diff --git a/apps/pythonmodule/CMakeLists.txt b/apps/pythonmodule/CMakeLists.txt
index 7c6fd464d8eeb1ad0383c68cdfffc44414dcf2aa..e6ab8af9d05efd1fc8bdb8cd8112fef67071636d 100644
--- a/apps/pythonmodule/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/apps/pythonmodule/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ if ( WALBERLA_BUILD_WITH_PYTHON_MODULE )
     endif()
 
     if (WALBERLA_BUILD_WITH_OPENMESH)
-        set(PYTHON_MODULE_DEPENDENCIES ${PYTHON_MODULE_DEPENDENCIES} mesh)
+        set(PYTHON_MODULE_DEPENDENCIES ${PYTHON_MODULE_DEPENDENCIES} mesh pe)
     endif()
 
     if( WALBERLA_CXX_COMPILER_IS_MSVC )
@@ -40,4 +40,4 @@ if ( WALBERLA_BUILD_WITH_PYTHON_MODULE )
 
     add_test( NAME PythonModuleTest
               COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} -m unittest discover -v -s ${walberla_SOURCE_DIR}/python/waLBerla_tests )
-endif()
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+endif()