diff --git a/bin/setup-dunepy.py b/bin/setup-dunepy.py
index 34471da91f4d8f978a2dca5b163f0b9ccf2ed15c..1b4c6c193fa8a98006feffbf121a604dcee73f36 100755
--- a/bin/setup-dunepy.py
+++ b/bin/setup-dunepy.py
@@ -118,10 +118,13 @@ def main(argv):
             moddir = duneModules[1][m]
             pythonModule = toBuildDir(builddir,moddir,m)
             print("calling install_python for %s (%s)" % (m,pythonModule))
-            command = ['cmake', '--build', '.', '--target', 'install_python']
-            proc = subprocess.Popen(command, cwd=pythonModule, stdout = subprocess.PIPE)
-            stdout, stderr = proc.communicate()
-            logger.debug(buffer_to_str(stdout))
+            try:
+                command = ['cmake', '--build', '.', '--target', 'install_python']
+                proc = subprocess.Popen(command, cwd=pythonModule, stdout = subprocess.PIPE)
+                stdout, stderr = proc.communicate()
+                logger.debug(buffer_to_str(stdout))
+            except FileNotFoundError:
+                print("Warning: build dir not found possibly module is installed then python bindings should be already available")
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     main(sys.argv[1:])