diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ecec4ef957..9089a21392 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -207,13 +207,13 @@ endif()
 # process compile commands for IDE
 ################################################################################
 
-if (CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS)
+if (CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS AND WITH_PYTHON)
   add_custom_command(
-	OUTPUT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/compile_commands.json
-	COMMAND ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/build/gen_compile_db.py
-	ARGS -b ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR} -s ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} -o ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/compile_commands.json ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/compile_commands.json
-	DEPENDS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/build/gen_compile_db.py ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/compile_commands.json
-	COMMENT "Build compile commands for IDE"
+	  OUTPUT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/compile_commands.json
+	  COMMAND $<TARGET_FILE:Python::Interpreter> ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/build/gen_compile_db.py
+	  ARGS -b ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR} -s ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} -o ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/compile_commands.json ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/compile_commands.json
+	  DEPENDS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/build/gen_compile_db.py ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/compile_commands.json
+	  COMMENT "Build compile commands for IDE"
 	)
   add_custom_target(processed_compile_commands ALL DEPENDS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/compile_commands.json ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/compile_commands.json)
 endif()