diff --git a/utils/nightly/gmsh_linux64.ctest b/utils/nightly/gmsh_linux64.ctest
index 40598c429da21008e292f83ea8c43bd76444af9d..3051b1341bf379cf6423c3bef70fff1fae5e9b43 100644
--- a/utils/nightly/gmsh_linux64.ctest
+++ b/utils/nightly/gmsh_linux64.ctest
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ set(OPT "${OPT} -DENABLE_NATIVE_FILE_CHOOSER:bool=FALSE")
 set(OPT "${OPT} -DPETSC_ARCH=linux_complex_mumps_seq")
 set(OPT "${OPT} -DPETSC_DIR=$ENV{HOME}/src/petsc-3.1-p8")
 set(OPT "${OPT} -DSLEPC_DIR=$ENV{HOME}/src/slepc-3.1-p4")
+if(BUILD_DYNAMIC)
+  set(OPT "${OPT} -DENABLE_WRAP_PYTHON=1")
+endif(BUILD_DYNAMIC)
 set(CTEST_BUILD_OPTIONS ${OPT})
 include(gmsh.ctest)
 if(BUILD_DYNAMIC)
diff --git a/utils/nightly/gmsh_mac.ctest b/utils/nightly/gmsh_mac.ctest
index 174c269500065439802800f7359506fd3c089fa8..5f32ee12be3efcd5e5a412c1654ba769ff72b453 100644
--- a/utils/nightly/gmsh_mac.ctest
+++ b/utils/nightly/gmsh_mac.ctest
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ set(OPT "${OPT} -DPETSC_ARCH=macosx_complex_mumps_seq")
 set(OPT "${OPT} -DPETSC_DIR=$ENV{HOME}/src/petsc-3.1-p8")
 set(OPT "${OPT} -DSLEPC_DIR=$ENV{HOME}/src/slepc-3.1-p6")
 if(BUILD_DYNAMIC)
+  set(OPT "${OPT} -DENABLE_WRAP_PYTHON=1")
   set(OPT "${OPT} -DENABLE_OS_SPECIFIC_INSTALL=0")
 endif(BUILD_DYNAMIC)
 set(CTEST_BUILD_OPTIONS ${OPT})