diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index fcfa3c58d5..0d97186721 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ include(CheckIncludeFile)
 include(CheckIncludeFiles)
 include(CheckCSourceCompiles)
 include(CMakeDependentOption)
+include(FindPythonModule)
 
 # ---------- DEPENDENCIES
 
@@ -127,6 +128,8 @@ find_package(PythonLibs 3)
 set(PREFERRED_PYTHON_PATH "${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}" CACHE PATH "Path to preferred Python")
 set(PYTHON3_PATH "${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}" CACHE PATH "Path to Python3")
 
+find_python_module(pytest)
+
 find_package(RPM)
 if(RPM_FOUND)
 	check_library_exists("${RPM_LIBRARY}" rpmReadConfigFiles "" HAVE_RPMREADCONFIGFILES)
@@ -472,6 +475,7 @@ message(STATUS "Testing:")
 message(STATUS "tests: ${ENABLE_TESTS}")
 message(STATUS "valgrind: ${ENABLE_VALGRIND}")
 message(STATUS "MITRE: ${ENABLE_MITRE}")
+message(STATUS "pytest: ${PY_PYTEST}")
 message(STATUS " ")
 
 message(STATUS "Documentation:")
diff --git a/cmake/FindPythonModule.cmake b/cmake/FindPythonModule.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aae9412eba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/FindPythonModule.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+# Find if a Python module is installed
+# Found at http://www.cmake.org/pipermail/cmake/2011-January/041666.html
+# To use do: find_python_module(PyQt4 REQUIRED)
+
+# Keep filename as is
+# lint_cmake: -convention/filename, -package/stdargs
+
+include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
+
+function(find_python_module module)
+    string(TOUPPER ${module} module_upper)
+    if(NOT PY_${module_upper})
+        if(ARGC GREATER 1 AND ARGV1 STREQUAL "REQUIRED")
+            set(PY_${module}_FIND_REQUIRED TRUE)
+        endif()
+        if($ENV{SSG_USE_PIP_PACKAGES})
+            execute_process(COMMAND "${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}" "-c"
+                "import platform; print(''.join('python'+platform.python_version()[:-2]))"
+                RESULT_VARIABLE _python_version_status
+                OUTPUT_VARIABLE _python_version
+                ERROR_QUIET
+                OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+            if(NOT ${_python_version_status})
+                set(ENV{PYTHONPATH} "/usr/local/lib/${_python_version}/site-packages:/usr/local/lib64/${_python_version}/site-packages")
+            endif()
+        endif()
+        # A module's location is usually a directory, but for binary modules
+        # it's a .so file.
+        execute_process(COMMAND "${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}" "-c"
+            "import re, ${module}; print(re.compile('/__init__.py.*').sub('',${module}.__file__))"
+            RESULT_VARIABLE _${module}_status
+            OUTPUT_VARIABLE _${module}_location
+            ERROR_QUIET
+            OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+        if(NOT _${module}_status)
+            set(PY_${module_upper} ${_${module}_location} CACHE STRING
+                "Location of Python module ${module}")
+        endif()
+    endif()
+    find_package_handle_standard_args(PY_${module} DEFAULT_MSG PY_${module_upper})
+endfunction()
diff --git a/tests/utils/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/utils/CMakeLists.txt
index b7eb6aa115..b740ee6f55 100644
--- a/tests/utils/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/utils/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 add_oscap_test("autotailor_integration_test.sh")
 add_oscap_test("test_utils_args.sh")
 
-add_test(
-    NAME "autotailor-unit-tests"
-    COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} -m pytest -v "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/test_autotailor.py"
-)
+if(PY_PYTEST)
+    add_test(
+        NAME "autotailor-unit-tests"
+        COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} -m pytest -v "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/test_autotailor.py"
+    )
+endif()