diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 2ea91ad..5a670c2 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-if (BUILDSWIGJAVA)
+if (PYTHON2INTERP_FOUND AND BUILDSWIGJAVA)
     add_test (NAME check_clean COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}
         ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/check_clean.py
         WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
@@ -6,24 +6,29 @@ if (BUILDSWIGJAVA)
     add_test (NAME check_samplenames COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}
         ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/check_samplenames.py
         WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
-endif()
+endif ()
 
 if (BUILDSWIGPYTHON)
-    if (PYTHON2INTERP_FOUND)
+    if (PYTHON2INTERP_FOUND AND EXISTS "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/src/python/python2/mraa.py")
         set (PYTHON_DEFAULT_PYTHONPATH "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/src/python/python2")
-    elseif (PYTHON3INTERP_FOUND)
+        set (PYTHON_DEFAULT_INTERP "${PYTHON2_EXECUTABLE}")
+    elseif (PYTHON3INTERP_FOUND AND EXISTS "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/src/python/python3/mraa.py")
         set (PYTHON_DEFAULT_PYTHONPATH "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/src/python/python3")
+    set (PYTHON_DEFAULT_INTERP "${PYTHON3_EXECUTABLE}")
+    else ()
+        message (STATUS "Could not run tests since python interpreter or python bindings not built")
     endif ()
+
     if (MOCKPLAT)
         add_subdirectory (mock)
-    else()
-        add_test (NAME py_general COMMAND ${PYTHON_DEFAULT_EXECUTABLE} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/general_checks.py)
+    else ()
+        add_test (NAME py_general COMMAND ${PYTHON_DEFAULT_INTERP} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/general_checks.py)
         set_tests_properties(py_general PROPERTIES ENVIRONMENT "PYTHONPATH=${PYTHON_DEFAULT_PYTHONPATH}")
 
-        add_test (NAME py_platform COMMAND ${PYTHON_DEFAULT_EXECUTABLE} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/platform_checks.py)
+        add_test (NAME py_platform COMMAND ${PYTHON_DEFAULT_INTERP} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/platform_checks.py)
         set_tests_properties(py_platform PROPERTIES ENVIRONMENT "PYTHONPATH=${PYTHON_DEFAULT_PYTHONPATH}")
 
-        add_test (NAME py_gpio COMMAND ${PYTHON_DEFAULT_EXECUTABLE} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/gpio_checks.py)
+        add_test (NAME py_gpio COMMAND ${PYTHON_DEFAULT_INTERP} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/gpio_checks.py)
         set_tests_properties(py_gpio PROPERTIES ENVIRONMENT "PYTHONPATH=${PYTHON_DEFAULT_PYTHONPATH}")
-    endif()
-endif()
+    endif ()
+endif ()