diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index adc21d7f..3e11b328 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -73,16 +73,18 @@ test_gmock_link_test_SOURCES = \
   test/gmock_link_test.h
 test_gmock_link_test_LDADD = $(GTEST_LIBS) lib/libgmock_main.la  lib/libgmock.la
 
-# Tests that fused gmock files compile and work.
-TESTS += test/gmock_fused_test
-check_PROGRAMS += test/gmock_fused_test
-test_gmock_fused_test_SOURCES = \
-  fused-src/gmock-gtest-all.cc \
-  fused-src/gmock/gmock.h \
-  fused-src/gmock_main.cc \
-  fused-src/gtest/gtest.h \
-  test/gmock_test.cc
-test_gmock_fused_test_CPPFLAGS = -I"$(srcdir)/fused-src"
+if HAVE_PYTHON
+  # Tests that fused gmock files compile and work.
+  TESTS += test/gmock_fused_test
+  check_PROGRAMS += test/gmock_fused_test
+  test_gmock_fused_test_SOURCES = \
+    fused-src/gmock-gtest-all.cc \
+    fused-src/gmock/gmock.h \
+    fused-src/gmock_main.cc \
+    fused-src/gtest/gtest.h \
+    test/gmock_test.cc
+  test_gmock_fused_test_CPPFLAGS = -I"$(srcdir)/fused-src"
+endif
 
 # Google Mock source files that we don't compile directly.
 GMOCK_SOURCE_INGLUDES = \
@@ -169,6 +171,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST += \
   msvc/2010/gmock_main.vcxproj \
   msvc/2010/gmock_test.vcxproj
 
+if HAVE_PYTHON
 # gmock_test.cc does not really depend on files generated by the
 # fused-gmock-internal rule.  However, gmock_test.o does, and it is
 # important to include test/gmock_test.cc as part of this rule in order to
@@ -191,6 +194,7 @@ fused-gmock-internal: $(pkginclude_HEADERS) $(pkginclude_internal_HEADERS) \
 
 maintainer-clean-local:
 	rm -rf "$(srcdir)/fused-src"
+endif
 
 # Death tests may produce core dumps in the build directory. In case
 # this happens, clean them to keep distcleancheck happy.