diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 # Unset variables set by find_package(PythonInterp) which is called by KI18n
 unset(PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR)
 unset(PYTHON_VERSION_MINOR)
-find_package(PythonLibs 2 EXACT REQUIRED)
+find_package(PythonLibs 2 EXACT)
 
 set(PYTHON2_LIBS_FOUND ${PYTHONLIBS_FOUND})
 set(PYTHON2_LIBRARIES ${PYTHON_LIBRARIES})