diff --git a/3rdparty/python-console/modified/pyconsole.cc b/3rdparty/python-console/modified/pyconsole.cc
index 35f3e930..186d74d2 100644
--- a/3rdparty/python-console/modified/pyconsole.cc
+++ b/3rdparty/python-console/modified/pyconsole.cc
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ void PythonConsole::keyPressEvent( QKeyEvent* e )
             if ( ! canGoLeft( ) )
                 return;
     }
-
+    if (!cursorIsOnInputLine()) return;
+    if (textCursor().columnNumber() < PythonConsole::PROMPT.size()) return;
     QTextEdit::keyPressEvent( e );
 }
 
@@ -292,3 +293,30 @@ void PythonConsole::moveCursorToEnd( )
     cursor.movePosition( QTextCursor::End );
     setTextCursor( cursor );
 }
+
+void PythonConsole::insertFromMimeData(const QMimeData *src)
+{
+    if (src->hasText()) {
+        QStringList list = src->text().split("\n",QString::KeepEmptyParts);
+        bool lastends = src->text().endsWith("\n");
+        for (int i=0;i<list.size();i++)
+        {
+            QString line = list.at(i);            
+            displayString(line);
+            if (!lastends && (i==list.size()-1)) break;
+
+            m_parseHelper.process( line.toStdString( ) );
+            if ( m_parseHelper.buffered( ) )
+            {
+                append("");
+                displayPrompt( );
+            }
+            if ( line.size( ) )
+            {
+                m_historyBuffer.push_back( line.toStdString( ) );
+                m_historyIt = m_historyBuffer.end();
+            }
+            moveCursorToEnd( );
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/3rdparty/python-console/modified/pyconsole.h b/3rdparty/python-console/modified/pyconsole.h
index eb2c98a4..adf4ce20 100644
--- a/3rdparty/python-console/modified/pyconsole.h
+++ b/3rdparty/python-console/modified/pyconsole.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ SOFTWARE.
 #define PYCONSOLE_H
 #include <QColor>
 #include <QTextEdit>
+#include <QMimeData>
 #include "ParseHelper.h"
 #include "ParseListener.h"
 
@@ -47,6 +48,8 @@ class PythonConsole : public QTextEdit, ParseListener
 
     virtual void handleReturnKeyPress();
 
+    virtual void insertFromMimeData(const QMimeData *src);
+
     /**
     Handle a compilable chunk of Python user input.
     */
diff --git a/gui/CMakeLists.txt b/gui/CMakeLists.txt
index 2021b7ea..68fd0229 100644
--- a/gui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/gui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,18 +1,20 @@
 set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC ON)
 set(CMAKE_INCLUDE_CURRENT_DIR ON)
 
-set(PYTHON_CONSOLE_SRC 
-  ../3rdparty/python-console/ColumnFormatter.cpp
-  ../3rdparty/python-console/ParseHelper.cpp
-  ../3rdparty/python-console/ParseHelper.BlockParseState.cpp
-  ../3rdparty/python-console/ParseHelper.BracketParseState.cpp
-  ../3rdparty/python-console/ParseHelper.ContinuationParseState.cpp
-  ../3rdparty/python-console/ParseMessage.cpp
-  
-  ../3rdparty/python-console/modified/pyredirector.cc 
-  ../3rdparty/python-console/modified/pyinterpreter.cc 
-  ../3rdparty/python-console/modified/pyconsole.cc 
-)
+if (BUILD_PYTHON)
+  set(PYTHON_CONSOLE_SRC 
+    ../3rdparty/python-console/ColumnFormatter.cpp
+    ../3rdparty/python-console/ParseHelper.cpp
+    ../3rdparty/python-console/ParseHelper.BlockParseState.cpp
+    ../3rdparty/python-console/ParseHelper.BracketParseState.cpp
+    ../3rdparty/python-console/ParseHelper.ContinuationParseState.cpp
+    ../3rdparty/python-console/ParseMessage.cpp
+    
+    ../3rdparty/python-console/modified/pyredirector.cc 
+    ../3rdparty/python-console/modified/pyinterpreter.cc 
+    ../3rdparty/python-console/modified/pyconsole.cc 
+  )
+endif()
 
 aux_source_directory(. GUI_SOURCE_FILES)
 aux_source_directory(${family}/ GUI_SOURCE_FILES)
@@ -25,6 +27,10 @@ set(GUI_LIBRARY_FILES_${ufamily} Qt5::Widgets Qt5::OpenGL ${OPENGL_LIBRARIES} Qt
 
 add_library(gui_${family} STATIC ${GUI_SOURCE_FILES} ${PYTHON_CONSOLE_SRC} ${GUI_RESOURCE_FILES})
 
-target_include_directories(gui_${family} PRIVATE ../${family} ${family} ../3rdparty/QtPropertyBrowser/src ../3rdparty/python-console ../3rdparty/python-console/modified)
+target_include_directories(gui_${family} PRIVATE ../${family} ${family} ../3rdparty/QtPropertyBrowser/src)
+if (BUILD_PYTHON)
+  target_include_directories(gui_${family} PRIVATE ../3rdparty/python-console ../3rdparty/python-console/modified)
+endif()
+
 target_compile_definitions(gui_${family} PRIVATE NEXTPNR_NAMESPACE=nextpnr_${family} ARCH_${ufamily} ARCHNAME=${family} QT_NO_KEYWORDS)
 target_link_libraries(gui_${family} Qt5::Widgets)