1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index 4a5fc421baa..ff6dae23330 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -151,7 +151,8 @@ def configure(conf):
         if not (Options.options.without_ad_dc):
             raise Errors.WafError('--disable-python requires --without-ad-dc')
 
-    conf.SAMBA_CHECK_PYTHON(mandatory=True, version=(2, 6, 0))
+    conf.SAMBA_CHECK_PYTHON(mandatory=not conf.env.disable_python,
+                            version=(2, 6, 0))
     conf.SAMBA_CHECK_PYTHON_HEADERS(mandatory=(not conf.env.disable_python))
 
     if sys.platform == 'darwin' and not conf.env['HAVE_ENVIRON_DECL']: