diff --git a/src/EnergyPlus/CMakeLists.txt b/src/EnergyPlus/CMakeLists.txt
index 2c395f2fc1e..c08f2eaf5f8 100644
--- a/src/EnergyPlus/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/EnergyPlus/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1111,16 +1111,17 @@ if(BUILD_TESTING)
   set(PY_FILE "${EXAMPLES_FILES_DIR}/${TEST_CASE}.py")
   configure_file(${PY_FILE} "${INPUT_TEST_DIR}/${TEST_CASE}.py" COPYONLY)
 
-  add_test(NAME energyplus.TestNonASCIIDirsAndFiles.PythonPlugin.FromWithin
-    COMMAND  energyplus -D -d "${CLI_TEST_DIR}/PythonPlugin.FromWithin/out-${NON_ASCII_DIRNAME}" ${TEST_CASE}.idf
-    WORKING_DIRECTORY  "${CLI_TEST_DIR}/${NON_ASCII_DIRNAME}"
-  )
-
-  add_test(NAME energyplus.TestNonASCIIDirsAndFiles.PythonPlugin.FromOutside
-    COMMAND  energyplus -D -d "${CLI_TEST_DIR}/PythonPlugin.FromOutside/out-${NON_ASCII_DIRNAME}" ${NON_ASCII_DIRNAME}/${TEST_CASE}.idf
-    WORKING_DIRECTORY  "${CLI_TEST_DIR}"
-  )
-
+  if(LINK_WITH_PYTHON)
+    add_test(NAME energyplus.TestNonASCIIDirsAndFiles.PythonPlugin.FromWithin
+      COMMAND  energyplus -D -d "${CLI_TEST_DIR}/PythonPlugin.FromWithin/out-${NON_ASCII_DIRNAME}" ${TEST_CASE}.idf
+      WORKING_DIRECTORY  "${CLI_TEST_DIR}/${NON_ASCII_DIRNAME}"
+    )
+
+    add_test(NAME energyplus.TestNonASCIIDirsAndFiles.PythonPlugin.FromOutside
+      COMMAND  energyplus -D -d "${CLI_TEST_DIR}/PythonPlugin.FromOutside/out-${NON_ASCII_DIRNAME}" ${NON_ASCII_DIRNAME}/${TEST_CASE}.idf
+      WORKING_DIRECTORY  "${CLI_TEST_DIR}"
+    )
+  endif()
 endif()
 
 if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)