
 		return err
 	}
+	
+	if err := s.InstallMecab(); err != nil {
+		s.Log.Error("Could not install mecab: %v", err)
+		return err
+	}
 
 	if err := s.InstallPip(); err != nil {
 		s.Log.Error("Could not install pip: %v", err)
@@ -291,6 +296,37 @@ func (s *Supplier) InstallPython() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (s *Supplier) InstallMecab() error {
+	var dep libbuildpack.Dependency
+
+	dep.Name = "mecab"
+	dep.Version = "0.996"
+
+	mecabInstallDir := filepath.Join(s.Stager.DepDir(), "mecab")
+	if err := s.Installer.InstallDependency(dep, mecabInstallDir); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if err := s.Stager.LinkDirectoryInDepDir(filepath.Join(mecabInstallDir, "bin"), "bin"); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := s.Stager.LinkDirectoryInDepDir(filepath.Join(mecabInstallDir, "lib"), "lib"); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := s.Stager.LinkDirectoryInDepDir(filepath.Join(mecabInstallDir, "include"), "include"); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := s.Stager.LinkDirectoryInDepDir(filepath.Join(mecabInstallDir, "etc"), "etc"); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if err := os.Setenv("LD_LIBRARY_PATH", fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", filepath.Join(s.Stager.DepDir(), "lib"), os.Getenv("LD_LIBRARY_PATH"))); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (s *Supplier) RewriteShebangs() error {
 	files, err := filepath.Glob(filepath.Join(s.Stager.DepDir(), "bin", "*"))
 	if err != nil {