Index: cmake/modules/LLDBConfig.cmake
===================================================================
--- cmake/modules/LLDBConfig.cmake
+++ cmake/modules/LLDBConfig.cmake
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
 
 set(LLDB_DISABLE_PYTHON ${LLDB_DEFAULT_DISABLE_PYTHON} CACHE BOOL
   "Disables the Python scripting integration.")
+set(LLDB_ALLOW_STATIC_BINDINGS FALSE CACHE BOOL
+  "Enable using static/baked language bindings if swig is not present.")
+message(LLDB_ALLOW_STATIC_BINDINGS: ${LLDB_ALLOW_STATIC_BINDINGS})
 set(LLDB_DISABLE_CURSES ${LLDB_DEFAULT_DISABLE_CURSES} CACHE BOOL
   "Disables the Curses integration.")
 
Index: scripts/CMakeLists.txt
===================================================================
--- scripts/CMakeLists.txt
+++ scripts/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,16 @@
   ${LLDB_SOURCE_DIR}/include/lldb/lldb-versioning.h
 )
 
-find_package(SWIG REQUIRED)
+set(PREPARE_BINDINGS_ARGS "--src-root=${LLDB_SOURCE_DIR}" "--target-dir=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}" "--config-build-dir=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}" "--prefix=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}")
+
+find_package(SWIG)
+if( ${SWIG_FOUND} )
+    set(PREPARE_BINDINGS_ARGS ${PREPARE_BINDINGS_ARGS} "--swig-executable=${SWIG_EXECUTABLE}")
+elseif( ${LLDB_ALLOW_STATIC_BINDINGS} )
+    set(PREPARE_BINDINGS_ARGS ${PREPARE_BINDINGS_ARGS} --find-swig --allow-static-binding)
+else()
+    message( FATAL_ERROR "swig not found and static bindings not permitted - install swig or specify -DLLDB_ALLOW_STATIC_BINDINGS=1")
+endif()
 add_custom_command(
   OUTPUT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/LLDBWrapPython.cpp
   OUTPUT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/lldb.py
@@ -18,7 +27,7 @@
   DEPENDS ${SWIG_HEADERS}
   DEPENDS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Python/buildSwigPython.py
   DEPENDS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Python/modify-python-lldb.py
-  COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/prepare_bindings.py "--srcRoot=${LLDB_SOURCE_DIR}" "--targetDir=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}" "--cfgBldDir=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}" "--prefix=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}" "--swigExecutable=${SWIG_EXECUTABLE}"
+  COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/prepare_bindings.py ${PREPARE_BINDINGS_ARGS}
   COMMENT "Python script building LLDB Python wrapper")
 set_source_files_properties(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/LLDBWrapPython.cpp PROPERTIES GENERATED 1)
 set_source_files_properties(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/lldb.py PROPERTIES GENERATED 1)