1 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/tools/vppapigen/CMakeLists.txt b/src/tools/vppapigen/CMakeLists.txt
index bfabc3a670c..97a6d35f9b5 100644
--- a/src/tools/vppapigen/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/tools/vppapigen/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,22 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
+find_package(
+  Python3
+  REQUIRED
+  COMPONENTS Interpreter
+)
+
+execute_process(
+  COMMAND ${Python3_EXECUTABLE} -c "import ply"
+  RESULT_VARIABLE _rv
+  OUTPUT_QUIET
+)
+
+if (NOT ${_rv} EQUAL 0)
+  message( FATAL_ERROR "The \"ply\" Python3 package is not installed.")
+endif()
+
 install(
   FILES vppapigen.py
   RENAME vppapigen
@@ -27,7 +43,7 @@ install(
     vppapigen_json.py
     generate_json.py
   DESTINATION
-    share/vpp
+    ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATADIR}/vpp
   COMPONENT
     vpp-dev
 )