diff --git a/modules/mol/base/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/mol/base/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 39593e60fa937807000e0fe2b365f3c6bfbcccc0..5085b0b10b257fab18361001a1cb7a55b796769d 100644
--- a/modules/mol/base/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/mol/base/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,9 +13,12 @@ set(OST_MOL_BASE_UNIT_TESTS
   test_view.cc
   test_view_op.cc
   tests.cc
-  test_numpy.py
 )
 
+if (USE_NUMPY)
+   set(OST_MOST_BASE_UNIT_TESTS "${OST_MOST_BASE_UNIT_TESTS}" test_numpy.py)
+endif (USE_NUMPY)
+
 ost_unittest(MODULE mol SOURCES "${OST_MOL_BASE_UNIT_TESTS}")
 
 # for valgrind debugging