diff --git a/compareECLFiles.cmake b/compareECLFiles.cmake
index ce73c856e3..b529c0ab7e 100644
--- a/compareECLFiles.cmake
+++ b/compareECLFiles.cmake
@@ -499,6 +499,7 @@ add_test_runSimulator(CASENAME tuning_tsinit_nextstep
                       TEST_ARGS --enable-tuning=true
                       POST_COMMAND $<TARGET_FILE:test_tuning_tsinit_nextstep>)
 
+get_property(opm-common_EMBEDDED_PYTHON TARGET opmcommon PROPERTY EMBEDDED_PYTHON)
 if (opm-common_EMBEDDED_PYTHON)
   include (${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/pyactionActionXComparisons.cmake)
 endif ()
diff --git a/regressionTests.cmake b/regressionTests.cmake
index ce73b1448b..7cd1f8e734 100644
--- a/regressionTests.cmake
+++ b/regressionTests.cmake
@@ -631,7 +631,8 @@ add_test_compareECLFiles(CASENAME ppcwmax
                          REL_TOL ${rel_tol}
                          DIR ppcwmax)
 
-if (opm-common_EMBEDDED_PYTHON)
+get_property(opm-common_EMBEDDED_PYTHON TARGET opmcommon PROPERTY EMBEDDED_PYTHON)
+if(opm-common_EMBEDDED_PYTHON)
   add_test_compareECLFiles(CASENAME udq_pyaction
                            FILENAME PYACTION_WCONPROD
                            SIMULATOR flow