diff --git a/dtool/src/dtoolbase/CMakeLists.txt b/dtool/src/dtoolbase/CMakeLists.txt
index 92edf9886e..98c7ed19e9 100644
--- a/dtool/src/dtoolbase/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/dtool/src/dtoolbase/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -62,4 +62,6 @@ set(P3DTOOLBASE_SOURCES
 composite_sources(p3dtoolbase P3DTOOLBASE_SOURCES)
 
 add_library(p3dtoolbase	${P3DTOOLBASE_HEADERS} ${P3DTOOLBASE_SOURCES})
-
+if(HAVE_PYTHON)
+  target_link_libraries(p3dtoolbase ${PYTHON_LIBRARIES})
+endif()
diff --git a/dtool/src/dtoolutil/CMakeLists.txt b/dtool/src/dtoolutil/CMakeLists.txt
index c631b027ea..a7c94098ac 100644
--- a/dtool/src/dtoolutil/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/dtool/src/dtoolutil/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -52,3 +52,6 @@ composite_sources(p3dtoolutil P3DTOOLUTIL_SOURCES)
 
 add_library(p3dtoolutil ${P3DTOOLUTIL_HEADERS} ${P3DTOOLUTIL_SOURCES})
 target_link_libraries(p3dtoolutil p3dtoolbase ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS})
+if(HAVE_PYTHON)
+  target_link_libraries(p3dtoolutil ${PYTHON_LIBRARIES})
+endif()