diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 29c6321b..31688e78 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -145,6 +145,15 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE([mkl],
         [if test "$enableval" = yes; then mklon=true; else mklon=false; fi]
         )
 
+
+pythonon=false
+AC_ARG_ENABLE([python],
+        [AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-python],[link boost python, necessary for ngsolve])],
+        [if test "$enableval" = yes; then pythonon=true; else pythonon=false; fi]
+        )
+
+
+
 # only for GUI version 
 
 if test a$ngguion = atrue ; then
@@ -202,6 +211,7 @@ fi
 AM_CONDITIONAL([NGLIB], [test x$nglibon = xtrue])
 AM_CONDITIONAL([NGGUI], [test x$ngguion = xtrue])
 AM_CONDITIONAL([NGMKL], [test x$mklon = xtrue])
+AM_CONDITIONAL([NGPYTHON], [test x$pythonon = xtrue])
 
 AC_CHECK_HEADER(pthread.h)
 
diff --git a/ng/Makefile.am b/ng/Makefile.am
index 1bec48c6..2992f072 100644
--- a/ng/Makefile.am
+++ b/ng/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 include_HEADERS = 
 
-AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir)/libsrc/include -I$(top_srcdir)/libsrc/interface -DOPENGL  -D$(TOGL_WINDOWINGSYSTEM)  $(TCL_INCLUDES) $(MPI_INCLUDES) $(FFMPEG_INCLUDES) $(JPEGLIB_INCLUDES) -I/usr/include/python3.4
+AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir)/libsrc/include -I$(top_srcdir)/libsrc/interface -DOPENGL  -D$(TOGL_WINDOWINGSYSTEM)  $(TCL_INCLUDES) $(MPI_INCLUDES) $(FFMPEG_INCLUDES) $(JPEGLIB_INCLUDES) 
+
 
 if NGGUI
 bin_PROGRAMS = netgen
@@ -44,7 +45,15 @@ ngtesting.tcl parameters.tcl variables.tcl csgeom.tcl stlgeom.tcl \
 occgeom.tcl acisgeom.tcl netgen.ocf
 
 
-netgen_LDFLAGS = -export-dynamic -lboost_python-py34 -lpython3.4m
+netgen_LDFLAGS = -export-dynamic
+
+if NGPYTHON
+AM_CPPFLAGS += -I/usr/include/python3.2 -DNGPYTHON
+# netgen_LDFLAGS += -lboost_python-py34 -lpython3.4m
+netgen_LDFLAGS += -lboost_python-py32 -lpython3.2mu	
+endif
+
+
 # netgen_LDFLAGS = -rdynamic 
 # -static
 
diff --git a/ng/ngappinit.cpp b/ng/ngappinit.cpp
index f64d57a2..1cb553ce 100644
--- a/ng/ngappinit.cpp
+++ b/ng/ngappinit.cpp
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@
 #include "incvis.hpp"
 #include <meshing.hpp>
 
+#ifdef NGPYTHON
 #include <boost/python.hpp>
-
+#endif
 
 namespace netgen
 {