diff --git a/lldb/cmake/modules/LLDBConfig.cmake b/lldb/cmake/modules/LLDBConfig.cmake
--- a/lldb/cmake/modules/LLDBConfig.cmake
+++ b/lldb/cmake/modules/LLDBConfig.cmake
@@ -267,10 +267,15 @@
   message(STATUS "LLDB Found PythonIncludeDirs: ${PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR}")
 endfunction(find_python_libs_windows)
 
+# Call find_python_libs_windows ahead of the rest of the python configuration.
+# It's possible that it won't find a python installation and will then set
+# LLDB_DISABLE_PYTHON to ON.
+if (NOT LLDB_DISABLE_PYTHON AND "${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}" STREQUAL "Windows")
+  find_python_libs_windows()
+endif()
+
 if (NOT LLDB_DISABLE_PYTHON)
   if ("${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}" STREQUAL "Windows")
-    find_python_libs_windows()
-
     if (NOT LLDB_RELOCATABLE_PYTHON)
       file(TO_CMAKE_PATH "${PYTHON_HOME}" LLDB_PYTHON_HOME)
       add_definitions( -DLLDB_PYTHON_HOME="${LLDB_PYTHON_HOME}" )