diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8e3e2285e..ed5a17a3a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -104,6 +104,9 @@ find_package(PythonLibs "3.0")
 set_package_properties(PySide2 PROPERTIES DESCRIPTION "Python plugins" TYPE OPTIONAL)
 set_package_properties(Shiboken2 PROPERTIES DESCRIPTION "Python plugins" TYPE OPTIONAL)
 set_package_properties(PythonLibs PROPERTIES DESCRIPTION "Python plugins" TYPE OPTIONAL)
+if (PySide2_FOUND AND Shiboken2_FOUND AND PythonLibs_FOUND)
+    set(ENABLE_PYTHON_PLUGINS TRUE)
+endif()
 
 # Git revision
 if (EXISTS "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/.git")
diff --git a/src/plugins/CMakeLists.txt b/src/plugins/CMakeLists.txt
index 2be439be4..f97bd1ac0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/plugins/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ if (KF5Wallet_FOUND)
     add_subdirectory(KWalletPasswords)
 endif()
 
-if (PySide2_FOUND AND Shiboken2_FOUND AND PythonLibs_FOUND)
+if (ENABLE_PYTHON_PLUGINS)
     add_subdirectory(PyFalkon)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/src/scripts/CMakeLists.txt b/src/scripts/CMakeLists.txt
index d7264839b..c1c16cbff 100644
--- a/src/scripts/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/scripts/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 function(install_python_script name)
-    install(DIRECTORY ${name} DESTINATION "${FALKON_INSTALL_PLUGINDIR}/python")
+    if (ENABLE_PYTHON_PLUGINS)
+        install(DIRECTORY ${name} DESTINATION "${FALKON_INSTALL_PLUGINDIR}/python")
+    endif()
 endfunction()
 
 install_python_script(hellopython)