From b8e741c66f71071c3406e592e1537570731bcb35 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mattip <matti.picus@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 26 May 2019 08:55:53 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] BUG: setup.py install --skip-build fails

---
 numpy/distutils/command/install_clib.py | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/numpy/distutils/command/install_clib.py b/numpy/distutils/command/install_clib.py
index 662aa00bda9..6a73f7e3308 100644
--- a/numpy/distutils/command/install_clib.py
+++ b/numpy/distutils/command/install_clib.py
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ def finalize_options(self):
 
     def run (self):
         build_clib_cmd = get_cmd("build_clib")
+        if not build_clib_cmd.build_clib:
+            # can happen if the user specified `--skip-build`
+            build_clib_cmd.finalize_options()
         build_dir = build_clib_cmd.build_clib
 
         # We need the compiler to get the library name -> filename association
