diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index 3a7b94942..f5f22549f 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 	- Fixup so no non-absolute rpaths are added.
 	- Fixup validation of RRSIG queries, they are let through.
 	- read /dev/random before chroot
+	- checkconf fix no python checks when no python module enabled.
 
 27 March 2009: Wouter
 	- nicer -h output. report linked libraries and modules.
diff --git a/smallapp/unbound-checkconf.c b/smallapp/unbound-checkconf.c
index a0c7f76a5..b6dc02e03 100644
--- a/smallapp/unbound-checkconf.c
+++ b/smallapp/unbound-checkconf.c
@@ -554,7 +554,8 @@ checkconf(const char* cfgfile, const char* opt)
 	check_mod(cfg, iter_get_funcblock());
 	check_mod(cfg, val_get_funcblock());
 #ifdef WITH_PYTHONMODULE
-	check_mod(cfg, pythonmod_get_funcblock());
+	if(strstr(cfg->module_conf, "python"))
+		check_mod(cfg, pythonmod_get_funcblock());
 #endif
 	check_fwd(cfg);
 	if(opt) print_option(cfg, opt);