diff --git a/opm/parser/eclipse/CMakeLists.txt b/opm/parser/eclipse/CMakeLists.txt
index 9464bcc7f..e8c0dd900 100644
--- a/opm/parser/eclipse/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/opm/parser/eclipse/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -350,3 +350,7 @@ include( ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/Modules/install_headers.cmake )
 install_headers( "${HEADER_FILES}" "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}" )
 install( TARGETS opmparser DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR} )
 install( FILES ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/generated-source/include/opm/parser/eclipse/Parser/ParserKeywords.hpp DESTINATION "include/opm/parser/eclipse/Parser")
+
+if (ENABLE_PYTHON)
+   add_subdirectory( python )
+endif()
diff --git a/opm/parser/eclipse/python/CMakeLists.txt b/opm/parser/eclipse/python/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3d793d431
--- /dev/null
+++ b/opm/parser/eclipse/python/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+find_package (PythonInterp REQUIRED)
+find_package (ERTPython REQUIRED)
+
+add_subdirectory( c_inter )
+
+if (EXISTS "/etc/debian_version")
+   set( PYTHON_PACKAGE_PATH "dist-packages")
+else()
+   set( PYTHON_PACKAGE_PATH "site-packages")
+endif()
+set(PYTHON_INSTALL_PREFIX  "lib/python${PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR}.${PYTHON_VERSION_MINOR}/${PYTHON_PACKAGE_PATH}"  CACHE STRING "Subdirectory to install Python modules in")
+
+
+include(cmake/python.cmake)
+add_subdirectory( python )
+add_subdirectory( tests )